Spirit Totem

The Anansi Totem is a mystical object that allows the user to tap in to the life force of animals, essentially allowing them to harness their abilities. It is currently owned by Mari McCabe. It was said to have been created by the trickster god Anansi for the warrior Tantu. It is one of five other mystical Zambesi totems presented to the great tribes.

History
After the people of Zambesi faced numerous attacks from their neighbours and nature, they prayed for protection. Their prayers were answered as the five great tribes were each presented a mystical totem harnessing a power of each elemental forces. A tribe was presented the Anansi Totem, the totem with the power of spirit. Due to colonialism and war, the totem, along with the 4 other totems were lost and forgotten. At the age of four, Kuasa was chosen as its bearer. However, a local warlord raided the village, forcing few occupants to flee. Kuasa's mother took her sister, Mari, along with the totem.

When she was 10, Mari was given the totem by her foster mother, hoping that she could find answers to who she was with it. Many years later, Kuasa located Mari and the totem. She had some thugs jump Mari to steal the totem from her, but she accidentally tapped in to the totem's power, harnessing a gorilla's strength, a lion's ferocity and a kangaroo's agility and took out the thugs. Freaked out, she went to inquire about it to a university professor, Dr. Macalester, who informed her of this power. She returned home, demonstrating the totem's power to her foster father, Chuck. However, their resulting conversation ended midway when The Flash and The Arrow showed up.

She quickly escaped, using the totem to evade them. Eventually they caught her, but they simply talked about the nature of the necklace. Mari returned to Dr. Macalester to show him her newfound powers, but was interrupted by Kuasa barging in. The woman ordered Mari to take the necklace off, but she was unable to. She attempted to escape by using camouflage, but was knocked down. After she awoke, Kuasa told her of their familial relation, as well as their shared history with the necklace. Kuasa had her men hold Mari, allowing a spider (Anansi's alleged true form) to bite her, unburdening her of the connection with the totem. She pushed them away as soon as she could and ran for it. Eventually, she collapsed from exhaustion, allowing Kuasa to come along and take the necklace for herself.

Later, with the help of a horde of animals that occupied Kuasa's men, Mari fought Kuasa herself, using her own spider to severe her connection with the totem and reclaimed it.

Powers and abilities

 * Animal Empowerment:
 * Superhuman speed: Through the spirit of the cheetah, she becomes incredibly fast, so fast that even the Flash (moving at Mach 1) had a hard time catching her.
 * Superhuman strength: Through the spirit of the elephant, gorilla, lion, or rhinoceros. she becomes incredibly strong. She was able to tip over whole water towers and crumble one of The Arrow's arrows in her hand. The strength she demonstrated proved great enough to challenge Damien Darhk's telekinetic power, as he struggled considerably to just barely repel her.
 * Superhuman agility: Through the spirit of the tiger,  she becomes incredibly agile, able to leap great distances, and preform incredible acrobatic feats.
 * Camouflage: Through the spirit of the chameleon, she becomes essentially invisible, being able to blend herself in with her surroundings.
 * Wall climbing: Mari can gain the wall crawling abilities of a spider, defying gravity.
 * Flight: Mari can access the spirit of the eagle, gaining the ability to fly. Originally she was fearful to use this new ability due to a fear of heights, but she later overcame the fear after falling from a building and flying.
 * Superhuman smelling: Through the spirit of the wolf, Mari can lock onto a target's scent, by first getting a sample of it. From this, she can determine if the target is within a wide area and likewise track the target down.
 * Superhuman hearing: Through the spirit of the owl, Mari has very acute ears, able to hear quiet conversations from great distances.
 * Underwater breathing: Through the spirit of the dolphin, Mari has able to breath underwater.

Trivia

 * Whenever a user taps into the totem's power, the animal chosen briefly appears as an incorporeal projection; it is purple for Mari and yellow for Kuasa.
 * Anansi is a West African and Caribbean trickster/spider god, a central figure in many a mythological tale.