Chiro

Chiro
Gender	Female
Classification	Chimaera
Race	Sab
Aspect	Creature
Animal Attributes	Jackal Bat Caracal
Place of Origin	Sab Desert, Eretz
Affiliation	Chimaera Army
Occupation	Soldier
Relatives	Madrigal † (foster sister)
Status	Deceased
Appears In	Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Chiro is a Sab chimaera with a jackal's head. She is Madrigal's foster sister.

Appearance

Chiro is a chimaera of creature aspect. Her head is that of a jackal, she possesses the haunches of a caracal, and the wings of a bat.

Personality

Chiro is initially presented as a sister-figure to Madrigal. However, she harbors a deep envy of her human-aspect sister, and is infatuated with Thiago. Brimstone describes her soul as "a soft mollusk thing, wet and shrinking." Chiro is petty, insecure, and vindictive. She doesn't appear to be very upset about Madrigal's death.

Background

Chiro's family took Madrigal in when she was orphaned. During the siege at Kalamet, she was killed by an arrow shot to her heart. Madrigal was able to safely gather her soul into a thurible and take it to Brimstone. Chiro was resurrected as a revenant shortly afterwards, with a diamond-hard body courtesy of her foster sister.

Plot

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Chiro is first seen nudging Madrigal out of her hiding spot so she can prepare for the ball. In multiple flashbacks, it is obvious that she is jealous of Madrigal for her beauty and high-human aspect. She ends up betraying her sister by telling Thiago about Madrigal's affair with Akiva, because she loved Thiago and he promised her a new body with high-human aspect.

At Madrigal's evanescence, Brimstone selects Chiro to do the blessing. Because her soul is weak, Madrigal easily enters her body to save her own soul after the execution. It is unknown what happened to her afterwards, but Brimstone promised Madrigal to make a body of moray eel teeth if Chiro ever needs a new body.

Relationships

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Memorable Quotes

• "You could die. Resurrect ugly. He'd leave you alone then."
• "Would you want to be me?" Hurt and confused, Madrigal said, "I don't understand." "No, you wouldn't," said Chiro. "You're beautiful."

Trivia

• Chiro's name may have been derived from Chiroptera, the taxonomical order that bats belong to.