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A Master Poisoner is a character who is an expert in the preparation and administering of poisons. He can tailor a toxin to any situation: to paralyse, to knock out, to kill, or even other, more exotic, effects that others would consider beyond the realms of conventional toxicology.
Related to [[Poisonous Person]], but the Master Poisoner usually doesn't produce toxins within his own body.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'' there are several, including Sango, Yakorou Dokusen and Mukotsu from the Band of Seven who almost succeeded {{spoiler|in killing half the titular character's team}}.
* Himeko of ''[[
* Abe no Kaii in the ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]''.
* The herbalist Pink, of the [[Sibling Team]] of Pink & Link, from ''[[Ranma
* Megumi Takani of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' could arguably be considered this in her [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. She was ''supposed'' to be training in medicine, and though she gained medical knowledge, she ended up being used to produce [[Drugs Are Bad|opium]]. She knows all about different poisons, but now cures them (among other roles befitting [[The Medic]]).
* Due to his...unusual...hobbies, ''[[Earl Cain]]'' Hargreaves of Godchild is very knowledgeable in-and collects-poisons.
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* Mejai from ''[[Le Scorpion]]''
* This was Poison Ivy's original schtick in the ''[[Batman]]'' comics, before she became a Poisonous Person.
** Another ''Batman'' villain, [[The Joker]], was a prodigy at this. In both the [[Batman (
** Yet '''another''' ''Batman'' villain, Scarecrow, concocts fear toxins to give targets nightmarish hallucinations.
* Doctor Poison from ''[[Wonder Woman]]''.
* Stinger, a minor foe of [[Green Arrow]] and [[Black Canary]].
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== Film ==
* The lead character in ''[[The Young Poisoners Handbook]]'' fits this to a T.
** He's based on [[Real Life]] [[Serial Killer]] Graham Young.
== Literature ==
* Thomas Griffiths Wainewright is a master poisoner, according to [[Oscar Wilde]]'s essay, ''Pen, Pencil, and Poison''.
* Lord Downey, head of the Assassins' Guild in ''[[Discworld]]'', is rumoured to be this. There is no record of anyone Lord Downey may have wanted to inhume ever being poisoned, however. Which may just indicate that he's ''really good at it''.
* Sadi of Nyissa in ''[[The Malloreon]]''. In fact, most Nyissans, though Sadi is a standout. He's also a master pharmacologist, a drug-dealer, and an all around useful guy, who has weaponised a wide variety of toxins and chemical concoctions, and fights with [[Poisoned Weapons]]. Surprisingly, he's one of the protagonists, and one of the rare fictional examples of a truly [[Badass]] eunuch.
* The poisoner from ''[[Best Served Cold (
* This is a large part of Fitz's training in ''Assassin's Apprentice'', the first book of the ''[[
* In ''[[Dune]]'' poison is almost an accepted science.
* Farran the Poisoner in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series. He [[The Voiceless|never speaks,]] [[The Stoic|never shows any emotion]] ([[Not So Stoic|except at his death]]) and ends up causing a bit of havoc (being responsible for the deaths of two hares and poisoning the entire food and drink supply of Salamandastron, before being [[Hoist
* In ''[[
* Durzo Blint, of the ''[[Night Angel Trilogy]]'' is a wetboy ("Wetboys are to assassins like a tiger is to a kitten.") who excels at poisoning.
* One of [[Fu Manchu]]'s numerous nefarious talents.
* Hestera Spikesap from ''[[The Edge Chronicles]]'' is a master of potions one and potions all, from elixirs that revitalize the body to powerful alcohols, but poisons of all kinds appear to be her greatest talent. She knows how to give disobedient servants bad stomach aches, and {{spoiler|ends up [[Yandere|poisoning her master Vox to have him all to herself, forever]].}}
* Jeff Pride, hero of ''Azor!'', brought what he believed to be a poisoned murder weapon to American intelligence. The poisons expert they called in scoffed at the idea that the tiny amount of toxin this weapon could carry would harm anyone. Until Jeff mentioned that the suspected maker of the device was Gitano (Spanish [[Roma]]). The expert promptly turned pale and changed his mind, agreeing this gadget could be super-lethal. Gitanos can make poison out of ingredients no one else could, he said, and now he was nervous about having even examined the thing....
== Live Action TV ==
* Livia, and later Agrippina, from ''[[I, Claudius]]''. Livia's simple "Don't touch the figs" will send ''chills up your spine''.
** A one-scene wonder has Livia talking shop - [[Don't Explain the Joke|by which we mean multiple murder by chemical means]] - with Martina, another Master Poisoner, played by the same actress who portrayed the cheerfully insane Nursie in [[
* Locusta in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** [[Dragon
** ''[[Dark Sun]]'' bards are known for such a practice and learn to prepare and use more poisons with the level advancement.
* In the D&D lawyer friendly spinoff ''[[Pathfinder]]'', a number of classes such as rogues, assassins and the currently experimental ninjas are proficient poisoners, but it's the [[The Red Mage|Alchemist]], which can not only make poisons, but becomes completely immune to them, can refine them into a more deadly, harder to resist form, make them last longer on the weapon and make them in a fraction of the time with reduced material costs.
* The Dark Elves from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' are perhaps the foremost poisoncrafters in the setting, though the Skaven are also very good at it, and the Chaos Gods Nurgle and Slaanesh have several excellent poisoners amongst their followers.
* One of the skills that fits under the Scorpion Clan's [[Planet of Hats|hat]] in ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]''. The Shosuro family in particular kept large gardens full of various plants that could all be turned into some kind of poison.
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* King Hlaalu Helseth of ''[[Morrowind]]'' is rumored to be the most talented and subtle poisoner in the world, although there is no concrete evidence to support the claim. Admittedly, the lack of evidence could simply speak towards his subtlety.
** A Master Alchemist in ''Oblivion'' can produce a staggering variety of poisons with [[Standard Status Effects]] beyond all those listed in the trope definition. Though poisons in-game aren't as instantly lethal, a full stack of damage-over-time effects make it a foregone conclusion. Replace one of those with fatigue-drainer, and you can safely look your opponent in the eye as it dies.
* ''[[Command
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Batman:
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