Minotaur

The minotours of the Seven Silver Circles where only created after the Godsrain fell on some bovine creatures.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Minotaurs are tall, bulky humanoids with the bovine features such as horns, hooves, and elongated faces. Their fur patterns are frequently monotone in deep browns or blacks, though white or gray aren't uncommon. Though the large size of a minotaur might cause one think they are clumsy, the truth is quite the opposite. Minotaur hooves rest on a delicate balance point, making their footfalls quiet and precise. However, when there is a need to be heard, the steps of a minotaur can fall like thunder.
A minotaur's horns are a source of pride and often accented by pieces of fashion. Those with longer horns add rings and chains around them, cast in whatever rare metals are affordable, or dye or engrave patterns along them. Those with not much horn to speak of instead shave their fur around the base of the horns, possibly adding stylish circular tattoos to the surrounding skin or fitting metal caps onto their tips. This draws attention to an otherwise overlooked feature.

Growth Rate & Stages

Minotours grow and much faster rates than humans, though can live as long as elves or dwarves. A typical minotour reaches maturity within 10 years and can remain in this prime state for centuries, sometime millenia.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Minotours are generally herbavours, but have been known to subsist with meat. Usually minotours only eat flesh of those they kill.

Behaviour

Minotaurs tend to be blunt and literal, rarely engaging in overly clever wordplay, sarcasm, or irony. Flaring nostrils and rolling eyes can be intimidating expressions when viewed by non-minotaurs, but to a minotaur, they can convey a complex story with emotional and even spiritual elements. Minotaurs wishing to emphasize a certain emotion occasionally use piercings and tattoos, though minotaurs who lean too heavily into these adornments to look fierce often come off as a bit foolish to their peers. The minotaur saying “an angry bull stamps once and gores twice” is both an admonition against overly aggressive displays and a reminder that the creature truly to be feared is one who speaks with their actions.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Minotaurs can see in darkness and dim light just as well as they can see in bright light, though their vision in darkness is in black and white. Some minotaurs have a sort of sixth sense in the mazes and laborynths they create, knowing exactly who's in them and where. Many minotaurs have scent abilities, though not as precise as other species.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Example Names:

• Uovatris Thunderpelt
• Aseru Steadyfist
• Entimira Heavyskin
• Reoris Sharpfury
• Fentris Rockwalker
• Traknus Valiantskull
• Dorfajar Silentskull
• Arron Toughwarrior
• Drintagar Stoutfury
• Hirtaruk Steeleye

Geographic Distribution

• Orcstriker Camp, Hakkak

Related Organizations

• Orcstriker Herd