Minotaur

The minotaurs of Wormwood are strong in body, dedication, and courage. They are at home on the battlefield, willing to fight for their various causes. They combine a burning fury in battle with keen tactics that make them excellent commanders as well as valuable shock troops.

Horns and Hooves
Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Their horns range in size from about a foot long to great, curling weapons easily three times that length. They often ornament their horns with metal rings or sheathe them in metal to protect them from damage.

Manes of shaggy fur extend down minotaurs’ necks and powerful backs, and males have long tufts of hair on their chins and cheeks. Their legs end in heavy, cloven hooves, and they have long, tufted tails, which are occasionally docked depending on the herd.

Strength and Zeal
Minotaurs are zealous and love battle. This can manifest in minotaur herds as either a precise legion or a furious pack. Minotaurs tend to vent 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.

Storytellers
Minotaur culture is full to legends and stories that are passed down through the generations. From fairy tales meant to get calves to behave, to legends intended to inspire heroes and great deeds in soldiers. Many of these stories are semi-historical, meant to explain certain aspects of the world, and while very few of them hold any truth, they play an important role in shaping minotaur belief systems. These “historical” legends can vary from herd to herd, but they often feature similar characters and themes.

Powerful minotaur families often claim relation to the great heroes of these myths, and these claims can help a minotaur rise to power if they demonstrate similar heroics. The oldest of these legends tells of the great Taurus, a minotaur who has ascended to godhood.

Minotaur Names
The legends that recount the deeds of ancient minotaur heroes are full of other names as well: those of the retainers, allies, lovers, servants, enemies, and others who played roles, however small, in the lives of the heroes. Almost every minotaur name is drawn from that long list of minor characters of legend, so that those folk are never forgotten.

Male Names: Alovnek, Brogmir, Brozhdar, Dornik, Drakmir, Drazhan, Grozdan, Kalazmir, Klattic, Melislek, Nirikov, Prezhlek, Radolak, Rugilar, Sarovnek, Svarakov, Trovik, Vraslak, Yarvern.

Female Names: Akra, Bolsa, Cica, Dakka, Drakisla, Eleska, Enka, Irnaya, Jaska, Kalka, Makla, Noraka, Pesha, Raisha, Sokali, Takyat, Vrokya, Veska, Yelka, Zarka, Zoka.