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The **Chimeras** in *ASTRAL CHAIN* are a mysterious race of extradimensional invaders originating from the Astral Plane, who appeared in the Ark and began attacking the residents of the city, and dragging them through gates into the Astral Plane. They are the primary enemies that the player encounters throughout the game.

## History

The chimeras in *ASTRAL CHAIN* are not extraterrestrial, but extradimensional beings, and originate from a dimension parallel to the one Earth exists in, the Astral Plane. Chimeras are described as entities portrayed as solid digital data.

In 2043, gates to the Astral Plane started opening on the Earth after a meteorite collision, and Red Matter from the parallel dimension began polluting the land. The survivors created the Ark to hide from the extradimensional threat, but 10 years later, the wormholes began appearing in the Ark as well, causing chimeras to invade and start dragging people into the Astral Plane. Some time after the chimeras began invading the Ark, technology was developed to capture and weaponize chimeras, which was the creation of the Legion technology.

Regular civilians cannot see the chimeras under normal circumstances, although civilians affected by high amounts of Red Matter can, and those in control of Legions can. Chimeras are still capable of interacting with civilians, dragging them through gates or causing destruction, which would appear as if it were done by an invisible force. The existence of chimeras are also kept a secret from the public, only the government and Neuron agents know of them.

## Appearance

The chimeras vary greatly in appearance, but there appear to be select groups with individual appearances and abilities. There are many different types of chimeras, many of which are currently unnamed. Many chimeras share some common visual traits, such as glowing red eyes and red highlights on the body, and a ridged skin texture similar to that of the Legion. One thing they all have in common is these glowing cores with marks on their bodies visibly. Information shown by the IRIS system when encountering chimeras gives them all an ID Number, which appears to categorize them into groups, and a C-Scale, which may refer to their danger level.

## Powers and Abilities

Each and every Chimera has a different set of skills and abilties based on their type the player has to keep in mind while facing them.

Chimera seem to mindlessly attack the player on instinct once they approach. Only a few Chimera appear to be able to 'think' to a extent. The creatures aren't able to speak or communicate in any way, and it isn't know if they communicate among their own kind either despite showing signs of teamwork among specific types.

In most cases, Weaker Chimera spawn in groups to overwhelm the player and aren't able to do any significant damage on their own if their opponent is equipped with a Legion. However the larger creatures often need to be taken down more carefully especially on higher difficulties.

Chimera are also nearly invisible to those without a Legion, with only some outlines of their bodies being vaguely visible as seen in the first File.

## Trivia

* Chimeras are named after the Greek mythological creature, which is a fire-breathing hybrid creature comprised of the parts of more than one animal. The most common depiction is of a lion with the head of a goat, and a snake's head as a tail.
* All of the chimera types are named after creatures or prominent figures in Greek mythology.
* It appears that, as long as someone has been linked with a Legion at some point, they can see Chimera even if they lost it as can be observed in multiple files.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/astral-chain-switch
2. ↑ https://www.platinumgames.com/official-blog/article/10303