Chiron

*The Wounded Healer*

**Also known as:** Cheiron

**Pantheon**: Greek

**Title**: The Great Teacher, Great Sage of Centaurs, Kheiron

**Alignment**: Lawful - Good

## Information

Although centaurs are usually dismissed as raucous barbarians, Chiron is the exception to the rule: a brilliant, civilized culture hero. Chiron has always been considered different from the other centaurs. In ancient times, debate raged as to whether centaurs were spirits or transformed/possessed humans like werewolves. Chiron is always considered an immortal. His origins are divine: Kronos in the form of a stallion had sex with Philyra, an Oceanid. Chiron is the result of their union and thus half brother of Zeus and the other Olympians. Chiron is renowned as the tutor and foster-father of heroes including Achilles, Jason, and Heracles.

Chiron lives in a cave on Mount Pelion in Thessaly. Mount Pelion is called “Philyra’s Bridal Chamber” and may be the site of his conception, too. He’s not a solitary spirit; his whole family lives together and may be venerated together, too. Permanent residents of Chiron’s cave include Philyra, his mother, and Chariklo, his wife. His many daughters come and go, as do the heroes he tutors. Jason was raised in the cave; Achilles was nursed here. Chiron’s daughter, Endaïs, may be the mother of Peleus, Achilles’ father, which makes Chiron his grandfather as well as his tutor. Chiron gave Heracles music lessons, suffering a head injury when Heracles hit him with a lyre; nothing compared to what he would do to him later.

During his fourth labor, Heracles stopped to party with the centaurs. Very drunk, he accidentally wounded Chiron, his old friend, with a poisoned arrow. As an immortal, Chiron didn’t and couldn’t die but suffered excruciating agony. To relieve him, Zeus placed him in the heavens as the constellation Sagittarius. Chiron is the archetypal wounded healer who heals everyone hut is unable to help himself.

Chiron is a musician, healer, herbalist, prophet, and sorcerer. He restores eyesight to the blind and reputedly never lifts his hand in anger. There is little he doesn’t know. He is generous with his knowledge and an excellent teacher.

**Manifestation:** An old man with a white beard and the hindquarters of a pony

**Planet:** Chiron, officially discovered in 1977, is a mysterious space object, a dual asteroid/ comet, sometimes also classified as a planetoid.

**See Also:** Achilles; Asklepios; Chariklo; Heracles; Kallikantzari; Kronos; Oceanid; Olympian Spirits; Silenus; Zeus

## Smite Lore

Chiron is a being of conflicted duality. Two opposites in one form. For all appearances, he is a centaur, bearing the torso of a man, and the body of a horse. Brutish, crude, and violent, the centaurs are not civilized creatures. Yet, Chiron is a scholar, a poet, an astrologer, and a teacher. And for all the wonder and glory of the world he tries to impart upon his illustrious students, Chiron, it seems, must constantly teach them the art of war.

Fame and legend are the hallmarks of his pupils. Perseus, who beheaded Medusa, Ajax, who battled bravely against Troy, and Achilles, who Chiron practically raised from infancy, all are figures of renown. But it is for their acts of violence, not art or science, for which songs are sung of these heroes. Chiron would prefer the world a more contemplative place where mankind adored nature and kindled bonds of friendship over scholarly discussions.

## Fate Lore

A great sage from Greek Mythology. Well versed in all sorts of knowledges, due to his gentle personality and skillful teaching methods, countless heroes from Greece ultimately received his teachings. Heracles, Achilles, Jason, Asclepius, Castor... while their periods diverged, they were all Chiron's disciples.

**Height/Weight:** 179cm ・ 81kg

**Source:** Greek Mythology

**Country of Origin:** Greece

Born between Kronos, Zeus' father, and the Goddess of Islands Philyra. Because the God Kronos, Chiron's father, copulated with his mother while in the form of a horse, Chiron too was born as a half-man, half-horse centaur. Due to such monstrous figure, she vehemently baulked at breastfeeding him and ended up transforming herself into a linden tree.

Despite not being loved by his parents, Chiron grew into a sage that excelled in all sorts of studies. This is not entirely unrelated to the fact that his mother's name - Philyra - means linden tree. For the flower of the linden tree can be used as a medicine if handled with care, and its bark was employed in divination and as a writing board.

Upon becoming an adult, Chiron began to receive requests from all over Greece to rear "future heroes". Other than the great heroes Heracles and Achilles, his students included the future God of Medicine Asclepius and Castor - who would later be sublimated into the Gemini constellation. Even Jason, the leader of the Argonautai, was among those who received his teachings.

That being said, according to Jason "*Well, for someone like me, those sorts of concise and easy-to-understand lessons were quite jarring instead! Rather, I wished that he had taught me how to cope when you're stuck with a landmine-like woman!*"

**Consecration of Eternal Life: EX**

The anecdote of being sublimated into the constellation of Sagittarius by presenting his immortality. By being sublimated into a star, he became an existence that protects people from the heavenly scorpion.

**Wisdom of Divine Gift: A+**

The many wisdoms as a sage bestowed by the gods of Greek Mythology. With exception of those unique of certain heroes, he can exhibit almost all skills with a proficiency level of B~A Rank. Also, with the consent of the Master, it is possible to teach those skills to other Servants. In another Holy Grail War, he had no opportunities to use this skill on anyone other than himself, but now he fully expects to put it to good use on the Chaldea.

**Heavenly Scorpion Single-Shot**

**Rank:** A

**Type:** Anti-Unit

**Range:** 5~99

**Maximum Targets:** 1 person

Antares Snipe. The embodiment of the episode in which, having turned into the Sagittarius, Chiron is constantly aiming at the heavenly scorpion. The ultimate attack that a bowman can achieve - that of piercing a star. A meteor attack shot not from a bow, but from the stars, it is possible to fire from the moment that True Name is released.

Even Achilleus, famous for being a fast runner, was unable to avoid this Noble Phantasm. Although there is the demerit of being limited to one use per night, so long he does not miss the timing, he probably will not miss his mark. Chiron, the prominent great sage of Greek Mythology, was ultimately shot with a hydra's poison arrow and had to relinquish his immortality - which was his proof as a god - in order to escape the resulting anguish.

The gods who felt that Chiron deserved better raised him to heavens as a star. But upon manifesting in this world, Chiron came to regret relinquishing his immortality and now holds the wish of once again obtaining it. However, that is neither because he wants to be sublimated into a god, nor because he yearns for eternal life. His wish is simply to obtain the sole peculiarity which he was granted by his parents.

## Appearances in Modern Media

From SmiteFrom FateFrom DislyteFrom Age of IshtariaFrom Rage of Bahamut
## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes