This oversized baby’s rattle, that sounds like rolling thunder when shaken helps some of the Red Cow clan’s children grow faster to become warriors — very useful in troubled times. The Red Cow used Orlanth’s Rattle to replenish the clan’s ranks after many thanes died in the Lunar Empire invasion of 1602. The “Rattle-Born” is a notorious group, because they grew to physical maturity without becoming emotionally mature at the same rate. The women would hesitate to use Orlanth’s Rattle again — but the Hero Wars may create such a need.