Evidently her internal composition resembled a flamethrower, as she was reputed to breathe and spout fire. The details of Chimera's life are unclear, but we do know that she was killed by Bellarophon, one of those pretentious and semi-licentious Greek heroes. Now, some people argue that Chimera never existed, that she was just a mythological construct.
Some people label impossible or foolish fancies as 'chimerical'.
ChimeraCon II can do without 'some people'. We of Chimera, the UNC-CH Fantasy and Science Fiction Club, see the Chimera, and by extension the club and the Con, as representative not of absurd or foolish things, but instead of vision, foresight, wonder, and dreams attainable, perhaps with a little bit of mystery. These are the attributes we want this convention to posses and convey.