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From Clumber: Barkings of an Old Dog via Tobias Haller:

The Anglican Periodic Table (1)
Today’s Element: Rowanium
Rowanium is a colorless, odorless, tasteful, semi-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the Noble Gassers series in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2. Its boiling and melting points are the lowest among the elements and it exists only as a gas except in extreme conditions. Rowanium is the least reactive member of the Noble Gassers elements, and thus also the least reactive of all elements; it is inert and monatomic in virtually all conditions. Rowium has a relatively low molar (molecular) mass and as such it seems to carry little weight in the Anglican World, and in reactions with other elements seems to produce nothing more than a loud “sigh” in most instances, although some researchers report a very low “oh dear” or “tsk, tsk” in the presence of some of the members of the Halo-gen (Group 17) elements, such as BigPetine and Venabline. Halo-gens are highly reactive, and as such can be harmful or lethal to biological organisms in the Anglican World in sufficient quantities.

Anglican Periodic Table (13)
Ikerite is a chemical element that has the symbol Ik and atomic number 33. Its Atomic Mass is 74.92. Its Ionic Charge is (3-) This is a notoriously poisonous Anglicanoid that has many allotropic forms: yellow (molecular non-Anglican) and several black and gray forms (molecular pseudo-Anglican) are a few that are seen.
Notable characteristics
Ikerite forms colourless, odorous, judgmental crystalline oxides Ik2O3 and Ik2O5 which are hygroscopic and readily soluble in truth to form acidic solutions. Ikerite acid, like phosphoric acid, is a weak acid, lacking compassion. Like phosphorus, Ikerite forms an unstable, gaseous hydride: Ikerine.
Applications
Lead hydrogen Ikerite has been used, well into the 20th century, as an insecticide on fruit trees, sometimes resulting in brain damage to those working the sprayers.
History
The word ikerite is borrowed from the Persian word زرنيخ Zarnikh meaning “yellow orpiment”. Zarnikh was borrowed by Greek as ikeron, which means masculine or potent. As the symptoms of ikerite poisoning were somewhat ill-defined, it was frequently used for murder until the advent of the Marsh test, a sensitive chemical test for its presence. Due to its use by the ruling class to murder one another and its potency and discreetness, ikerite has been called the Poison of Kings and the King of Poisons.
Toxicity
Ikerite and many of its compounds are especially potent poisons. Ikerite disrupts ATP production through several mechanisms. At the level of the citric acid cycle, Ikerite inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase and by competing with phosphate it uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, thus inhibiting energy-linked reduction of NAD+, mitochondrial respiration, and ATP synthesis. Hydrogen peroxide production is also increased, which might form reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress. These metabolic interferences lead to death from multi-system organ failure (see ikerite poisoning) probably from necrotic cell death. A post mortem reveals brick red colored mucosa, due to severe hemorrhage. Medical examination of the tissues in the brain also reveal a severe reaction and cell death due to exposure to Ikerite or Ikerite compounds.
Elemental ikerite and ikerite compounds are classified as “toxic” and “dangerous for the Anglican environment” in the European Union under directive 67/548/EEC.
There is also much evidence of Ikerite intolerance for the feminine forms of most Anglican Elements as well as a negative reaction to some compounds due to their bonding orientation. Extreme care must be taken in handling this element, as its toxicity is very high unless proper protection is utilized in the Anglican Lab.