Spear of Destiny

"Well, the spear allegedly has the power to rewrite reality."

- Nate Heywood

The Spear of Destiny, or Holy Lance is an immensely powerful, biblical artifact capable of altering reality. It is mentioned in Judeo-Christian religions. It was an ordinary spear before the Roman soldier Longinus used it to puncture the side of Jesus Christ after he died on the cross, resulting in its immense supernatural powers. It can be found using the Askaran Amulet.

History
The Spear of Destiny was used in Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

In 1956, the Justice Society of America (without Amaya and Obsidian) were sent by President Ike Eisenhower to Leipzig to retrieve the Spear of Destiny after supposedly being contacted by Rip Hunter. Deciding that the Time Masters couldn't be trusted with such a powerful artifact, they split the spear into four fragments, Rip sending the other three into different time periods for safekeeping, while keeping his own aboard the Waverider.

With a nearly-destroyed Waverider, Rip used his fragment of the Spear of Destiny to allow him to touch the ship's time drive. Due to this, he was transported to Los Angeles in 1967, where his memory was rewritten and he used the fragment as a prop in a film he was trying to make. Frustrated with the film, "Phil" had the props thrown out by George Lucas.

Sometime after helping The Flash undo Flashpoint, Eobard Thawne began seeking the Spear for his own purposes while teaming up with Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn to change their respective destinies. After encountering the Legends in 1927 Chicago, the united Askaran Amulet showed the location of the Spear. The Legion of Doom proceeded to go to 1967, finding the location of Rip's fragment of the Spear. They almost had it, but were defeated by the Legends, who took it for themselves.

The Legion of Doom then had Rip's mind altered to become their ally, and was sent to 1776 where he killed George Washington to lure the Legends there so that he could get their piece of the spear. Rip managed force Jax to reveal where the piece was and took it for the Legion.

Soon after, Rip traveled into the future, killed Charles/Dr. Mid-Nite and took the second fragment.

Later, the Legends fight Damien Darhk and Rip Hunter, with the help of Courtney/Stargirl, King Arthur, Queen Guinevere and the Knights of the Round Table, and gained the third fragment.

Stargirl informed the Legends that Henry Heywood /Commander Steel had the final fragment of the spear but didn't know where he was as they thought it would be safer if none of the team knew where Rip was taking them. When Rip's mind returned to normal, he told the Legends that he knew where Commander Steel and his fragment of the spear were.

After defeating Eobard Thawne in a space fight, Ray wins the fourth and final fragment on the moon. Then Thawne is jailed on the Waverider. He escaped only to be confronted by Ray with a gun. He said him that he knew that he is an aberration now and he is pursued by a monster because of it. Thawne is warned, by his watch, that Hunter Zolomon is near and flees, leaving the Legends' two fragments of the spear behind.

Later, Legends discover that Eobard Thawne has been hiding from them outside time at the Vanishing Point, they take the Legion's two fragments, leaving Thawne furious. The Spear of Destiny completed, the Legends search for the one thing can destroyed it: Christ's Blood in 1916 during World War I. But Thawne and Damien Darhk recruit a version of Leonard Snart from before he joined the Legends. Mick betrays the Legends, taking the Spear and joining his former partner and Legion of Doom. The vial of Christ's Blood is spilled during the battle. Then, back at the Vanishing Point, Malcolm Merlyn returns with the Calebros Manuscript to activate the Spear, allowing the Legion of Doom to rewrite reality.

Powers and abilities

 * Reality alteration: The Spear is believed to alter reality itself and allow the wielder to accomplish anything they desire. Eobard intends to use it to restore his natural existence and grant the wishes of his teammates.

Weaknesses

 * Christ's Blood: When Mick tried (and failed) to destroy the Spear using his Heat Gun, a message appeared upon the Spear, reading Natum De Sangine Perditas A Sangine, which Nate was able to translate from Latin to English. It means Born of Blood, Undone by Blood. Nate explained to the rest of the team that just as the blood of Christ gave the Spear its power, Christ's blood is the only thing that can destroy it.

Comics
In the comics, post-Crisis stories have stated that the Spear of Destiny was acquired by Adolf Hitler before the Second World War, using it to summon mythical Valkyries to fight for Germany. He later used to cast a spell that would render any Allied superhero under Nazi control if they entered territory held by the Axis, with the result that the Justice Society of America were forced to stay out of the front line of the war. Hitler attempted to use the Spear at war's end and call down the end of the world, but the Justice Society of America prevented this by trapping themselves out of time to fight the summoned gods themselves until they were returned.

The Spear survived the war's end, and was once used to try and bring down The Spectre, when that entity was out of control. Superman was given the Spear to accomplish this, but it had the side effect of giving him the personality of the Spear's prior wielder, being Hitler himself. The menace this posed roused the Spectre from his rage, and he freed Superman from the Spear's influence. It was subsequently banished to a pocket dimension, although a later storyline saw two separate groups trying to acquire it before they were defeated by the Justice League of America and the Justice League Elite simultaneously (The Elite being a 'black ops' superhero team who deal with threats before they go public).