The Golden Dowery 

Long ago In Medieval times the Son and Daughter of Warring lords married bringing peace to the land. However a dowery was paid each year of their marriage which was set as one Falcon This was understood to be a live hunting bird although legend has it that the bird was in fact a solid gold statue. Recently discovered manuscripts have pointed to the golden statue theory, although all the birds are thought to have been melted down during the intervening years.