History
The Totem Dagger was a mythical artifact that could sever Spider-Totems from the Web of Life and Destiny, as if they were never bit.[1] During the hunt of all Spider-Totems in the Multiverse, the Inheritors intended to use the dagger to cut three spider-totems as part of a ritual, The Other, The Scion, and The Bride. Before Morlun could use the dagger on the totems, Spider-Man took it away from his hands, interrupting the ritual. After the Inheritors were defeated and the Master Weaver was killed, Superior Spider-Man took the dagger and used it to cut the Web to ensure his inevitable fate didn't come to pass. Araña stole the dagger from him and read the inscription on it, telling the rest of the Spider-Army that a totem was to replace the Master Weaver and tend to the Web for eternity.[2]
The Totem Dagger fell into the hands of the Elder Godess Shathra, who was intent on replacing the Great Web with her Great Nest. Shathra send her spider-wasps across the Multiverse that would bite Spider-Totems and transform them into Shathra's minions, however Spiders of the Prime Marvel Universe have proved immune. To deal with those, Shathra gave the Totem Dagger to Spider-Man Noir, one of first to join her Hive, to use against the Spiders of Earth-616. Noir used it to stab both Kaine and Jessica Drew, who were unwoven from reality entirely and started being forgotten by their friends.[3] At some unknown point in time, it was used to erase Spider-Boy from existence as well.[1]
Morlun wanted to retrieve the Totem Dagger and use it against Shathra herself, but by the time her came upon Noir, the latter no longer had it. Ghost-Spider, another one of Shathra's servants, had it and used it against Peter Parker of Earth-616 himself.[4] Peter however was not erased entirely, but had his timeline rewritten so that he was never bitten by Radioactive Spider, but still worked as Silk's sidekick.[5] Meanwhile, Morlun went to execute his plan after all, but the Dagger that only worked on Spider-Totems had no effect on Shathra herself. Desperate, Morlun tried to feed on Silk, who grabbed the Dagger and slashed him in self-defence. Instead of being unwoven, Morlun began leaking energy, so Silk used the Dagger to cut him open entirely. The life force of millions of Spider-Totems Morlun had consumed was released, restoring them to life as well as remaking the Great Web itself.[6]
Peter Parker later used the Great Web-Shooter to banish Shathra to another plane of existence, and after all that her sister Neith, the first Spider-Totem and creator of the Great Web, revealed herself to her Spiders. Neith gave them a Spider-Idol of herself which could restore those erased by the Totem Dagger. Araña used the Idol to bring back Jessica Drew, Kaine and Spider-Boy, as well restore Peter Parker to the life in which he was the Amazing Spider-Man.[7]See Also
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