Description and Specifications: Cyttorak's Totem is a red precious cut Gem, which usually appears about 6 inches in diameter and about 3-4 inches high, but has been seen in forms as large as a basketball. An inscription on the stone reads "Whosoever touches this gem shall possess the power of the crimson bands of Cyttorak! Henceforth, you who read these words shall become forevermore a human Juggernaut!" The stone can transfer a portion of the power of Cyttorak to anyone who touches it, giving them increased size and mass, incredible strength and an invulnerable forcefield, which also makes eating and breathing unnecessary. In the case of the Juggernaut, it also created a costume that mimicked Cyttorak and provided him with a forcefield, as well as a helmet that protected him from telepathy.

The stone itself either contains or is a portal to a timeless dimension that has been called the Crimson Cosmos. This dimension is psycho-reactive, and over time has molded itself to duplicate much of Cain Marko's life and memories, since the Gem has been bonded to him for years. Within the dimension is a chamber of Cyttorak, with a throne and a stone-like avatar of the god inside.

At one point, the Gem also had the ability to confer additional mystical powers, including force beams, global (telepathic?) communications and animation of wax statues. This ability was apparently lost when the Gem bonded to Marko's body.

Relevant History: Cyttorak was eventually banished from Earth, but before leaving he created a Guardian named Xorak to defend his Totem. Years later, the Ancient One (who would later become Sorcerer Supreme and mentor Dr. Strange) approached the Gem and woke Xorak even without touching it. The Ancient One overcame Xorak and banished him to the realm within the Gem.

Later still, a group of monks tried to access the power of the Gem and unleashed a violent aspect of Cyttorak that killed them all as well as surrounding villagers. Fortunately, two rival mages, Tar and Gomurr, banded together to banish this aspect of Cyttorak to within the Gem.

Hundreds of years later, Cain Marko, fighting alongside his step-brother Charles Xavier in [the Korean] War, came upon an ancient temple to Cyttorak, and discovered the Gem. He was thus transformed into the Juggernaut, and gifted with incredible strength and invulnerability. The invulnerability stemmed from a forcefield generated by the Gem's power, and even protected him from psychic assaults, as long as his helmet was on. Furthermore, Juggernaut's costume was in fact mystical, essentially representing him as a facsimile of dome-headed Cyttorak himself. It should be noted that later in his career, Marko somehow made or bought a skull-fitted helmet which blocked telepathy, which he wore under the dome. Marko was buried in the temple's collapse, but survived thanks to his new power, and took about ten years extricating himself.

After Juggernaut's return and attack on the X-Men, Xavier tried to find a cure for his step-brother, but was knocked out by an energy blast from his experimental machine. Dr. Strange advised the X-Men to find the original Gem and enter it to get the "prototype," a Gem within the Gem that they used to heal Xavier and then defeat the Juggernaut. Marko wanted to possess the prototype as well, but in touching it, both he and the Gem were sucked into the "Crimson Cosmos."

The Gem's power was not expended on Marko alone: In fact, Marko once had his partner Black Tom Cassidy touch it, and Tom was also transformed into a massive powerhouse. However, they were each at half-power, until Rogue was able to leech the power away from Tom, and Marko regained his full strength when he touched the Gem again. Hoping to maintain all the power for himself, Juggernaut heaved the stone into outer space. When the stone was unintentionally sent back to Earth by Nova II, Herald of Galactus, it conferred different powers upon Stevie, the boy who found it, including long-range (telepathic?) communication, force blasts and animation of statues. Juggernaut was initially held at bay by Stevie, but eventually managed to reclaim his power source. This time, the Gem was mystically bonded to Marko and merged with his body. Marko now no longer needed his costume to have the full range of his powers, except for the immunity to telepathy granted by his helmet.

Marko knew next to nothing of Cyttorak for many years, until Xavier's dark side manifested itself as the massive psi Onslaught. Onslaught immediately understood the power of the Gem, and physically ripped it from the Juggernaut, leaving it on Xavier's desk as a paperweight. Somehow, Cain Marko was then trapped inside the dimension of Cyttorak. Inside, Marko fought against Spite, sister of D'Spayre, and an avatar of Cyttorak himself. With the help of Dr. Strange, Tar and Gomurr, Marko fought off his attackers and left the Gem, and regained the Juggernaut power again.

Much later, a second Crimson Gem of Cyttorak appeared, which Marko tried to use to amplify his abilities. However, it turned out that this second gem was a fake, which disrupted with Marko's powers and caused him to become gravely ill. Only the intervention of the X-Men, who stole the fake Gem and delivered it to Black Tom, saved him from death.

The other seven Exemplars awakened and gathered at one point, but were ultimately defeated, and worldwide chaos avoided when Juggernaut's human side defeated Cyttorak's violent urges, having had many years to adjust to the transformation into an Exemplar and assert his own will. Though Juggernaut was subdued and nearly punished by the Exemplars, the Avengers eventually convinced the others to stop fighting, and the Octessence's world domination plans were ruined.

Recently, another Juggernaut attacked Marko and She-Hulk. It is unknown whether the boy who was the Juggernaut received his abilities from the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, though he seemed to imply that Cyttorak was angry at Marko for disobeying him and granted the boy power to replace him.