Codex

Minotaurs

“To Lie is Death.”

Minotaur Saying
INTRODUCTION
The Seasonling Codex has been written so
that players who play Seasonling Inspired
will better understand their Decan. Many
technical details have been specified, in the
form of new rules. Additional elements on
the cultural peculiarities of each Decan have
been added - including the magic of the
seasons.
The Gray Eminences are invited to
consult the different volumes of the Codex
of the seasonlings. It is indeed a new
Compendium of the Twilight Realms which,
like The Bestiary and The Grey Papers,
provides information on the Harmonde and
its inhabitants.
Despite this introduction, one question
remains: should the player be forbidden to
read the Codex of the seasonlings? In other
words, are EGs the only people who know
what Inspiration of the Decans look like?
The answer is no. Every player needs to
know the role they play during a role play
game. In order to respect this spirit, the last
paragraphs of each volume give no secret.
However, they present to the players what
they believe, think, or guess...
But they may be wrong... The Grey
Eminence decides the answer to these
mysteries. The Codex of the seasonlings is
therefore intended for all players of AGONE.
All the information contained in this volume
- just like the first three booklets of AGONE
- are known to all minotaur inspired! We
wish you a good reading, good role-playing
sessions in company of Agon of Rochronde
in the Twilight Realms.
May the Ladies of the Seasons preserve
you from the dangers of the Harmonde!
HARMONDE
The truth, mfft, by my horns! In the Abyss,
I learned that the truth is only deceit. Yet, it
is said that in every lie there is some truth!
Well, the guy who told you that never lived
in the Abyss.
Bors of Gard, heard in a princean tavern.
HISTORY OF THE DECAN
listen, my son. I need to talk to you. No
need to look for me, you will not be able, at
best, to catch sight of my thoughts. I
conclude, in your haggard manner, that this
is the first time that you become aware of
my presence. You must even ask who I am!
Well! I am your father. Demons call me the
Beast.
Forget all the nursery rhymes of your
childhood! Today I am about to reveal the
truth to you as I do, sooner or later, with
each one of you. And like all truth, it begins
with a beautiful story.
The Flame
The gift of Inspiration for the Minotaurs
is one of the best kept secrets of the
Council of the Decans. At what point in his
life does a minotaur receive his Flame?
And how? These are questions that remain
unanswered. Inspired Minotaurs hear one
day my voice echo between the two ends
of their horns. I then tell them the story of
their Decan before explaining the
responsibility of the inspired in relation to
the Harmonde. But nothing more!
Minotaurs therefore do not know where
their Flame comes from.
MEETING WITH A LADY
I do not know exactly how I was created
by my brothers, the High Devils. What? We
must have told you that your father is a
Demon. But perhaps you only understand
now the meaning of this sentence!
 In short, my first memories are vague.
However, a vision will always be etched in
my memory. Beauty, the Lady of the
Summer, must be mine.
At that time, the seasons spread over the
Harmonde. Summer was not left out,
although the Lady gave birth to only two
peoples. Tired of having given birth to
giants and ogres, Beauty no longer had the
strength to engender a third Decan. Thus we
arrived, me and my brothers, the High
Devils, filled with good intentions. The
Lady, suspicious, refused three times to
receive us. Finally, convinced by the merits
of our visit, she welcomed us into her
domain.
The discussion lasted several months. I
was not there. So I can not reveal what is
said. One thing is certain, however: the Lady
agreed to entrust her last people to the Abyss.
She took her precautions and negotiated the
right to be able to call them back to her
when she wished. The Beauty was to give
birth to a single litter. I then made my
entrance.
The months of impatience succeeded nine
days of pleasure. Oh! I had to give of my
person to give back! The room of the. Lady
of the Summer was beautiful and I was
happy to see nine statues of me sitting
around the bed. I should have been
suspicious, but the intoxication that
overwhelms me makes me lose all prudence.
What happened next only looks at me and
the lady. However, know that when I left,
my horns had taken the texture of Onyxium.
At the end of this ordeal, I knew that I
would never have more descendants.
Mistress, my son, we do not play with the
Eternals with impunity!
The endless endless waiting. Then the
happy day arrived. The Lady entrusted us
with our new I was the only one, among the
High Devils, not to notice the absence of
females and the consequences of such a lack.
BACK TO ABYS
When I arrived, I began your education to
make you guardians of the Abyss. Yes, you
understood correctly, it was the High Devils
who wanted jailers to isolate the Abyss from
the surface! Why? This is not the time to
talk about it. And then, I must keep some
mysteries for myself.
The years passed. Everything was going
terribly well, but we were always looking
for ways to give birth to the original
minotaurs, the Nine Sons. At the time, we
tried all kinds of things: we removed several
ogresses and giants, but we gave up - the
ceilings are so low in the Abyss! The final
solution-Even when the High Devil of the
Succubus, Thazi, informed me of the
indelicacy of one of your ancestors. My
brothers convinced Thazi to allow yours to
reproduce with succubi. Soon, minotaurs
were born in the hundreds. My children ... I
promised myself to take care of their welfare,
to inform them about the Harmonde and its
dangers, and to inculcate in them our sacred
mission: to watch over the Abyss.
At that time, we did not know the terrible
consequences of the birth of a Minotaur on
the poor succubi. I remember Thazi's anger
when we told him. the death of Belladonna,
his favorite.
Personally; I had always found her too
pretentious. I thank her for giving birth to
my first grandson. Terror spread rapidly
among the succubi. Many were those who
succumbed to their pregnancy. But, all the
newborns were in great shape. I had so
many sons at a time that I did not know
where to turn. I think Thazi still regrets
signing the Connivence that links our family
to his.
The Call of Beauty
The years passed, and you multiplied.
Wherever I look, I could contemplate my
Minotaurs running after the Devils and
inflicting monumental wounds on them. I
was happy! But someone must always come
and ruin my happiness.
Before I knew it, some of you had fled the
Abyss. I know it was not their fault. Beauty
had reminded them of her. The wars of the
Decans were raging. I do not really know
what happened on the surface, but the
fighting was so terrible that we heard the
screams of my sons and their cries of war
even in the bowels of the Harmonde. My
palace echoed with the mourning of your
ancestors and the tears of their victims. But
the problem is not there. For the first time,
minotaurs never came back to my side.
Those who stayed with me, the Abyss
Guardians, then called them Defiants. They
began to watch the abyssal gates, they
conducted investigations of the fugitives and
noticed that they were the most pitiful of
them, the least dark too... The most
unspeakable according to their terms.
Since then, the Guardians of the Abyss
have been waiting for the "clearest" of you.
For me, that did not change anything. You
are all my sons. Even if you run to the
surface, I love you. I am happy with your
successes and sad about your failures. I
suffer with each of your wounds. But I
decided not to interfere in your lives. I could
not prevent the death of many newborns
sacrificed by shameful denials of our
descendants, too "clear" for their taste.
The Eclipse
The agony of the Flamboyant announced
the resumption of the war between the
Eternals. Yes, the final battle is approaching.
The abyssal gates will soon vomit its
servants and Then I will be free. I trust you.
I know you will stop the Demons from
escaping.
I had to fight hard for The Beauty to
ensure from Janus the promise of Flame in
this season. What happiness to receive this
great character in the Abyss! He himself
chooses the members of the Council of
Decans. They are usually the leaders, the
ones with the most weight in the season's
society. Lack of luck for Janus, this person
in the Minotaurs, it was me!
Alas, it was inconceivable for him to let a
Demon sit ... I was certainly delighted to
participate in this council, but I accepted the
request of the Master of Sentences and left
this honor to my children. In exchange, I
demanded the right to choose my future
representatives. Janus acceded to my request,
but I could only choose a Minotaur little
marked by the Darkness. The Renegade,
obviously. Janus also wanted this herald not
to be a Fallen. The sentence was written and
applied.
The Future
For years, nothing has changed. The
Abyss is preparing for the victory of the
Shadow, the Abyss Guardians are doing
everything to prevent it, and more and more
Defiants are wandering on the surface. In
these troubled times, those in the depths are
intractable with their "clear" cousins; they
push them into exile.
I do not have much more to tell you, my
son. Perhaps you are disappointed by what
you have just learned? But did not I promise
you the truth? Do not worry, the story of the
Minotaurs, unlike that of the other Decans,
is not written! She is about to meet her
golden age. I reserve you a surprise that will
bring you and your brothers in the legend. I
know that in you burns the flame and I'm
sure you're made of the stuff of heroes. So,
do not forget: your actions shape the future
of your people!
CHILDHOOD AND DEPARTURE
The birth of a Minotaur is always a happy
event. The heavy task of education is
incumbent upon the father who is to raise his
child according to the customs of the Abyss
Guardians. Unfortunately, some children are
different from birth: they have less darkness
in them. They are "clear". Many fathers do
not wish to take responsibility for the
education of these minotaurs who are
considered puny. They often decide to kill
them as soon as they discover their lack of
sensitivity to Darkness. Others, less
courageous, prefer to abandon them to the
Muses in a cave near the surface. Very few
have a chance to discover Diurne's
reassuring light.
For those who are spared, begins a real
ordeal. As soon as they know how to walk,
they are taught the basics of combat in the
form of games, then what you need to know
about Demons. The Devils are the first
demonic creatures to suffer from the
minotaur's playful learning. This is the hard
law of the Abyss.
At the end of twenty years, when a
Minotaur considers that his son is ready, the
latter joins a guard post. During this trip,
many try to escape the Abyss. Most of the
time, fugitives come together to support
each other physically as well as morally.
Indeed, they have been taught that the
surface is an infected place where they are
not welcome.
Although the Guardians of the Abyss lead
rigorous investigations on the networks of
the Renegade, other young minotaurs are
recovered by this organization, during
spectacular actions. Finally, a minority leave
the bowels of the Harmonde late. These
minotaurs were affected in demonic courts.
In these dark places, they were able to watch
the Demons, interfere in their discussions
and have the finesse of spirit to thwart their
attempts to escape outside the free country.
From this experience, they learned two
things: how to persuade a fleeing Demon to
deliver his escape plan and a haunting
curiosity for the Harmonde. Indeed,
minotaurs often wonder what can hide the
surface. Why does she fascinate so much
their prisoners?
Those who do not try or who can not
escape hardly live more than ten years: the
Abyss is right.
EXILE
Whatever the age of a young Renegade,
whatever his experience in the Abyss, exile
is a confusing experience.
