Plot:Poisons and Painkillers

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Through various of her contacts, lackeys and contracted criminals, Ira Almasy has decided to contaminate several wholesale ingredients used to concoct healing potions at St. Mungo's Hospital.

How to Get Involved

Who?

  • Healers
  • Victims
  • Patients/Customers of healers and apothecaries
  • Ministry (investigation)

Plotting Resources

Additional Information

Final Death Count

42. (29 in the first day)

Ingredients

  • Willow Bark- saturated or adulterated with Streeler venom solution
  • Syrup of Hellebore - contaminated by using poisonous variety of Hellebore
  • Horklump Mushroom (Ground) - Scandinavian fungus, contaminated with hints of Death-Cap Mushroom
  • Staghorn Mushroom (Ground) - common fungus, contaminated with hints of Deadlyius Mushroom

Symptoms

  • Willow Bark- blood tears (painless), delirium, possible death
  • Syrup of Hellebore - glowing vomit, delirium, possible death
  • Horklump Mushroom (Ground) - uncontrollable laughter, hallucinations, body weakness/fainting, possible death
  • Staghorn Mushroom (Ground) - uncontrollable laughter, hallucinations, eventual comatose sleep

A high enough dosage of all contaminants on a weak enough patient (children and the elderly) besides the Staghorn Mushroom would be enough to eventually kill them.

Comatose patients will likely awaken a week or two after consumption.

Potions Contaminated

  • Healing Potions - often contain Horklump or Staghorn Mushrooms
  • Painkillers - often utilise Willow Bark, trace amounts of Horklump or Staghorn
  • Sedatives - including potions like Draught of Peace, often contain Syrup of Hellebore

How strongly each potion is contaminated is up to writer's discretion.

Where

Potions from St Mungo's and London based apothecaries.

Sources

  • Willow Bark and Syrup of Hellebore - Drammes Apotheke, through a network of their suppliers
  • Ground mushrooms - within the UK (perhaps through The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries)
  • Streeler venom solution - likely to have been bought and made by a specialised breeder in North America who may be difficult to find

Characters

The Criminals


The Healers & Support Staff


DMLE


Poisoned but Survive


Poisoned but Die


Others Involved


The Events Unfold

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Heinz Werner gets more than he bargains for on arriving to certify a large shipment for Drammes Apotheke. Johann Storm assisted by others, forges papers to ensure safe transport of a large amount of tainted product at Ira Almasy's request. Amongst the shipment is hellebore.
Fake, Forge, Fabricate
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The shipment arrives just outside Paris, France where some of it is processed into potions by Drammes Apotheke's staff, bound for London in bottles of sleeping potion like Somniculose.
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Contaminated ingredients begin to arrive at St Mungo's.
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Agatha Mendip dies. She was 23 years old, admitted to Plant and Potion poisoning with her partner Ruben Pardo. Smoked gillyweed laced with juice of durian fruit, which caused paralysis. (Horklump or Staghorn Mushrooms)
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Boris Cutterly dies. He was 104 years old, admitted to Plan and Potion poisoning with an upset stomach. Unkind to staff. (Staghorn Mushroom)
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Camille Kendrick dies. She was 6 years old, admitted to Spell Damage at 3:30pm. After getting hold of her father’s wand and managed to remove all the bones in her right foot. She had been given skele-gro and potions for the pain. Flynn Hughes delivered the news to the Kendrick family. (Willow bark)
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Perry Evarard dies. He was 90 years old, admitted to Spell Damage after splinching. He had been given a sedative as he had not calmed down, even after dittany was applied. Otherwise, he was in good health for a man of his age. (Syrup of Hellebore)
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Kenneth Norris dies. He was 27 years old. Patient for 9 years in Spell Damage, Janus Thickley Ward. Prone to delusions after a botched attempt of putting a memory into a pensieve—when it was too distressful for him, he was often sedated. (Syrup of Hellebore)
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Miranda Elliot collapses into comatose sleep at home in Godric's Hollow, house-elf Gerda, manages to bring her to the hospital (Staghorn Mushroom)
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As a result of Poisons and Painkillers, Johann falls ill from Syrup of Hellebore, and Balfour rushes him to hospital. Arcturus receives them. Between blue glowing vomit, the possibility of death, a sleeping log and a growing patient death-count, none of them are having a particularly good night.
Swallow

