I never throw away items, and don't understand why you would even do that.
Wouldn't it be cool if the Sages had some kind of names? So you could actually link Sage A's appearance here with his appearance in another place
It wouldn't just have to be Sage Frank Kepler, but more like a whole set of names, as nobody really knows who the sages are
And another thing: the prestige bonus on Uniques, how does that really work? I suppose it just gives you a bonus for as long as you carry the item, but in a way that seems pretty useless. Perhaps they should instead offer a bonus to the amount of prestige/honour you gain after each battle? I mean, in the battle report it also says "XXXX has been spotted wearing/reading/... the XXXX", so wouldn't that indicate that person just got more prestige?