The abyssal gates overlooking the
Harmonde are so numerous that the
Renegade can not predict in which Twilight
Kingdom he appears. He often does not
speak the language of his land of asylum.
Before any other action, he travels miles in
search of another Minotaur to get rid of local
customs. This wandering is sometimes long
and full of strange opportunities.
There is no monetary system in the Abyss.
Its inhabitants use in reserves which are
attributed to them by the High Devils.
Minotaurs, because of their size and
musculature, have big food needs. Fugitives
do not hesitate to use the displays of traders
whose hostility they do not understand. In
response to this feeling, they do not hesitate
to kill those who refuse them the coveted
food after their long flight to the surface.
Cousins?
All. without exception, are very surprised
when they first come face to face with a
cow! This is indeed the most painful
meeting for these proud characters. It is
therefore not advisable to talk about this
harmless animal to a minotaur. These
seasons consider the animal as an error of
nature or a bad and malicious joke from an
Eternal. Those who wish to attract the
wrath of the minotaurs have only to
compare them to these cattle!
Once reassured, Minotaurs are generally
disappointed by the lack of order and
discipline and by the simplicity of relations
between the inhabitants of Harmonde. They
settle down in a country all the same and
look for a job to be able to live.
Their integration on the surface is difficult.
The inhabitants of the twilight kingdoms
watered with terrible stories of the Abyss are
quick to regard all that comes from the
bowels of the Harmonde as dangerous.
 Minotaurs are always the victims of this
prejudice. While their build predestines
them for difficult tasks and war, it is with
bitterness that many join militia and armies.
Indeed, in the Abyss, the Minotaurs do not
only deal with demons specialized in combat.
There are specialists in lies and vicious
crime (Rogue), political intrigues and plots
(Courtly) or even occult knowledge and
magic (Occult).
THE RENEGADE
Very quickly, the problems encountered
by the Renegades are known to places
around. The Renegade then intervenes to
generously compensate the offended and the
victims of the panic of the seasonling. When
approached by an experienced Renegade,
the fleeing minotaur is questioned about his
feelings about the Renegade to determine if
he is not a Son of the Night (see below).
Known Tips
The hierarchy of the Renegade is quite
simple. Its existence is recent and this
organization does not have as many
members as the Cypher Sorcerer or the
Square. The leaders are eleven, one per
Twilight Realm. they meet in an assembly,
named the Horned Council, on certain dates.
These and the meeting place are always
fixed from one time to the other. The
organization is the responsibility of the
Rector, also called Great Horned, of the
country concerned. Each Great Horn is free
to organize the movement in his territory.
He must, however, be assisted by a trusted
minotaur. So if he comes to die, his
succession is assured.
Obligations
The organization does not ask much of its
members. The Renegades must as often as
possible answer the call of the Renegade to
serve her. This is often the case during
expeditions in the Abyss to kidnap or save
children, eliminate Demons and Darken,
Onyxium hunters etc.... They must also pay
a portion of their income, according to their
goodwill. Most of them give a large
donation. The Renegade therefore has the
means to negotiate infant minotaurs in
Connivences, to put the heads of the
Conjurators at the service of the Abyss
Guardians and Onyxium hunters at the
expense of paying for the damage that the
reared youngsters cause in the Twilight
Realms.
Renegades must also respect an oath they
take during their enthronement. This is a
code of honor that includes the following
points.
 You will not reveal a secret affair to the
Renegade, not even your brothers.
 You will help your needy brothers who
have left the Abyss.
 You will hunt down all the imprudents
who chase us for the Onyxium.
 You will not compromise with the
legions of the Shadow.
 You will respect the laws of your
kingdom of exile.
 You will seek by all means to have an
offspring that you will raise in the spirit
of the Renegade.
 You will kill the ambassadors of the
Abyss who want evil from our Decan.
 You will make respect the name of the
Lady of the Summer, the Beauty.
 You will hunt the damned seasonlings.
 You will seek to evade our brothers who
are prisoners of the entrails of the
Harmonde.
On the other hand, members receive
money as well as assistance when they are in
need. This obviously depends on the good
will of everyone. The assistance provided
varies according to the individual requested.
Finally, the Renegades benefit from all
kinds of training, although they mainly
concern Trials, Knowledge and Occult.
 What We Think
THE DECANS
Drakken: our cousins of autumn are weak. We are strong. Let them descend from their
mountains and we will show them our strength!
Spriggans: the Spriggans are wanting ... Where we are justice, they are deceit! They will tell
us the reason.
Black Fey: a bottomless well of knowledge! We respect them for their knowledge of the
Shadow and the misfortune that overwhelms us.
Giants: These pretentious sages are full of good advice. Let them try to take the time to live
in the Abyss!
Sprites: how to trust these primitive beings who love to live in trees? They embody
carelessness; it is not good to waste time in the hectic period we are going through.
Medusa: these schemers are stubborn; but they are well below the creatures we have
frequented during our youth!
Morgana: we do not know love, we do not love it and we love even less it is tragic!
Dwarves: conscientious people who love their work as much as we love order.
Ogres: As brothers of the summer we respect them for their savagery and their love of the
fight. But they are a bit small anyway, right?
Pixies: Too small to be honest!
Satyres: knowing the Ardent is enough to give us an idea about the rest of these perverts!

THE ETERNALS
The Shadow: you choose your friends, not your family. We must make do.
