Minotaur

The Minotaur—whose real name was Asterion, meaning "the starry one"—was a man-eating monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull. How's that for an image? Well, hey it's not his fault. His mom, Queen Pasiphae of Crete, was cursed to fall in love with a magical bull sent from the sea by Poseidon. See, her husband, King Minos, offended the sea god, so he thought this would be the best way to get revenge (and he was kind of right—canoodling with a bull? ew). Born out of a very troubled relationship, Asterion was such a problem child that Minos (not his biological dad, mind you) ordered the genius Daedalus to build an inescapable Labyrinth to imprison the bull-boy. Nightmare! The Minotaur spent his life trapped in the Labyrinth, dining on whatever human sacrifices Minos decided to chuck in there at him, until the monster was finally slain by the Athenian hero Theseus. Sad end to a pretty sad life.

You'll have to truck it down to the Underworld if you want to chat with the Minotaur: he was offed by Theseus a long time ago. Once you're down there, it shouldn't be too hard to find him: he'll be the big muscular guy with the head of a bull. (Yeah, it's a pretty distinctive look.) Watch out when you're talking to him, though. He has a habit of eating people, and all in all he's a pretty angry dude. Being locked in the Labyrinth, getting killed, being born at all—he's got a major chip on his shoulder. One sure fire way to butter him up is to call him Asterion. That's his real name, and it means "starry one." He prefers it to the Minotaur. Can't say we blame him on that one.

Sex: Male
Age: How can you tell?
Build: Ripped
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brownish black
Facial Hair: Thoroughly furry
Scars/marks/tattoos: Battle scars all over
Jewelry and accessories: Bullring
Clothing: Loincloth
Armor: Too tough for armor
Type of Weapon: Horns (or just bare hands)

Typical Companions:

• Eats companions.

Known Hangouts:

• The Labyrinth
• Rodeos
• Bull Fights
• Cow Pastures