

Once the Chimera began to bleed modified mercury from their eyes, noses, mouths, or open wounds, the Dread Doctors would determine that they were failures and kill them, as they believe failures tainted the experiment pool. First, the Chimeras would begin to forget who they were and what was happening to them, and then they would begin to bleed black blood and become unable to heal their wounds at an accelerated rate. It would quickly become clear whether they were successes or failures depending on their behavior after they exhibited their new hybrid powers. Throughout this weeks-long process, the Dread Doctors would continually modify the memories of the Chimeras so that they wouldn't know what was being done to them until the Doctors were ready for them to be aware of their true nature. From there, the Chimeras would continue to be tested and experimented on, which may or may not include physical transformations like new sets of teeth, talons, or wings. After this point, the Dread Doctors gave them a final mercury infusion. Once the Chimera was able to dig themselves out of their makeshift graves, they began to exhibit the supernatural traits and powers of the creatures that made up their new hybrid nature (though it is unknown how or why each Chimera gained the supernatural characteristics that they developed- it could be that the Dread Doctors chose the species that made up their Chimera nature, though it seems unlikely, or it could be a case of "the shape you take reflects the person that you are" in which the newly-turned Chimera's supernatural nature is determined by their personality and body chemistry, which is typical of true supernatural creatures). As seen with, it appears that once the test subjects were chosen, the Dread Doctors would give the soon-to-be Chimeras infusions of a modified mercury solution over multiple nights before burying them in the ground as a sort of incubation period. The exact transformation process the used to turn humans with genetic chimerism into super-powered Chimeras remains unknown, but from what was revealed, it appears that they began this process by identifying teenagers with two sets of DNA, likely because teenagers were more likely to survive the transformation than adults were. The only truly successful Chimera was, who was a genetic chimera as a result of absorbing his twin in the womb, and who ultimately became the host for the Beast of Gevaudan while was considered to be a somewhat successful Chimera due to the fact that he did not reject the transformation like the ten other Chimeras considered to be "failures," he was also not actually a success by the Dread Doctors' standards, since he was not a suitable vessel for the Beast's spirit. The majority of these failures were characterized by bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth they often first began to bleed black blood before then getting nosebleeds or vomiting the modified mercury that the Dread Doctors used to turn them in the first place. However, all but one of these Chimeras were referred to by the Doctors as "failures," as they transformed in ways that made them unsuitable vessels for the Beast.

humans with two sets of DNA, caused by such factors as organ/tissue transplants or fetal resorption syndrome) as their test subjects in pursuit of the ideal vessel for the resurrected spirit of. Despite this, they are still bound by some metaphysical rules, such as being unable to steal a True Alpha's powers, as proven when both ] and attempted to steal 's powers since neither were Betas who were bitten and turned by Scott himself, they were both unsuccessful.Īs previously stated, Chimeras were created by the, who specifically chose human teenagers with genetic chimerism (i.e. For example, Chimeras can handle like any other human, whereas a true supernatural would be unable to touch or use it in any way. According to, these hybrid creatures are not limited to the same rules as real supernatural creatures since they were created through science rather than magic or mysticism, thus making them essentially enhanced humans. In Teen Wolf, the Chimera is a human who has been scientifically given the powers of at least one supernatural species by the, although they typically have the traits of two of these species. It's a creature made up of incongruous parts." - explaining the term Chimera to the in