The Mask: the eternal enemy, we do not know who he is or what he is, but he will not win as
long as we are standing!
The Muses: In their perfection, the Muses have forgotten what imperfection was, and it's up
to us to support it. Thank you !
Janus: we do not know what he is preparing but it is clear that we are one of the pieces of his
game. Playing on the side of the light will change us for once!

MORTALS
The Cypher Sorcerer: they have managed to put order in Ascendancy, it is a good thing and
those of us who practice this art join with joy.
The Square: we like things square. They are rather triangular. That they stay in their corner
and everything will go well!
The Council of Decans: we have a renegade representative, everything is going well and we
hope it will continue!
Inspiration
Inspiration is the greatest thing that can
happen to me. Without it, I would just
be strong, but with it, I am three times
as strong!
-Bors of Gard
Advantages and Defaults
Advantages:
Executioner (2, Charge)
You are the executioner of a Domain. This
does not mean you like to kill, only that you
do it particularly well. It is said that one
cannot be an executioner without being
sadistic. Generally, this shows the way you
kill. The ax and the wheel symbolize the two
extremes of your art. It's up to you to choose,
unless the local monarch does it for you. But
that's not all. Sometimes you are given the
task of questioning the prisoners. Whether
you like it or not does not matter! Your
sense of justice provides you with the
necessary strength to take on this task.
This Charge (especially the fear it inspires)
brings many benefits. A house away from the
city is yours as well as a salary whose amount
is fixed by your Lord. Unless you are paid on
the spot. Finally, you are given a portion of
what is produced by the citizens of the domain.
The baker reserves your bread and on open
market days you can take whatever you can
hold in your hands. Because of this, it is said
that a colossal minotaur named
Uglar strangled the condemned and had hands
so large that he destroyed the local economy.
The baron then levied a tax, which the market
traders did not have to pay, so that they could
continue their activities.
Minimum requirements: none.
Judge (3, Charge)
You are the Law! Few kingdoms maintain
such magistrates, and those who do so place in
your hands the security of their cities. The
extreme severity of judges deters many
criminals. It is up to you to make this Charge
useful. Corruption is very rare among
minotaurs. You have a beautiful domestic
dwelling, which makes you a notable occupant
of your city. You are always accompanied by
a dedicated cleric. It is up to you to train him
as he will be your successor.
Minimum Requirements: Law 8
Teacher (1 to 5, Charge)
You are a reputed teacher. You are
appreciated by your employers and it is
likely that you already took care of their
third child. Apart from the financial benefits,
your former pupils respect you (you have
influenced their choices in life) and they are
always ready to help you.
Boson (2, Charge)
You are the first master on board a ship.
You serve as a liaison between the captain
and the crew. As such, you are also
responsible for discipline on board. You
punish the guilty on the orders of the captain,
you take care to prevent desertions and
recruit new sailors. The sailors respect you
unless you are terrible and they decide to
throw you overboard on a stormy night. If
you go to a port where your reputation
precedes you, it will not take you long to
collect a band of fellows. The elders of your
crew salute your love of the sea. As an
officer, a half share of each plunder is
attributed to you.
The Boson is much more than the one that
carries out the captain’s orders. He is the
incarnation of the laws of sailors at sea. It is
necessary to remove from his command any
captain who does not respect his crew and
his beliefs on the sea.
Minimum requirements: Navigation 8
It should be noted that, for technical
reasons, only the smallest minotaurs (SIZ
less than or equal to +1) are accepted on
board ships.
Champion of the Beast (5, Season)
You are on the list to become the
Champion of the Beast (see below), whether
you know it or not. She watches you, waits
for your reactions on problems or events that
she deliberately places in your way. Sooner
or later, you will be selected and you will
have to show yourself worthy. Otherwise,
you will suffer his paternal wrath.
If you also choose the Great Horn Charge
(see below), you do not need to meet the
minimum requirements for it. In addition, you
receive a +2 bonus on all your social rolls with
Demons, Decans, and other seasonlings and
+3 if they are ogres, giants or minotaurs.
You must have the permission of your EG to
take this Advantage.
Great Horn (3, Charge Season)
You are an important member of Renegade,
you sit on the Horned Council and you are
responsible for a part of the Harmonde. It is
your duty to try to recruit new members, to
help the new Renegades learn to survive on
the surface, to find financing, to avoid the
infiltration of traitors and to organize the
meetings of your division. You are therefore
very busy... Especially since it is possible
that you have another Charge in order to
camouflage your belonging to the
organization.
In return, you have received many teachings
on the Onyxium, you can develop up to five
powers by following the classic rules and you
have the right to two power attempts (see
below). You can also ask other members to
help you occasionally in any spot.
You automatically receive the Renegade
Charge, without paying the cost!
Minimum Requirements: Diplomacy and
Intrigue at 8
Renegade (1, Charge Season)
You are a member of Renegade. It is not
up to you to make decisions within the order,
you execute the orders. However, nothing
prevents you from taking initiative. You are
only required to render services and to pay a
sum of money each year if you are able to
do so.
In exchange, you received three teachings
on the Onyxium, to the choice of a
Threshold of 15.
Son of the Beast (8, Season)
You are the son of the Beast. He speaks to
you regularly in your sleep. Yet, you live on
the surface away from your father, you've
never seen him. You have been entrusted to
Renegades who have raised you as their son.
