Chrysopoeia

Chrysopoeia
King Midas (Greek Mythology) was cursed with the ability to turn anything and anyone he touches into gold.
Power/Ability to:	Transform matter into gold.

Power to transform matter into gold. Technique of Gold Manipulation. Variation of Metal Transmutation.

Also Called

• Gilding
• Gold Transformation/Transmutation
• Golden/Midas Touch
• Alchemy (Heroes)

Capabilities

The user can transform matter and objects, including living beings, into gold.

Applications

• Gold Generation

Associations

• Alchemy
• Argentopoeia
• Elemental Transmutation
• Gold Manipulation
• Gold Mimicry
• Metal Transmutation

​Limitations

• May require constant contact with the object/person to prevent it from returning to its normal form.
• May require eye-contact, touch or some other action.
• Effects may be temporary or irreversible.
• Some targets may be immune.
• May be limited on how much matter can be changed at once.
• May be involuntary/always on, so touching food may render it inedible.
• Restoration can undo the transmutation.

Known Users

Folklore/Mythology

• King Midas (Greek Mythology)
• Chrysus (Greek Mythology)

Literature

• Rumpelstiltskin (Grimms Fairy Tails)

Television

• Bob Bishop (Heroes)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Sylvia (Heroes Reborn)
• Tony Lewis (10th Kingdom); one-use
• Mr. Gold/Rumpelstilskin (Once Upon a Time)
• Cora (Once Upon a Time)

Comics

• Midas (DC)
• Algon (Marvel)
• Dr. Midas (Marvel)
• The Phoenix Force (Marvel)

Video Games

• Golden Queen (Skylanders)

Manga/Anime

• Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Ogre (Rave Master)
• Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
• Gild Tesoro (One Piece)

Cartoons

• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
• Golden Goose (DuckTales)

Known Objects

• Hand of Midas (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)
• Jeepers Watch (Freakazoid)
• Gol Gol no Mi (One Piece)
• Golden Pan (Team Fortress 2)
• Golden Wrench (Team Fortress 2)
• Alchemy Coin (Shovel Knight)

Gallery

Bob Bishop (Heroes) turns a spoon into gold

After taking Bob Bishop's power, Sylar (Heroes) turns a gun into gold.

The Phoenix (Marvel) turns tree into gold.

Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time) is famous for turning straw into gold as a hobby, the gold itself holding no worth to him.

The first thing Rumpelstiltskin taught Cora (Once Upon a Time) was how to turn straw into gold.

Gild Tesoro (One Piece) mastered and awakened the Gol Gol no Mi to such an extent…

…that he can bind and steadily transmute anything or anyone into solid gold via his power.