MINOTAUR

By Wicket27@aol.com

Culture

The culture of the minotaur (aka werebulls) is centered on the individual. Bulls considered all werecreatures equal except those affiliated with the Wyrm and a company called Trilengths Food Testers. The minotaur find that ranking someone by their accomplishments is pure stupidity and all werecreatures deserve a chance to be respected. The minotaur judge each other by a special gift that all minotaurs have, this gift is given to the werebull in their version of a rite of passage, which is similar to the garou's. The gift is called Seeing of Minotraz, and it may be used at the players will. It allows the minotaur to sense how good a another minotaur is. If the minotaur stole from society then he would be consider low in "honor". If he ran from a equal fight then he would be low in Glory. If he made a bad choice and knew it was a bad choice then he would be low in wisdom. This applies for everything the werebulls do, and other werebulls know this. They don't know exactly what was done wrong but they know some thing was done wrong.

Minotaur have kinfolk as do garou and all follow the Bull totem. They form septs they call Herds, but typically do not have access to Caerns.

Enemies

Like most shifters, werebulls loathe the Wyrm and their strong belief in individuality influences how they fight it. Minotaurs prefer stalking single prey and killing the wyrm's minions individually, unlike the garou's philosophy of killing chunks of the Wyrm.

TriLength is a company that captures animals from the wild for use by the Wyrm. Think of them as an evil, undercover FDA. TriLength is the werebulls worst enemy as it hunts down strange creatures sighted and give them to the Wyrm.

Veil

The Veil that protects the minotaur is powerful, though flawed. It is impossible to penetrate by normal mortals (changers, kinfolk and other supernaturals are excluded of course), regardless of Willpower. In fact, the Delerium is so strong that most completely forget they even knew the minotaur. Unfortunately, those who are tainted by the Wyrm are not affected by the Veil at all. Minotaur incite Delerium in all forms except Homid and Bovine.

Breeds

Minotaur have four breeds: Homid, Bovine, Grather and Slate. The first two forms are similar to the Garou Homid and Lupus form, respectively. Grather and Slate are two kinds of Metis. Grather have the minotaur form as their natural form while Slate have the Satyr form as their breed form.

Auspice

Horn-length is the equivalent to Auspice among the minotaur and literally is based off the length of a minotaur's horns. Minotaur with very long horns are warriors (Ahroun). Those with moderately long horns are known as tricksters or scouts (Ragabash). Minotaur with medium length horns are called Sorcerers (Theurges). Those with moderately short horns are known as Guards or Friends and fulfill a role similar to Philodox and serve as the protectors of minotaur society. Finally, minotaur with very short horns are entertainers (Galliard) and it is their job to stave off the minotaur's answer to Harano that they call Melancholy.

Tribe

There are three tribes of Minotaur: the Steel Horns, the Long Horns and the Horns of Heritage. The Steel Horns are the most militant and are devoted to the destruction of Trilength. The Long Horns consist mostly of Scouts and Warriors and have the closest relation with other creatures, particularly garou. the Horns of Heritage are a very traditional and spiritual tribe known for their power of storyteller. The Horns of Heritage are rarely found away from Crete.

Starting Willpower

4

Backgrounds

Minotaur cannot initially have the Contacts or Rites background.

Forms

Homid: In this form, werebulls seem human though typically they are very sturdily built.

Satyr: In this form, they look much like the creatures of Greek myth except they have much longer horns and have a small bovine muzzle and tail. In this form, the minotaur is about a foot taller. Attribute adjustments: +2 Strength, +2 Stamina, -2 Manipulation, Appearance 0

Minotaur: The form for which the werebulls are named looks similar to the Minotaur of legend. It can be as tall as 10'. Attribute adjustments are: Strength +5, Dexterity +1, Stamina +2, Appearance 0, Manipulation 0

Bovine: In Bovine form, werebulls appear as large, heavily muscled cattle. They more closely resemble their wild ancestors than any breed of domesticated cattle, however.

Relations

Black Furies: Because of their common Greek origins, Black Furies and Minotaur share a close relationship.

Bone Gnawers: The minotaur believe the Gnawers have been put down too much and deserve better than they are getting.

Children of Gaia: Minotaur don't socialize with them much. Though they consider them to be nice, gentle creatures, they also think them weak.

Fianna: Fianna and minotaur keep their distance from one another. They don't share any strong dislike, but don't feel comfortable around each other.

Get of Fenris: The minotaur agree with many other tribes in the belief that the Get are all just a bunch of warlike berserkers who shouldn't even be spoken to. Get Ahroun and Minotaur warriors in particular don't get along.

Glass Walker: The minotaur believe the Walkers to be the most powerful tribe and respect them a great deal.

Red Talons: Because of their opposed roles of predator and prey, minotaur despise the Red Talons.

Shadow Lords: Minotaur don't socialize with the Shadow Lords for they feel they fear their corruptive powers.

Silent Striders: The minotaur see the Striders as an ally, perhaps because of their similar beliefs on the nature of the individual.

Silver Fangs: They are seen as inbreeders that could be fifty times a better tribe if they weren't so much into blood, kin, royalty, etc.

Stargazers: They relate well with the StarGazers as they share their sense of Curiosity and Insight.

Uktena: The minotaur speak with the Uktena a lot, but find them to be too obsessed with secrets.

Wendigo: As they are often behind the deaths of contractors, ranchers and others who would take their land, the minotaur feel that without them, the Wendigo would be long dead.