Sheikah Heirloom

The Sheikah Heirloom is an item in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is piece of ancient Sheikah technology that has been pasted down within Impa's family for generations. According to Paya, an ancient prophecy states the Sheikah Heirloom will grant a gift of antiquity to a hero chosen by the heirloom and Impa's family have served as its protectors since their grandmother's grandmother's, grandmother's, grandmother's time. Impa herself is quite protective of the heirloom as she requests Link respect the rule not tough it despite his esteemed and heroic status.

Quest
The Sheikah Heirloom plays a prominent role in "The Stolen Heirloom" Shrine Quest. One of Impa's bodyguards Dorian steals the Sheikah Heirloom under the orders of a Yiga Blademaster. Link discovers that Dorian was a former member of the Yiga Clan who had left it to marry his wife and live a peaceful life in Kakariko Village. The Yiga Clan killed Dorian's wife and forced him to spy on the village by threatening kill his two daughters as well. However eventually he refused to continue spying for them, so the Yiga Clan blackmailed him into stealing the heirloom by threatening the lives of Paya and Impa. Link defeats the Yiga Blademaster and uses the orb to activate the Lakna Rokee Shrine near Cotera's Great Fairy Fountain fulfilling the prophecy.