Chimerical Mythology Novels & Stories

Over time, he absorbed a portion of that same power. The result was a greatly extended lifespan, though it came at a terrible cost. The Everflame Archons who inherited that power often suffered from unstable minds. Decades could pass between brief moments of clarity. Whenever an Archon regained their senses, Everflame would awaken once more. The chimera, however, was unlike either of the other two. When humanity's ancestors first hunted it, they discovered that it was unique. There was only one, and it was not a creature in the conventional sense. It was a consciousness, one that could be rewritten.

"Some of you will know me as apprentice to the great Master Arcus, your devoted and accomplished healer who passed on this morning." At the news of Arcus death, a bone chilling silence lay over the whole room. Aelfric took it that some of them might not have heard the news. Now that he had their full attention he went on, "In my years of study and learning as Master Arcus's apprentice, I have read quite a lot about chimeras. They have three heads. The Dragon head need a virgin, princess, or noblewoman, lion head need a bloody kill, and goat head require little more than a bit of sacrificial flesh.The beast itself is drawn to either one. Whatever is the strongest . what this beast does not kn