"He was logging sleeping potions. He's addicted?" Balfour wasn't certain if Arc would be able to confirm it, considering confidentialities, but he didn't need a verbal response - only to say it out loud himself. "Don't answer that. Never mind." He breathed out slowly. "What is it that you need me to do right now? And what's the matter with him? Is it poison? Glowing vomit isn't... he said it wasn't normal, even for what he takes." For a moment Balfour recalled the way Johann had said his name in the bathroom, flooded by genuine fear, and his heart foundered anxiously at the memory.Balfour Spectre

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Ruben Pardo dies. He was 26 years old, admitted to Plant and Potion poisoning with his partner Agatha Mendip. Smoked gillyweed laced with juice of durian fruit, which caused paralysis. (Horklump or Staghorn Mushrooms)
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Daily Prophet Logo
The Daily Prophet publishes a death count of 29 between 9pm December 4th and 6am December 5th.
Daily ProphetPanic at St Mungo's as 29 Die
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Timothy Dale, 5 years old, brought into poisoning ward. Admitted to Potion and Plants Poisoning for accidental ingestion of magical pesticides. Was being treated with painkillers and getting better before abruptly showing signs of poisoning and going into comatose sleep. (Staghorn Mushrooms)
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Sheldon Kingston dies. He was 8 years old. Admitted to Spell Damage to recover from sores inflicted by protective jinxes from his sister’s diary. He burst into laughter, and the healer thought it had been part of the spell damage. (Horklump or Staghorn Mushrooms)
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Josie Zinns dies. She was 2 years old. Admitted to Plant and Potion Poisoning, She was the youngest patient Jules Deville has ever lost. Josie came in giggling, seemingly delighted by the fact that she had eaten something that had made her polka-dotted and ticklish. (Staghorn Mushroom)
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Claire Pepper dies. She was 45 years old. Admitted to Spell Damage, Janus Thickley Ward over 2 years ago. Victim of a horrific accident through obliviation that had shattered her memory. She had been a loving mother to Ambrose Pepper and Tim Pepper and wife to Francis Pepper (though by the time of her death, ex-wife). Claire had been suffering from migraines as a side effect of her current treatment—which had been promising, but showed no evidence of long term success. She had been prescribed pain potions to counteract that. (Willow bark)
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Heads of Floors Flynn Hughes and Jules Deville regroup to assess the situation after hours of unexpected deaths.
There's No Coming Back
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Balfour Spectre returns home to rest but is not alone
Reflex
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Senior Hogwarts staff wake early and meet to agree a plan for the risk of cases at Hogwarts, and also students with families impacted.
If You can Keep Your Head
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Francis Pepper says his goodbyes.
Time to Go
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Ignan Storm visits a comatose Miranda Elliot and unexpectedly meets her parents.
Sleeping Beauty
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Camille Duerr pays a visit to her son, still suffering from the final throes of delirium.
Close Your Eyes
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Sasha Schlagenweit is sent to visit his sister Jacoba Schlagenweit in St Mungo's third floor, only to find more family laid up next door.
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Jacoba Schlagenweit dies of complications.
Two Beds Too Many
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Balfour Spectre visits Johann Storm on St. Mungo's third floor after attending the funeral of a contamination victim, Chardonnay Kane (6 years) in Cornwall. Johann apologises for keeping secrets.
Cross Your Sorry Heart

He didn't look away from their locked eyes. "If you're a mess then you're my mess, don't you know?" His weepy eyes crinkled slightly at the sides in affection. "We'll do whatever it takes. It... um. It scares me too." Terrified him, really. Few things genuinely did and if he were anywhere but the ward Balfour would have been tempted to light a cigarette. He drew closer down to Johann, gently kissing the tip of his nose. Better than tobacco. "I won't lose you," he said quietly.Balfour Spectre

