Was studying up on shamanism and tikis again, and I found this: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pounamu]Pounamu[/url]

Essentially it's the sacred stone of New Zealand and considers extremely precious to the native people. The things you make out of this stuff are believed to gain what they call mana every time they are passed on. Their concept of mana is essentially a sign of authority. You either inherit the object which has a lot of mana or you earn that object through warfare. This way you have the ability to gain that status through the object.

I now really wish I knew about this stuff sooner. This would be sooooo perfect for Leon. I'd so give him some cool pounamu equipment.