Category:The Midas Curse

The Midas Curse

Mathias's spark has misunderstood what makes gold valuable. When Mathias collected the qualities of gold, he thought too much about his own personal desire to gather piles and piles of it. His spark interpreted this to mean that gold, while being a softer metal, must have had some unseen value. Consequently when Mathias became and expert in Transmutation and his spark mutated beyond his control again, it chose to alter Mathias's touch so that whatever he touched with his hand would be transmuted to the color of gold. This is an almost entirely negative mutation if one does not consider a bunch of glittery objects a worthy trade off for the random ether drainage. Items transmuted this way are prone to the same decay as intentional transmutations.