Chrysopoeia

Chrysopoeia
King Midas (Greek Mythology) was gifted with the ability to turn anything and anyone he touched to gold. However, he quckly realized that his blessing was a curse as he could not eat food or touch people.
Power/Ability to:	Transform matter into gold.

"Midas they say possess'd the art of old; of turning whatsoe'er he touched to gold."

― King Midas

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

Also Called

• Alchemy (Heroes)
• Gold/Golden/Midas Touch
• Gilding
• Gold Transformation/Transmutation/ Conversion/Morphokinesis/Polymorphing/Transmogrification/Transmutagene/Transubstantiation
• Aurification/Aurization
• Auroifications/Auroization
• Aurumification/Aurumization
• Chrysoification/Chrysoization

Capabilities

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

Applications

• Matter Transmutation
  • Gold Generation

Associations

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

​Limitations

• Transmutation Immunity
• Immutability
• Absolute Restoration, Restoration, Flawless Restoration and Transmutation Reversal can the transmutation.
• 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 either temporary or irreversible.
• May not be able to turn the victim back to normal.
• Some targets may be immune.
• May be limited on how much matter can be changed at once.
• May be involuntary/always active, possibly making it difficult or impossible to eat food or without making it inedible. And can make any physical contact with another living thing difficult or impossible.
• Like any power to do with precious materials or monetary gain overuse can collapse an economy (in this case making gold completely useless as a form of currency).
• The target's weight may increase due to gold's heavy density, making objects that would normally be light, become heavy.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Ogre (Rave Master)
• Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
• Gild Tesoro (One Piece)
• Carol Malus Dienheim (Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX)
• No Face (Spirited Away)
• Eldora (Flint the Time Detective)
• Macht of El Dorado (Sousou No Frieren)
• Viernes (Fairy Tail 100 Year Quest)

Cartoons

• Golden Goose (DuckTales)
• Noblins (Elena of Avalor)
• Ramsey Murdoch (Epithet Erased)
• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
• Style Queen (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Victor Albright (Daniel Spellbound)
  • The Alchemists

Comics

• Goldface (DC Comics); formerly
• Midas (DC Comics)
• Algon (Marvel Comics)
• Dr. Midas (Marvel Comics)
• The Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)

Folklore/Mythology

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

Literature

• Rumpelstiltskin (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
• John Oro (Ology Series)
• Xanthe Rumpole (RWBY: Before the Dawn); via Semblance, Golden Touch

Television/Movies

• Tony Lewis (10th Kingdom); one-use
• Bob Bishop (Heroes)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Sylvia (Heroes Reborn)
• Goldface (Justice League Unlimited)
• Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
• Cora (Once Upon a Time)
• Pockets (Wish Dragon)

Video Games

• Isaac (The Binding of Isaac); via Midas' Touch
• Golden Queen (Skylanders)
• Midas ("Fortnite")

Known Objects

• Hand of Midas (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)
• Golden Egg (Angry Birds Stella TV series)
• Midas' Touch (The Binding of Isaac)
• Jeepers Watch (Freakazoid)
• Alchemist 5000 (Johnny Test)
• Style Queen's scepter (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Goru Goru no Mi/Gol-Gol Fruit (One Piece)
• Midas Hound (Power Rangers Zeo)
• "The Flex" Glove (Roblox: Slap Battles)
• Alchemy Coin (Shovel Knight)
• Golden Frying Pan (Team Fortress 2)
• Golden Wrench (Team Fortress 2)
• Saxxy (Team Fortress 2)
• Hand of Midas (Tomb Raider)
• Philosopher's Stone (Various Sources)
• Midas Touch (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

Gallery

Ogre (Rave Master)

Midas (Hercules: The Animated Series) turns a token into gold.

Ramsey (Epithet Erased)'s epithet, Goldbricker, allows him to turn matter into gold.

Bob Bishop (Heroes) turns a spoon into gold.

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

Philosopher’s Stone (Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures - The Alchemist)

Jean Grey/The Dark Phoenix (Marvel Comics) turns a 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) implants gold dust into all his casino guests with his Goru Goru no Mi so he can turn them into golden statues if they oppose him.

Golden Queen (Skylanders)

Created from a special kind of metal known as australium, the Golden Wrench (Team Fortress 2) possesses the ability to turn whoever the wielder kills into gold like statues.

Hand of Midas (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)

Midas Hound (Power Rangers Zeo)

Style Queen (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)