Your growth was impressive, you are one of
the best Keepers of the Abyss and are much
taller than your adopted fathers: you get the
Advantages "Colossal" and "Force of nature"
for free. Your relationships with Demons is
ambiguous, they recognize your ancestry in
your traits and they fear you, you have a +2
bonus for all actions related to Demons. One
thing intrigues you, however, why didn’t
your father take care of you if he loves you
so much? You must find him sooner or later
to answer your questions!
You must have your EG’s permission to
take this advantage.
Sense of Combat (6, Body)
Combat is your life and the prospect of it
electrifies you. You never back down, you
love the clash of arms, the cry of battle, the
sweat and the flowing blood. You are gifted
and you know it.
Whenever you use a weapon in which you
are unskilled, you are considered to have a 1
in the Associated Skill, instead of -3. Also,
during fights, when you roll a 10, you roll
two dice and keep the best result.
Pure Onyxium (6, body)
The Onyxium of your horns is pure. His
antithetical relationship with the Shadow
and the Mask is known to you and you think
that this matter is a weapon against what you
have been asked to keep.
Having such horns allows you to master
eight teachings instead of six. These horns
can prevent eight Sorrows linked to Dark
Body, instead of five. You cannot gain
Benefits associated with Perfidy Sorrows. In
addition, you always earn the minimum
amount of Perfidy points when rolling for
points gained.
Disadvantages
For Honor (3, Society)
You follow the code of honor of the
Renegade (see above). This causes you a lot
of trouble but you cannot do anything about
it. You, like the Censors, have launched an
inquisition against the lies of your
organization. Despite your insistent
demands, nobody from the Horned Council
has acceded to your request. If you are part
of it, nobody wants to listen to your absurd
ideas...
You can only take this Disadvantage if you
have chosen the Charge "Renegade" or
"Great Horn"
Son of the Night (4, Soul)
You have a dark mark on the top of your
horns indicating that you are a Son of the
Night. You have left the Abyss not to flee
from them but to convince your Renegade
brothers of their error and try to bring them
back into the abyss. Obviously, they see you
as a traitor. As for those from below, they
think you are a Renegade and do not want to
hear your explanations. In short, you're alone...
You like the Darkness and you do not
understand why the other minotaurs hate it.
You cannot benefit from the "Pure
Onyxium", "Renegade" or "Great Horn"
Advantages.
Vengeful Demon (variable, society)
You have attracted the hatred of a Demon
for whatever reason. Perhaps it is a dark
story of an unfulfilled Connivance or it
prevented you from coming out of the Abyss
in the past. In any case, he is angry with you
and will try to harm you.
 The cost of this Disadvantage is relative to
the power of the offended Demon. You will
have to build a story around this
Disadvantage with your EG. Or just let the
EG decide entirely...
Liquid Darkness (3, Body)
You ooze darkness. The darkness within
you cannot solidify; it flows through the
pores of your skin. If you stay to long in the
same place, you leave small puddles behind
you. When you get up, you are soaked and
sticky. This has no impact on your threshold
of Darkness, although it has significant
social impact, except, perhaps, in the Abyss.
Dark Bond (3, Corps)
You have a strange bond with the Shadow.
Each time you gain Darkness, you must add
two extra points in addition to those already
earned.
IF KINGDOMS COULD SPEAK
METALLIC AREAS
There is little place where the Minotaurs
are numerous. Their demographics never
exceed one in twenty of a kingdom. It is
easy to determine in which neighborhoods
the minotaurs live. Generally, they
appropriate a part of the city where they
build buildings adapted to their morphology.
These architectures are strange and
disturbing because the Minotaurs are trying
to recreate the forms of the Abyss. Nostalgia
is not the only reason that governs these
constructions. The Minotaurs also seek to set
up an atmosphere that demons fear. They
hope that it will protect against demonic
tricks.
The Mercenary Republic
The exercise of the profession of arms is
easy for minotaurs. It is not uncommon to
find those who offer their services in
mercenary companies. Orkhane, the capital
of the province, is home to an immense
fortress, carved out of the rock, with metal
gates and labyrinthine corridors. The
atmosphere is martial. It's a nightmare for
the creatures of Darkness. Almost all the
minotaurs in the area live in this stronghold.
This rally of the Renegade forms one of the
great mercenary companies of Harmonde,
the Steel Horns. The members of this
brotherhood offer real fortune to all those
who bring important information on the
presence of Conjurators in the region or
fleeing minotaurs.
The Wild-reach
The city of Nordheim is the second center
of aggregation of Harmonde Minotaurs.
Their hatred of the Roriks for the Shadow -
since a fight of the leaders now forgotten -
attracted the sympathy of the Decan for
these "barbarians". Many Minotaurs have
decided to help them in the clan wars that
are shaking the country. They are at home in
these tribes where physical strength is
valued and where their devastating anger on
the battlefields is worth their utmost
admiration. Once again, the Minotaurs are
inclined to exercise the profession of arms.
They are often found at positions of military
dignitaries. Some have even gained the trust
of clan leaders and hold the office of
warlord.
Lyphane
Strangely, Bukhrosha is not home to
many Minotaurs, but to Mazdak. The town
of trainers attracts many minotaurs for them
to find a mount. That's why a whole
neighborhood is reserved for trainers and
their creatures. There is a great deal of
experimentation in these farms. A gigantic
cattle market takes place every month where
the minotaurs buy the most exotic animals
of the Harmonde. To support this adaptation
to the surface, they possess a flourishing
market of safe values. This is indeed the best
place to find a rock griffin (correctly) trained.
