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Minotaurs are a race commonly found in their homeland, Labylithea, in the Blood Sea, and in neighboring regions.

Minotaur colonies and communities have been established in most corners of the Blood Sea, but the minotaurs have always been centered in the Labylithean Islands.

Minotaurs have a naval tradition that rivals the halflings, though they do not have the ara's pride of it. Minotaurs, in fact, are often happy to assist on halfling ships in the Blood Sea as deckhands, bodyguards and dockworkers.

Minotaur lifespans roughly equate to that of the dwarves.

The minotaurs who dwell in the badlands of Phoberos and the remote polis of Skophos are caught between two worlds. Some follow the dark god Mogis, who has tyrannized them for ages untold and shown them a trail of slaughter that is all many minotaurs have ever known. Others, though, have emerged from this bloody path and found a world that welcomes those who pursue their own destinies and heroic callings.

History


Origins in northern Nora

War with the Elves

Migration to the south and diaspora

Culture


Minotaurs love complexity

especially mazes and certain kinds of machinery. With their low Intelligence, they’re not the best inventors or creators, but (thanks to their higher Wisdom) they are superb adaptors and jury-riggers (one reason they are so quick to move into already-established mazes).

BUILT TO SURVIVE

Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Their horns range in size from about 1 foot long to great, curling weapons easily three times that length. Theros minotaurs often carve their horns to sharpen their edges, etch symbols of power into them, or sheathe them in bronze to prevent them from shattering during battle.

Thick hair extends down minotaurs' necks and powerful backs, and some have long patches of hair on their chins and cheeks. Their legs end in heavy, cloven hooves, and they have long, tufted tails. Minotaur priests often adorn themselves with sacred items, be they trophies from fallen foes, keepsakes from their homeland, or naturally occurring marks of their god's favor.

AGES OF DARKNESS

Although minotaurs aren't evil by nature and are free to worship any god, many are raised among those devoted to Mogis's vile whims. Myths tell that Mogis created the first minotaurs from his own followers, typically criminals and monsters of unspeakable depravity. While many groups of minotaurs still honor their villainous progenitors, others have abandoned their ancestors and moved beyond their crimes, seeking their fates in the future, not the past.

While the inhabitants of Akros and other reaches near Phoberos, the homeland of most minotaur herds, have engaged in endless conflicts with bloodthirsty minotaurs, they know there are those who forsake Mogis's depravities. The people of Meletis, Setessa, and lands beyond are also generally open-minded and curious about minotaurs who wander into their lands. Epics like The Callapheia also describe multiple heroic minotaurs. As a result, a minotaur traveling in the company of other non-minotaurs is likely to be accepted in any polis.

PASSION AND ZEAL

Minotaurs are known for venting their outrage through violence, but they aren't generally quick to anger. They are passionate, loving their friends and partners fiercely, and they laugh loud and long at good jokes. This zeal also extends to their faith. Those who have avoided the corrupting influence of Mogis gravitate toward the service of gods who share their bold nature, especially Erebos, Keranos, and Purphoros. Those who have rejected Mogis sometimes embrace his hated twin brother, Iroas.

MINOTAUR NAMES

In the labyrinthine polis of Skophos, the deeds of minotaur champions are carved among the winding halls. Minotaurs often name their children after these great heroes, believing that a child will inherit the strength, audacity, guile, or fearsomeness of a heroic namesake. Other minotaur parents invent their own names, though, believing in their child's potential to light a new constellation in Nyx with the brightness of their own soul.

The Minotaur Namesake table suggests possible qualities or deeds that a minotaur's namesake might have been known for. Your character might strive to emulate that quality or seek to forge a new legacy to be associated with your name by future generations.

Ethnicities


Southern tribes

"Quick"; most numerous, spread over all islands and established many colonies in foreign shores
"Powerful"; unique dialect, mainlanders, magicians, rivals to the forest dwellers, love art and philosophy
"Shining"; white hair, inhabitants of very ancient city, sailors, musicians
"Long haired"; most culturally dominant. Rulers. Beautiful.
"Blessed"; fair haired, people without a homeland, fey touched, mystic, religious, travelers, persecuted, mistrusted

Northern tribes

"Forest dwellers"; northern minotaurs pushed south by elves. Warrior tribe, irish
"The Greats"; brother northern tribe. Divine blood. Scottish


A beastman-type monster with the characteristics of an ox. They are monster warriors that have freakish strength, and can effortlessly swing enormous weapons. Their temperament is extremely rough, and since they don’t think much and their actions are guided by emotion, they are exceedingly dangerous monsters.

They’re extremely ferocious, and when they spot a human man of their liking, they practically charge in and assault him immediately in an effort to force intercourse. Since they have boundless stamina, they take much pleasure in unilaterally raping men, and they like rough sex. Once they get a hold of a man, he’ll be forced to go along with it until he becomes exhausted and passes out.

Also, since they get aroused when they see the color red, and become even more ferocious, if you’re wearing red clothes, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll be targeted by these vicious beasts that have nothing in mind but greedily devouring a phallus with their vagina, so you should be careful.

In this way, they are extremely dangerous monsters, but actually they are often encountered sleeping. They spend most of their day sleeping. After eating, they pretty much just go back to sleep right then and there, something minor won’t wake them up. Also, after having sex with a human man, if they like the man, they’ll fall asleep while embracing him. Such a man won’t be released. He’ll start being treated as their husband.

They tend to be very lazy. Only rarely do they take an active interest in anything other than eating, sleeping, and sex. On the contrary, they have a powerful interest in these three things. Food, sleep, and sex are the only things that are always on their mind, and especially after getting a husband, they become almost entirely occupied with having sex with him. Their daily life with their husband will largely be spent having sex with him, aside from when they’re eating or sleeping.

It is said that when they go to sleep, sleeping while embracing their husband makes them happier than anything else. After having plenty of sex during the day, and becoming exhausted, they will sleep peacefully with their husband embraced in their arms. Eventually, once they awaken and see the dear face of their beloved in their arms, they’ll go and ravish him from first thing in the morning.

Their day starts with rough sex with their man first thing after rising, and they will continue to have sex until sunset, they’ll hug their man and go back to sleep again with pleasant fatigue. Rinse, wash, and repeat.

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