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REGISTRY #RX-0012 ▪ FILE CLASSIFICATION: MODERATE — TOLERATED

REGISTRY #RX-0012

THREAT: MODERATE — TOLERATED

STATUS: TOLERATED — TREATY IN EFFECT (1931)

ARAKNE

DESIGNATION: Arakne

ALIASES: The Bridge Weaver, The Chthonic Guardian

LAST KNOWN LOCATION: Tartarus

THREAT ASSESSMENT: MODERATE

CLASSIFICATION: Demon (Corrupted Spirit)

FILE STATUS: SEALED — DIRECTOR'S EYES ONLY

PHYSICAL FORM: Half-human, half-spider. Woman's torso rising from massive black and dark-brown arachnid body covered in prickly fur. Eight blue eyes with long lashes. Long silver-streaked black hair. Chitinous pincers beneath chin produce distinctive clicking sound.

ABILITIES:

- Produces near-indestructible ethereal webbing
- Venom capable of burning physical and ethereal forms
- Superhuman strength and wall-traversal
- Soul manipulation and entrapment
- Can sense soul energy signatures

— ENTITY PROFILE — CLASSIFIED —

Arakne serves as architect and guardian of the Rainbow Bridges—the great silk walkways spanning Tartarus's five rivers. She adorns these bridges with soul shards trapped in crystal cocoons, displayed as trophies. Acts as unofficial gatekeeper; nothing crosses her bridges without her awareness. Extracts toll in soul shards or information from those seeking passage.

— CONTAINMENT & ENGAGEMENT PROTOCOLS —

◇ 1931 Treaty in effect — survey lines tolerated, brood untouched

◇ NEVER cut a soul-thread — see Incident CA-1931-0033

◇ Tangled threads: report, do not intervene — Arakne repairs its own

◇ Tribute protocol before deep-lattice work

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