Apart from these respectable activities,
some minotaurs hire their services as
mercenaries, others take the lead of hordes
of looters raging across the country. These
are the vilest Minotaurs there are. They do
not have the same love of order as their
brothers. However, their hordes are the most
organized plunder gatherings of the
Harmonde and, therefore, the most effective.
SOLITUDE
In other twilit kingdoms, minotaurs do not
live in community. They blend into the local
populations. No matter where they live, they
respect the laws and they will die for the
people who are dear to them. Stateless, they
are looking for a home to settle once and for
all. Nevertheless, the call of the trip is strong
and, after a few years, many go to more
lenient lands. The minotaurs are not mere
vagabonds, they are the greatest travelers of
the Harmonde.
The princely communes
Minotaurs are rather rare in this kingdom.
However, some settle in this region for the
sun and the heat that reign in summer. This
is not the only reason that drives them to live
there. The Princeans consider that having a
Minotaur as a big arm is the height of
refinement and efficiency. They therefore
attract by crazy promises of gold and lust. In
a completely different register; the princes of
the Communes, who delegate their power of
justice, often engage minotaurs. They are
then sure of the loyalty and incorruptibility
of their judges. This is the main weakness of
these horned magistrates. They rarely
manage to balance things out and are caught
in tortuous plots. However, some are so
accustomed to negotiating with the Demons
that they can not stand the lamentable
quarrels of human power: they consider that
the princely Communes are the scene of
daily decadence. A "good war" would put
back on the path of reason these cities which
wither. Who knows? The Princely
Communes may be the new summer
paradise!
The Buccaneer Enclave
Even if the Minotaurs do not have
everything to be good sailors, this kingdom
is one of the places they appreciate the most.
Many captains trust them and choose them
as Quartermaster - or Bosons. The minotaurs
have no trouble getting obeyed and beware
of those who try to break the maritime code
of the buccaneer Enclave!
The greatest representatives of the Decan
who love the spirit of this free nation are
recruited by the Hunette in the neighborhood
militias. They make sure that the nightly
drunken rabble do not engulf the streets.
The Empire of Keshe
The particularly hostile environment of
this kingdom does not discourage minotaurs.
Yet, they need to drink a lot of water. This
feature is often enough to discourage
caravaneers from using Minotaur escorts.
But certain areas of the empire are too
dangerous for them to deprive themselves of
the force of the Decan.
At the end of these perilous missions in
the Keshite desert, many Minotaurs decide
to settle near an oasis, seduced by the proud
inhabitants of the desert. But only the
Madjids (see AGONE page 42) allow
themselves to have such guests.
Widow Lands
At first sight, this kingdom is not very
welcoming for minotaurs. And then, the
Decan has a hard time accepting that women
run a nation. Nevertheless, medusa who
recruit seasonlings to raise their children do
not hesitate to solicit marital donations from
minotaurs. This is the only area where they
do not excel. The most famous of these
fencing masters invented a style adapted to
these ladies and taught it for several
generations, thus attracting the graces of
many families. But the minotaurs are the
victims of their talents. Having a minotaur
preceptor is a pledge of quality that feeds
medusa snobbery. The latter exhibit them in
sumptuous parties dressed in leather. Taking
advantage of this decadent custom, a few
minotaurs have created their own line of
clothing that they sometimes wear outside
the Widow lands.
The Mode-hen Marches
The Minotaurs spread to the surface of the
Harmonde, extolling their exceptional
physique and alertness, as opposed to the
Giants. Sadly, in the Mode-hen Marches, the
Syldes perform the duties of guardians of the
country. The Mode-hens do not need
foreigners to ensure their protection and
especially not the summer season. However,
they do not forbid them - on the contrary - to
participate in agriculture. This kind of work
does not seduce the minotaurs and they
prefer to stay away from the kingdom, its
customs and its unbearable sprites.
Urguemand
During the war that struck the old
countries of the Armory, Agone of
Rocheronde appealed to the minotaurs as
mercenaries.
Their role in the victory was finally
rewarded by charges. The majority of the
members of the Decan living in this
kingdom are veterans of the war or young
minotaurs who came to take over from the
oldest. The charge which is chiefly attributed
to them is that of a haughty officer or a
master of arms. Minotaurs endorsing these
charges usually benefit from the confidence
of their baron who lets them choose their
successor.
There are some exceptions, however. The
Urguemand has today a one-armed minotaur
who, after complex intrigues, inherited a
barony without descendants!
Janrenia
This pacifist kingdom is not a privileged
place for a man-at-arms. The Minotaurs of
this country are certainly the most learned
and the most diplomatic of their Decan.
They accompany the representatives of
Janrenia in their political expeditions. They
also fight against the looters of the
Buccaneer Enclave. Recently, minotaurs
have proposed to patrol the mountains in
search of dangerous mountain people who
flout the authority of Mayors. Although the
Lodge can hardly bear the presence of this
Decan on the territory, it recognizes their
effectiveness and is delighted that the
minotaurs fight instead of his troops.
However, it does not grant them citizenship
status. The Minotaurs are content to be well
paid for the job - they usually spend their
fortune in Urguemand.
