Polonium

Overview

Polonium is the eighty-fourth element of the Periodic Table of Elements and the Continuum’s most dangerous Radiant Death-Metal — a violently unstable, ghost-luminous substance born from dying stars and void-tainted stellar collapse.

Its presence is a cosmic warning: Where Polonium exists, something catastrophic has already happened or is about to.

Polonium is not a tool. It’s a threat with a melting point.

Properties

Polonium is infamous for its terrifying traits:

violently radioactive
emits “ghostfire” — faint, spectral glow
heats itself through decay
ignites aetheric instability
corrupts psionic fields
fractures dreamspace around it
decays explosively in magical environments

If most metals speak, Polonium screams.

Ghostfire

Polonium’s radiation manifests as:

drifting pale-blue wisps
flickers like haunting flame
afterimages that follow movement
“soulburn” effects in psionic beings

Ghostfire can burn spiritual entities without harming matter.

Metaphysical & Continuum Role

Polonium is aligned with:

necrotic radiance
corruption
decay of worlds
cataclysmic endings
void infection
cursed annihilation
star death

Continuum classification:

Magical Class: NEC/VOI – necrotic entropy + void annihilation
Resonance: 5 – catastrophic; destabilizes local metaphysics
Psionic Valence: -4 – destroys memory and dream integrity
Mass State: M/E/T – flickers between material, ethereal, and transcendent decay
Origin: S/V/X – dying stars, voidspawn cores, extradimensional entropy events

Polonium is the metal of cosmic assassination — used only by the desperate or the damned.

Uses

Mundane

extremely limited scientific use
neutron sources
spacecraft heaters (highly controlled)
dangerous research only

Continuum / Magical

ghostfire weapons
radiant curse-catalysts
unmaking rituals
anti-immortal poisons
void-plague propagation
entropy engines
soul-disruption bombs
star-core sabotage talismans

A Polonium shard can kill a godling with prolonged exposure.

It is illegal in 97 Continuum civilizations.

Polonium Isotopes & Cursed Alchemy

Different isotopes produce unique magical “death signatures”:

Po-210 — the “Assassin’s Spark” (slow, guaranteed soul-kill)
Po-212 — the “Starburst” (rapid decay, explosive)
Po-214 — the “Void-Shard” (dimensional rot)
Po-218 — the “Ghost Rot” (spirit corrosion)

Alchemists handle it using:

platinum gloves
lead/antimony coffers
void-stilled chambers
blessing seals

Polonium and Noelaran Biology

For the Noelaran:

instant collapse of psionic lattice
emotional blackout
neural decay within minutes
dream-death
spiritual disintegration

Even microtrace exposure can erase ancestral memory threads. Polonium is considered the most profane substance in their cosmology.

Occurrence

Polonium appears in:

radioactive ores
void-corrupted meteorites
relics pulled from star-death zones
cursed laboratories
necromantic reactors
ancient star-core implosion sites
dimensional wounds

Where Polonium is found, reality itself feels *unwell.*

Cultural Significance

Cultures treat Polonium as:

taboo
cursed
forbidden
divine punishment
the breath of dying suns
the material embodiment of entropy

Elvari necroscribes call it “The Metal of No Return.” Aetherion monks forbid even its name inside sacred halls. Human void-hunters use the phrase “When the Polonium comes out, the story is already over.”

Trivia

Polonium glows faintly when exposed to strong emotion-fields.
Ghostfire burns spirit-flesh but leaves metal untouched.
A single Polonium bead can corrupt a city’s dreamspace.
Polonium spells often kill their casters.

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