How does item morale work?

[Paksenarrion]

I was able to download the translated russian fan manual last night, so maybe the downloads are working again. There is really a lot of good information in there.

Here is an example from manual:
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Staff of the Archimagus
Staff from the blue crystal shone from magic filling it.
Race: humans
Level: 5
Cost: 76’000 +5 intelligence,
+20 % of a loss the Lightning (+20 % of a loss to Archimagi)
(Moral=80, High)
Grows: never.
Falls: -2 in army of the hero there were archimagi.
Having reached outstanding successes in studying of magic art, the magician receives a crystal staff, a symbol of its high status and the big magic power. Such staff is very terrible weapon in hands of the magician, strengthening fighting spells and duration of imposed magic effects. Being not usual, but magic and obstinate enough staff, he does not like to battle. It turns out improvement from the Staff of the Adherent.
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So, I guess some living artifacts/weapons do not like fighting at all. So any fighting would led to a morale decrease.