The Minotaur

== The Minotaur ==
The Minotaur is an ancient forgotten beast, created long ago through the mistakes and trials of one man, Mino. The Minotaur stands at four blocks tall- with grand netherite armour and his bull head. He carries the amethyst deepaxe, a weapon crafted from the drops of the Minotaur. It is slow attacking, with a charge or swing. The minotaur has a high health bar and high damage and should be hunted in groups.
=== Story of the Minotaur ===
Mino was a cow farmer, his wife had died long ago and he lived with his three sons. In the town he lived, they worshipped a moon goddess- and the people of the town had set apart a field to build a temple to the goddess, and as such it was considered holy ground. It became summer soon after this, and Mino's fields dried up, leaving his cows to starve. He saw the well kept and green grass of the holy field- and decided he would let his cows graze for a few hours. 
Mino fell asleep.
He woke up, after leaving the cows to graze for a day- to an angered goddess holding him mid-air. Furious with him- she punished him. Moulding him and one of his bulls together to create a monstrosity- the minotaur (The foolish bull). The repulsive figure screamed in agony, and the goddess was planning to leave him there. However, she noticed the power the monster had- after it managed to break one of the chains he was held in. The goddess then had an idea. 
She needed three items, items that either she could not or could not be bothered to get. She used divine power to help him out of his agony- and told him his quests,
'retrieve three items for me and you shall be free from this monstrous state.'
He of course, listened. His first quest was to venture deep into a cave- and to venture through it until he found a geode. There he would take two clusters of amethyst and bring them to her. The beast ventured down the cave the goddess guided him to. Easily killing undead found deep underground- he made his way to the geode.
Dazzling crystals carpeted the walls. However instead of a prize- he found a challenge- out of the shadows- an undead rat-like beast emerged- it's face dripping with it's own flesh. This beast attacked the Minotaur, and after a short fight, the Minotaur realised how to defeat the rat. Reaching into the ground he pulled a cluster of crystals. Cracking one in two, he threw the sharpened amethysts at the rat- nailing his skull to a wall. 
He took two clusters as requested, but could not resist disobeying the goddess. The crystals could surely be sold to make him a rich man, and selfishly, almost condemning himself, he took a third cluster. The goddess was again furious at Mino- for disobeying her he would be again punished. Separating the crystal and the purple deepstone at the bottom, she used the triangular deepstone, and welded it into his left shoulder, and took the crystals and welded them into his right shoulder. Mino writhed in agony for two days- his body torn apart and tortured, he went back to find his second quest.
The goddess was now more than happy to make Mino complete his next quest- a painful one at the least. He was to venture to the gates of hell itself- and to fight a god clothed in unbreakable armour- to bring the goddess the god's tusk. An impossible quest, but for hope of freedom Mino attempted it. The goddess needed Mino to live a little longer, and as such she used one of her two clusters to craft him the deepaxe, and told him to use it well.
He travelled to the gateway- and knocked the doors open- with divine strength provided by the goddess. He was greeted by the god, sitting on his throne. Mino- especially now being half bull was not stealthy or very smart. He could not pierce the armour of the god. 
His plan instead was simple- bargain with the god for his tusk ( this was a pig god), the god however was unwilling to part with it. So the Minotaur made a plan. He told the god he wished to be his guard, a warrior for him and began to flatter the god. The god blinded by ego accepted. A day passed and Mino was seated at the side of the God. The god asked Mino to show him his axe skills- which were clumsy yet powerful. As he went to sit back down again- in a cloud of praise he saw his chance. He swung the axe down- from the side of the god. And he met the tusk, which fell clean off. 
Strangely, the god did not follow- did not fight. But he collapsed, falling to the ground and into dust- leaving only his armour. He had been told to only bring the tusk, but he could not bring himself to leave such powerful armour. And so he put it on and returned to the surface. The goddess was enraged.
Lifting him up, Mino was thrown from the skies to the ground beneath twice- however his punishment was not over. Again using her welding prowess, she pushed the edges of the armour in, until they became welded to his skin- and part of him. This agony was stronger than all others Mino had faced, and if it were not for the goddess needing him, he would have been left to eternal torture. 
The final quest was to travel to a frozen place, and to steal back stolen goods. A dragon, of icy colour and soulflame had taken one of the key magic items the goddess used- the name is unknown but the colour was red- and this reddust was a magical resource, one the goddess needed for her plan. 
Stronger than ever yet writhing in pain the Minotaur travelled north, until he reached a small, frozen glacier. The goddess had given him simple instructions, 
'go to the top of the glacier, there you will find the dragon- retrieve what it stole from me and you shall be free.'
This would not go according to Mino or the goddess' plan however. 
The dragon was a smart being, who had outwitted a goddess and would outwit Mino. The dust apart from being magical had other properties, mainly to damage bare flesh on impact. The armour welded into Mino helped, but the dragon was too smart for him. Tripping Mino with his tail, the dragon flashed the powder into Mino's eyes, blinding one and giving the second a blank white colour- with two black slits as the only life in them. Unable to see- the dragon scorched him with soulflame- turning his skin ashy blue.
The goddess had needed all three items for something very important- her power itself was a shadow of what it once was- and the three items would be used in a drink in order to bring her power back. After Mino was thrown out of the cave by the dragon- the goddess raged at him for failing- chopping his left hand off and branding him with runes- all of these read- the fool forever is tortured here-
When the goddess died, she cursed Mino with her dying breath, a curse which would make him kill what his one eye could see. When he was again thrown from the sky to his home, his eldest son tried to help him- but Mino's curse had hit in. He killed his son in cold blood.
In the process of killing his son, he forsook himself two a life of pain. Every summer- the stars ( children of the moon) sent down two minotaurs, identical to Mino, who would kill what they saw, but would live to hunt Mino. Mino after hundreds of years has grown grotesque and large in hiding, feasting on meats from his prey. 
You will find the Minotaur now, blinded with rage, and killing all in it's path.
Category:Traveler's Era