Buffyverse Wiki   4,971pages on this wiki  The Ra-tet was a
mystical order of five enormously powerful (except for the
neutral totem), immortal beings who were "totems," or symbolic
manifestations of the Egyptian god, Ra. Two were light, one was
neutral, and two were dark. Each individual represented a stage
in Ra's journey across the sky. Each of the totems in the Ra-tet
also represented a point along the spectrum of good and evil,
with the morning totem being the most benevolent and the evening
totem the most malevolent. Each of them contained special
talismans to protect the sun, rendering it insusceptible to
earth-bound incantations and the like. Together, the five totems
created an embodiment of the god Ra and dat, or daylight.  The
five "talismans" of the five totems were needed to perform
spells affecting the sun. The Beast ultimately killed all five
totems and retrieved the talisman that each totem carried within
their bodies. With the talismans, the Beast was able to perform
a ritual that blocked out