The Liturgical Province
The Liturges consider the seasonlings as
enemies. The Minotaurs are in their eyes
only vile creatures arising from the Abyss.
Yet, some Minotaurs roam the paths of the
liturgical Provinces. Most are on their way
to Abyme or the Horns. There are also rare
minotaurs who officiate for the Liturgy as
Inquisitors and answer only to the orders of
the First Liturgy. The idea of a "horned
order" was first considered heretical, but the
sincere repentance of the first of these
Inquisitors and his knowledge of the
Demons got the better of the Primates. The
horned Inquisitors bring liturgical justice to
life with enthusiasm and conviction. They
are also responsible for monitoring certain
Primates suspected of treason by the First
Liturgy.
Abyme
It is not surprising to find minotaurs in the
City of Shadows. And yet, no Renegade has
yet arisen directly from the Abyss in Abyme.
The accesses are well kept. On the other
hand, according to the rumors of abyme,
minotaurs come for a very precise reason ...
and secret. To interrogate them is useless,
they remain silent and get carried away
easily. They are generally very old, at least
enough to have known the last invasion of
Urguemand by the Liturgists. This is
undoubtedly a clue, but we still know too
little on the subject to make hypotheses.
New Rules
Maneuvers
Skewer
Prerequisites: the attacker must have horns
Init: -1 Att: +2
Def: -1 Damage: +5
The minotaur charges with its horns in
order to skewer his victim. Note that the
movement of the head slows its action and
makes it easier to hit, but the damage from
this maneuver can be fatal.
Shield Bore
Prerequisite: the opponent must have a
shield and the attacker must have horns.
Init: -2 Att: +5
Def: 0 Damage: 0
The attacker makes a violent with his horns
at his opponent’s shield in order to snatch it
from his hands. The attacker skewers the
shield on his horns and wrenches it from his
opponent’s hands. The attack does not cause
any damage.
Head-Butt
Prerequisites: the attacker must have horns
Init: -3 Att: +5
Def: -3 Damage: +5
The minotaur swings his head forward
without taking heed of his opponent's attack.
Despite the danger, he is likely to reduce his
victim to porridge!
Flying Weapon
Prerequisites: None
Init: +3 Att: -4
Def: +2 Damage: +6
Taking advantage of his stature, the minotaur
leaps at his victim while violently swinging
his weapon. During this maneuver, the
prodigious leap makes the minotaur faster and
therefore harder to hit. On the other hand, the
attack is imprecise. It is possible for the
minotaur to jump up to STR meters and STR x
1.5 if he has the Advantage "Colossus".
Round Trip
Prerequisites: Use a weapon with SIZ +1 or
greater.
Init: -3 Att: -3
Def: +5 Damage: +7
The attacker executes a powerful blow and
swings their blade quickly. This maneuver is
slow and imprecise, but it makes riposting
very difficult.
Steel Lever
Prerequisites: Opponent has a shield
Init: +1 Att: +2
Def: +2 Damage: 0
This maneuver throws the opponent by
using his shield as a lever to propel the
unfortunate combatant into the air. The
minotaur can then hit him while he is on the
ground. The maneuver does not cause any
damage. If the Inspired gets a SR of 10 on
his attack, his opponent gets injured from the
fall. The EG determines the damage caused
by the fall. Using this maneuver near a
precipice has some disastrous, and generally
definitive, consequences!
Artful Thrust
Mosquito Hunting (Action) [Great
axe, 24]
Prerequisites: The victim must be smaller
than SIZ 0, the attacker must have made an
attack that the defender has dodged with an
SR of 10 or more.
This thrust has often proved to be very
effective against spriggans, sprites and other
ignoble creatures, plotting against the
minotaur, who try to earn his respect in
combat.
The attacker swings hard with his axe and
intentionally misses his target. The victim
dodges so quickly that they cannot avoid the
swinging movement of the ax that strikes
them with full force. Their trembling body
falls to the ground, dead, like a puppet
whose strings were cut.
Stroke of the Damsel (action)
[Dagger, 16] Stroke of the Minotaur
[Short Sword, 20]
Prerequisites: Have the initiative and get an
SR of 10 or more on the attack roll.
This Artful Thrust was invented in the
Widow Lands for the attention of young
Medusae. It helps to get rid of young men,
who are too eager, by sticking a dagger into
the sensitive parts of their anatomy. The blow
is often fatal or at least causes impotency! In
any case, the intruder is out of the combat.
Minotaurs, far too large to aim at the
lower part of human anatomy, are more
inclined to aim at the eye or the hollow of
the neck. The result is the same... But what
would Harmonde be without panache?
Bors of Gard
The father of Bors of Gard was proud
because his son had all the attributes of a
Guardian of the Abyss. Colossal, of
exceptional strength, was one of the best
warriors of his Decanate. Finding no
opponent of his size in the Abyss, Bors of
Gard decided to leave for the surface.
But Harmonde was not as he had hoped.
He devoted himself to the profession of
gladiator for years and was never
defeated. Today, he no longer
participates in any fighting. He bought a
tavern in Abbadrah and is now a cook!
