Dispholide
- Type
- Aliases
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- The Priest’s Poison
- The Mermaid's Kiss
- The Drowner
- The Green Death
- Type
- Aliases
-
- The Priest’s Poison
- The Mermaid's Kiss
- The Drowner
- The Green Death
- Origin
A few grains of dispholide would dissolve a full-grown man. A few more could kill an azhdarch.
— Hadrian Marlowe[1]
Also known as the Priest’s Poison, the Mermaid’s Kiss, the Drowner, or the Green Death. A rare hemotoxic poison that disables the coagulation process and dissolves collagen and even bone at an astonishing rate, effectively liquefying the victim. Derived from ancient serpent venom and refined over eons.
Full series spoliers below, proceed with caution.
Origins
Likely of Chantry Choir design and manufacture.
Symptoms
It causes rapid bodily disintegration, with symptoms including sweating blood, skin sloughing, organ liquefaction, and intense pain, often leading to death within seconds; detection is challenging due to its nano-scale delivery, often via needle or bloodstream, with blood and tissue melting as primary indicators.
Treatment
No known treatment exists; its swift action leaves only bones, blood, and slurry, rendering medical intervention ineffective.
History
Preceding the Books
In The Lesser Devil (Novella)
In Howling Dark
In Queen Amid Ashes (Novella)
In Ashes of Man
In The Dregs of Empire (Novella)
In Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
Trivia
See Also
Notes and References
- Demon in White, Chapter 48
Index
This section contains a list of chapters wherein the [plague/poison] was mentioned or present, divided by novel.
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