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Elixa Mordent offers moral support for Ambrose Darrion on a really bad day.
There are Bad Days & then there are Mondays
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Alvis Norling develops symptoms during a routine study hall at Hogwarts. (Willow Bark)
Red Eyes at Night
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Johann Storm is discharged, but Arcturus Hollingbury is too caught up in the deathcount to properly feel happy. Timothy Dale, thankfully, also awakens and looks to be in recovery.
Better Keep It In Check
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Arcturus Hollingbury defers to his mother Lydia Hollingbury for help regarding alternate remedies. When she informs him she cannot help on the problem alone, Mordecai Hollingbury suggests the help of Phineus Ashenmoore and by extension the British Association of Herbologists.
Falling Apart
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A follow-up letter of advice from Arcturus Hollingbury to Balfour Spectre for Johann Storm is intercepted by Harriet Lanningham
Johann's Care Sheet
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Trailed by a Daily Prophet reporter and photographer, Ira makes a visit to the hospital for charitable purposes. The timing of her poisoning is impeccable.
Charity
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Head of Magical Law Enforcement writes to St Mungo's Hospital.
Don't Lie, We're Fixing to Die
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Jules Deville takes another swipe at Ambrose Darrion
March into the Sea
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Late at night, Moira McBoid and Sasha Schlagenweit decide to drown their respective sorrows from the situation.
Too Much to Handle
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Receiving a prickly response the day before, Solomon returns and indicates Grace Eddy and Adon Eleor will be in touch.
Don't Lie We're Fixing to Die
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Auror Eleor picks up the trail with Floor Head for Plant and Potion Poisoning, Deville.
Politeness: The Poison of Collaboration
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The Haunting Hour covers the incident, and Jules Deville calls in anonymously to talk to Balfour Spectre's alter ego.
The Haunting Hour
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Head Healer Miranda Elliot wakes from her comatose state. Ignan suggests the Daily Prophet is estimating up to 80 deaths.
Awakening Beauty

"Do I look twenty?" The croak was odd, but recognisable, and despite his stern features, a genuine, happy smile broke out across the Deputy Headmaster's face as both hands clasped her right hand. "Of course you do." He replied with a hint of a relieved laugh in his tone. As she launched herself over the edge of the bed away from him, towards Cassidy he released her hand instinctively to let her do as she needed. As long as it wasn't bright blue and glowing as Camille had mentioned Johann's had been, he would still celebrate.Ignan Storm

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Ambrose wakes Arcturus from a nap on the night shift.
If You Listen Closely
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Head Healer Miranda Elliot calls a meeting at her bedside with her Heads of Floor to understand the situation while she has been in a potion-induced slumber.
Address the Sleeping Queen
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Healer in Training and former employee of Drammes Apotheke, Elixa Mordent, approaches the Head Healer with information.
Drammes, Scruples, Grains
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Effective treatments in place and contaminated ingredients completely removed from supply chain.
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Elixa is keen to speak with Adon about her research from December and convinces Johann to help.
An Ounce of Truth
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Solomon Carstairs writes to Adon Eleor for a progress report, citing rumours that Miranda Elliot has come under suspicion for the crimes.
Progress Report
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Balfour confronts Ira about assaulting Johann and she confirms the connection to the hospital over the dispute.
What's a King to a God?
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Johann hopes for an unfortunate coincidence, but Ira reveals their part in the contamination.
Your Only Hope is Evil
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Gladys-May Shufflebottom brings in one of her children after mistakenly administering a healing potion tainted with the poison from December. As an antidote is now available for all of the poisons, it is a relatively simple job to fix.
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Solomon Carstairs summons the Head of St Mungo's to see him.
To Blame is to Betray
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Miranda Storm awaits an auror to arrive.
Have I Betrayed Myself?


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