This tactical dagger is not forged from metal, but grown from the vertebrae of a Xenomantis Rex 🦗, a colossal, predatory insect that once terrorized the jungles of Kepler-452b 🌌. The "blade" is actually the creature's serrated ovipositor, which was harvested by the "Hive Breakers" mercenary unit during a 2247 extermination campaign. The organic structure is reinforced with a carbon-nanotube lattice, giving it the hardness of steel while retaining its ability to self-repair when exposed to blood. The knobbly, bone-like handle is fused to the preserved neural ganglion of the Xenomantis, which can detect the bioelectrical signals of living prey within a 10-meter radius.

However, the weapon is a living curse. The Xenomantis Rex was a hive matriarch, and its consciousness still lingers in the dagger's neural core. Those who wield it for more than 24 hours begin to experience the creature's primal hunger, hallucinating the taste of insectoid flesh and the urge to lay eggs in their victims' wounds 🥚. Worse, the dagger's ovipositor will occasionally twitch on its own, making unpredictable strikes that risk injuring the user. During a 2249 training exercise, a mercenary lost three fingers when the dagger suddenly convulsed in his hand.

The Hive Breakers tried to destroy the dagger, but it regenerated each time they damaged it, oozing a viscous, amber-colored fluid that dissolved their tools 🔧. It was eventually sealed in a lead-lined vault, but a cult that worships the Xenomantis Rex broke in and stole it. Today, it is used in their ritual sacrifices, where it is known as the "Bone Prison Wail"—a weapon that turns its wielder into a vessel for the matriarch's vengeful spirit.