Teen Titans Magazine Vol. 5 issue 1 Final-3 | Page 19

Chimera The monstrous Chimera is an amalgam beast, having roots in Greek mythology. Its form is an amalgamation of 3 different animals. The most common interpretation of the chimera is depicted with the head and torso of a lion, head of a goat along its back along with the hind legs of a goat also, and a literal snake for a tail. All parts of it are active, mobile, and capable of hostile movements. Different forms or representation of the chimera exist, all of which being fusions of 3 to 4 animals. There are three-headed chimeras, possessing the heads of a dragon, lion, and goat (the snake tail still remains). Because of this forms integration with the fabled, fire-breathing dragon, it also possesses a great set of wings, spanning across its back. Any other segment of the chimera is the same as the original chimera. The alternate edition of this brand of chimera has a slight variation in the anatomical organization, with it only having a lion's head at the forefront while the head of both the goat and the dragon lie along its spine. The wings of the dragon still remain intact. One of the more abnormal aspects of the already abnormal concept of a chimera is that it is the goat along its back that breathes fire, not the dragon. Very perverse, right? 19