Chimera

A chimera fuses three beasts into one nightmare: the heavy forequarters of a great tawny lion, the shaggy hindquarters of a black mountain-goat, and broad leathery wings sprouting from its spine. Three necks rise from the shoulders, a maned lion's head, a horned goat's head, and a scaled, fire-throated dragon's head, each acting with its own savage will. Roughly the height of a draft horse at the shoulder, it favours cliffside caves and hunts every few days across a wide range. Greedy and territorial, it heaps the coin of slain travellers into a pile and roosts on it without grasping its worth. In the field it is a flying ambusher that dives from above, raking and goring before its enemies can close.