Minotaurs

“*The first minotaurs. I thought I should create my own family.*”
―The Elktaur, from The Last Lullaby
**Minotaurs** are the secondary antagonists in the Netflix show *Centaurworld*.

In several ways they are the inverse of centaurs, both because they have humanoid bodies and animal features instead of the other way around and because they are usually destructive and mindless under the Nowhere King instead of free and creative like centaurs.

## History

The Minotaurs were a foreign army that were created by the Nowhere King, who wanted revenge on the General for locking him away and prevented Woman from knowing the truth about the two. Because he had the ability to control them with his mind, the Nowhere King had the Minotaurs start a war with the Centaurs and humans, causing destruction and death in both worlds for the Nowhere King. Eventually, the Minotaurs were left behind in the human world after Woman found out, but continued their battle with the humans.

After the finale battle against the Nowhere King, the remaining minotaurs were found and reformed by the inhabitants of Centaurworld.

## Personality

In most interactions, the minotaurs are mindlessly aggressive. They obey The Nowhere King without question, to the point of letting him consume or experiment on them without struggle. They tend to violently attack anything they find, bringing any survivors they can find back to their master for further experimentation. His psychic connection controls them so directly that when The Nowhere King is rendered unconscious, the minotaurs completely stop moving.

As proven by Stabby, the minotaurs do have some degree of free will and intelligence. They cannot do much with it under their master's control, but they possess individual thoughts and urges. Stabby grows to love and protect Durpleton like family, and when we find one stray minotaur wandering Centaurworld, he is aggressive but is eventually talked down by the surrounding centaurs. While still a warrior race, they appear much more reasonable and potentially peaceful when under their own control.

## Types of Minotaur

* Bull minotaur
	+ This was the very first type of minotaur created by the Nowhere King, as revealed in The Last Lullaby. It also happens to fit the classic definition of minotaur ("Bull of Minos") in Greek mythology.
* Dog minotaur
* Rat minotaur
* Snake minotaur
* Whale minotaur

### Super Minotaurs

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## Known Minotaur characters

### Stabby (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker)

A reptilian minotaur who appeared in The Rift: Part 1 when Rider chased him through the portal. He attempted to attack Horse, only to be stabbed by Rider. Later, he was sucked up by Glendale's portal tummy during the herd's first encounter with the Nowhere King. Stabby was spat back out once the herd was safely back in Centaurworld, where he was revealed to still be alive. Durpleton adopted Stabby as his son figure.

Stabby stayed with the herd throughout Season 2, whose presence helped him to break free from the Nowhere King's control. He gradually grew to accept and embrace his new family as well as the magic of Centaurworld, and ultimately became a reformed minotaur.

### Bayden (Super Minotaur)

A former birdtaur, Bayden was captured by the minotaur army in The Ballad of Becky Apples while investigating (and "tweeting" about) their experimental creations within the Nowhere King's castle. He became one of the super minotaurs himself after their army combined him with minotaur soldier and a crocodile.

As a super minotaur, he joined the war against his former friends, but was able to regain his mind and control of his body when Crandy realized his monstrous form was actually him. By the end of the series, Bayden still retains his super minotaur form but has been accepted back into birdtaur society.

## Gallery

### Production art

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### Screenshots

The beartaur's model replicasA reformed minotaur at Gebbrey's book signing