Bride Of Nine Spiders

Bride Of Nine Spiders's History

The Bride of Nine Spiders is the protector of the Kingdom of Spiders in Nepal; a dark city covered in spider webs. Her heart pumps the coldest blood imaginable and she is host to horrors inconceivable to mortal men. She is said to be descended from the Nine Spider Kings of Nepal. Like the other Immortal Weapons she is skilled in Chi manipulation and martial arts. She uses her Chi powers to control swarms of Spiders.

A man named Desmond Guille found the "Singing Spider" and used it to summon the Bride of Nine Spiders. He then trapped and imprisoned her. However, a group of thieves freed her by accident, allowing her to exact revenge against her captor. She showed mercy to the surviving thieves and allowed them to escape, but kept the Singing Spider for herself.

At the Heart of Heaven, the Immortal Weapons were the champions of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven. Each would face each other in various arenas. She faced off against the Dog Brother #1, she defeated him by overwhelming him with spiders. Dog Brother was tasked with introducing Fat Cobra and Prince of Orphans. The Prince of Orphans decided instead to challenge Steel Phoenix and easily defeated him in battle. He joined the other Immortal Weapons on the defense of the cities from Hydra. Working together they easily defeated the invading forces.

Later, after saving the Celestial Cities from a Hydra plot to destroy them, he came to New York with Iron Fist like the other Weapons, where he fought with the Iron Fist against Ch'i-Lin, a mystic beast that killed the Iron Fist on his 33rd birthday and used his heart to gain access to the dragon's egg, which he attempted to consume. At the Rand Corporation, Rand looked into Xaos; learning he was descended from the Lightning Lords of Nepal. They helped Iron Fist against Zhou Cheng, the host of Ch'i-Lin. At Cheng's penthouse apartment they found a partial map to the Eighth City, but were nearly killed by a bomb. At the gates of the Eighth City, the Immortal Weapons focused their chi energies to open the gateway. Weakened through the process they were unable to fight off a group of monstrous creatures. They were brought before their master Changming. They were forced into gladiatorial combat and only rescued on the brink of death. The only way they could communicate with each other was through Morse code. They witnessed a fight between Danny and Changming. Tiger's Beautiful Daughter escaped and freed the others. They then attempted to escape. Working together they opened the gateway, as was Changming's plan all along. Again working together, they were able to escape trapping the creatures in the Eighth City.

During the Fear Itself event, the doors to the Eighth City were on the verge of being opened again forcing Fat Cobra and the Immortal Weapons to reunite once again in Beijing with the addition of War Machine who had accompanied Prince of Orphans from Washington, D.C. to close the gate. However, after being defeated by Titania and Absorbing Man, when the Immortal Weapons started the ceremony, Iron Fist had come under the possession of Agamotto who was creating a mystical interference, preventing the Immortal Weapons from closing the gate. After Iron Fist overpowered the other Immortal Weapons, a reluctant War Machine fought him and thanks to Doctor Strange infusing some magic to War Machine's gun, Iron Fist was knocked out, allowing for the ceremony to be completed.

Bride of Nine Spiders helped battle the mutated citizens of Manhattan during the Spider-Island outbreak. However she turned against her allies, attacking and kidnapping her teammates. When Shang-Chi tried to figure out what his recurring dream meant, he learned from Silver Sable that she had found possible locations in Manhattan for Bride of Nine Spider's lair. Although Shang-Chi defeated Bride of Nine Spiders and freed Iron Fist, he discovered that the person who was responsible was the demon Ai Apaec who wanted to feed off the Immortal Weapons. As Shang-Chi confronted Ai Apaec, Iron Fist desperately rushed to free the other Immortal Weapons. Shang-Chi mutated into a spider during the battle, but Iron Fist used his Chi force to cure Shang-Chi, leaving Iron Fist weakened. After Iron Fist and the rest of the Immortal Weapons were evacuated, Shang-Chi collapsed the hideout on top of Ai Apaec.