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| | Spoken Language: Common, Iblydan | | | Spoken Language: Common, Iblydan | |
| | | Naming Conventions: Male: Asterion, Thyron , Makrinos, Damaros, Helkion, Brontes, Ikarion, Theron, Zelekros, and Myrradon. | |
| | | Female: Astraea, Kalliane, Thyressa, Eireneia, Melanthra, Koronessa, Lykaina, Damarra, Xanthia, Phoreia | |
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| ==== Overview ==== | ==== Overview ==== |
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| Unlike the feral maze-dwellers of myth, Iblydan Minotaurs are a cultured and philosophical people hailing from the archipelago of Iblydos. They view their bovine heritage not as a curse of savagery, but as a legacy of strength and architectural precision. These minotaurs are renowned as master stonemasons, navigators, and scholars who value 'Kleos'—the pursuit of personal glory through great deeds or masterful craftsmanship. | They inhabit the land of Ibydos, which is located off the western coast of Garund in the Arcadian Ocean. Iblydos is known for hero-kings, city-states, living myth, and divine ascension. Minotaurs are an established and respected people within this culture |
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| | Iblydan minotaurs are citizens of structured city-states, in the style of ancient Greece. They labor as soldiers, sailors, athletes, philosophers, and artisans. They participate in hero cults and epic traditions. They are guided by ideas of honor, legacy, and glory. Strength, discipline, rhetoric, and civic duty are admired by Iblydan minotaurs. Many aspire to immortal renown through heroic deeds, in keeping with Iblydos’ mythic traditions |
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| ==== Physical Description ==== | ==== Physical Description ==== |
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| Physically imposing but disciplined, they trade the raw fury of their kin for a calculated, literal-minded approach to life. Their dedication to the arts and sciences grants them increased Strength and Intelligence, making them as formidable in a library as they are on a battlefield. However, their blunt honesty and lack of patience for social nuance often result in a lower Charisma. They travel the world not to hunt, but to study ancient wonders or to engrave their own names into history through acts of heroic brilliance. | blydan minotaurs are imposing but proportioned for athleticism rather than brute monstrosity. They reach heights of 2.1m to 2.7m. They have broad-shouldered heavily muscled, barrel-chested torsos. They have bull-like shaped heads. Their horns vary by lineage.Their eye color is usually brown, amber, gold, or sea-gray. Their fur and hide are typically colored ranging from dark brown and black to red, tawny, ash-gray, or white. Their horns are usually capped with bronze, or wrapped in ceremonial cloth. They can be marked with paint before battle or ritual. |