Arsenic - Queen of 33

Yellow Eyes: Jaundice – symptom

Poison
Equipment: 開元弓 –
(Chinese Kaiyuan Bow) of liver failure, one of many effects
Arsenic was well known of long-term arsenic poisoning
to the ancient Chinese,
who may have been the Companion – Poisonous snake, the
first to use it in poisoned perfect companion for a poison like
arrows arsenic
Equipment: Concealed
daggers – Silent and deadly. Aura – Poisoned clouds. Arsenic
Arsenic poison was used to releases poisonous vapours when
coat weapons as early as the heated in oxygen (As2O3)
Roman Empire
Clothing – Predominantly black,
Equipment: Silent footwear – like black arsenic. Gold trim refers
arsenic has no scent, colour, to As2S3 (orpiment), a pigment used
or taste when added to water to make gold paint in ancient Egypt,
and food Greece, Persia, and China

Superpower: Poison Breath

Arsenic is one of the most poisonous elements. It can enter the human body through ingestion
of food and water, through the skin, and through inhalation. Heated arsenic produces a white
powder and poisonous vapours (As2O3). Arsenic poisoning mimics food poisoning (abdominal
cramps, diarrhea, vomiting) and some infections (loss of strength, confusion, paralysis). Death
either results from cancer or toxic shock from multiple organ failures.

Superpower: Invisibility in Water

Arsenic is odorless, colourless, and tasteless in water. Many arsenic compounds (As2O3,
As2O5, AsO43-) dissolve easily in water, allowing easy mixture with food, drink, weapon
coatings, or even cosmetics (makeup). This made arsenic almost impossible to detect until a
test was developed in 1836 and has allowed her escape from many assassinations throughout
history.
Arsenic (n) – a kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn
-Ambrose Bierce (Author and American Civil War Veteran)
Symbol Facts
 White drop of poison – Name: Arsenic (originally
dissolves in water – no from Persian Zarnikh, (more
odor, colour, or taste directly from Greek –
 Roman gladius –poison of Arsenikon)
choice in assassinations in Symbol: As
Roman Empire Boiling Pt: 614°C
 Chinese arrows – used as Melting Pt: 816.9°C
poison coating for arrows State at Room Temperature:
in ancient China Solid
Charges as an Ion: -3 or -5

Origin Story
A legendary assassin, Arsenic, is responsible for an uncountable number of deaths throughout
human history, including senators and emperors in the Roman Empire, and nobles in Ancient
China and Medieval Europe. Called the “king of poisons,” it wasn’t until German alchemist
Albert Magnus first wrote about arsenic in 1250 and discovered that she was female; not
surprising considering poison was often a weapon of choice for women. Arsenic was
continuously employed for her stealth and subterfuge, being almost impossible to detect until
English chemist John Marsh developed a detection test for Arsenic in 1836. Since then she has
been driven into hiding, but even in modern times, ambitious politicians and businessmen alike
speak in fear of the “queen of poison,” never knowing when or where she’ll strike next.

Known Accomplices Supervillain

 Carbon (C) – used in  Poisonous – can enter
organoarsenic compounds, body through food, water,
including salvarsan (the or air; causes multi-organ
first antibiotic – made to failure (liver, kidneys,
kill syphilis bacteria) heart) and cancer
 Chlorine (Cl) – used in
lewisite – blistering gas  Flexibility of transmission
used in WW2 – forms HCl – dissolves in water; can
under the skin causing be spread through
severe burns poisoned water, food,
 Team Name: The weapon coatings,
Harbingers of Doom cosmetics, paint, or
vapours