Magic
During the mapping of the Abyss, the Mastering the Teachings
minotaurs have identified numerous To learn a new power related to the
"deposits" of Onyxium. They also found that Onyxium, one must succeed a roll of WIL
the amount of each of them decreased over + Concord: Onyxium. The SR of the roll
the years. Old Guardians of the Abyss then can have several outcomes.
showed the parallels between the birth of a
child and the spontaneity of the reduction of SR Effect
Onyxium. It would seem that every time a 5 or more The Teaching is mastered
minotaur comes into the world, Onyxium and the Teaching’s
disappears... Maximum Blackness is
Uses of Onyxium increased by 1 point.
0-5 The Teaching is mastered
Onyxium appeared in the Abyss on the
without any consequence.
same day as the birth of the Nine Sons, the
first minotaurs. The Demons attributed this -5 - -1 The Teaching is not
appearance to an enchantment of the Lady of mastered, the roll can be
Summer. It is possible that she used the attempted after one week.
Beast to open a door to the underworld.
Anyway, when the Beast returned to her -6 - -10 The Teaching is not
stronghold, she proudly wore Onyxium mastered, the roll can be
horns. This peculiarity intrigued many High attempted after one week
Devils. What was this matter? Why did the and the Teaching’s
Beast carry her? Maximum Blackness is
decreased by 1 point.
The horns are the misfortune of the
minotaurs. For their mothers may die before -11 or worse The Teaching is not
giving birth to the long-awaited son. Is it the mastered. The minotaur
Onyxium that leads to this catastrophe? will never be able to learn
it.
These and many other questions remain The Renegades share their control of the
unanswered. Yet, day after day, new Onyxium to all the minotaurs who join their
specificities of this mysterious element are cause. This seasonal magic requires
discovered. knowledge of the magical structure of
Harmonde. Consequently, all the rolls
The Teachings of the Renegades concerning the mastery of these powers are
The Renegades have done the most research carried out with the skill Concord: Onyxium.
on the Onyxium. They discovered that their The Maximum Blackness score indicates
horns contained extraordinary abilities which the level which cannot be exceeded on pain
they could easily develop. They also pointed of losing the teaching. It just stops working
out that some Darklings, also called as if some of the minotaur had disappeared!
Maliciouns, have enormous difficulties in Finally, a minotaur can only master five
controlling the powers of Onyxium. lessons. Only the Advantage "Onyxium
Pure" allows to develop more faculties. The
learning time is a number of days equal to
the threshold.
Healthy Body
Threshold: 15
Maximum Blackness: 9
The body of the minotaur removes all
foreign bodies and now resists diseases and
poisonings. Unfortunately, this also effects
herbs and drugs. The minotaur has a +10
bonus to STA rolls against these substances.
In the case of beneficial products, the
herbalist must succeed a roll of INT +
Herbalism against DIFF 20 to lower this
natural defense.
Sharp Horns
Threshold: 15
Maximum Blackness: 8
The horns of the minotaur become sharp. In
fact, Onyxium creates many tapered
concretions like razor blades. Horns inflict 10
additional damage points. The minotaur must
be careful of the various obstacles to which
they bump, otherwise the beams of his
dwelling will have embarrassing markings!
Detect Darkness
Threshold: 15
Maximum Blackness: 7
When the minotaur approaches a Demon, his
horns blacken and he feels a sharp bite in the
neck, which eventually awakens him. In the
first days, this Teaching works as well on the
Demons accompanying it as on those who
wander on the Harmonde. Subsequently, the
minotaur manages to control this detection.
It should be noted that the minotaur does
not detect the density and opacity, only it’s
darkness, in its solid state, so to speak, and
only fleetingly. It does not locate it but can
estimate its location within a radius of about
fifty meters. After a month of use, it is able
to differentiate the Circles of Demons.
Minor Regeneration
Threshold: 15
Maximum Blackness: 6
When resting, the body of the minotaur
regenerates. After five minutes, he recovers
an amount of health equal to 10 - Blackness.
This teaching only works when the wounds
are less than one hour old.
This recovery is automatic and is added to
any healing. It can be repeated as many times
as necessary following all above conditions.
Destruction of the Darkness
Threshold: 20
Maximum Blackness: 5
The horns of the minotaur become a
weapon against the Darkness. If they are
used against a Demon, they gain a damage
bonus of +10. However, this bonus does not
constitute real damage. It can only be used
to pierce the Demon’s Opacity, but it is not
applied to its Density.
Major Regeneration
Threshold: 25
Maximum Blackness: 5
The effect is the same as Minor
Regeneration accept twice the amount of
health is gained.
Superior Regeneration
Threshold: 30
Maximum Blackness: 4
 The effect is the same as Minor
Regeneration accept three times the amount
of health is gained.
Ethereal Form
Threshold: 30
Maximum Blackness: 4
For a minute, the body of the minotaur
becomes misty and dark as the Shadow. It
can then pass through the holes of locks and
cracks of walls. It then gradually resumes its
consistency. The transformation to this form
and back takes two rounds of combat. The
minotaur cannot take any objects with him.
Detect Perfidy
Threshold: 30
Maximum Blackness: 3
Identical to the power of Detect Darkness,
this teaching makes it possible to detect
Perfidy. Thus, anything Perfidious (Perfidy
greater than 50 points) approaching in a
radius equal to the WIL in meters leaves a
dry impression in the mouth of the minotaur,
as if it had just crossed the Desert of Keshe
without having drunk a drop. Its horns take a
reddish color for a second.
Telepathy
Threshold: 30
Maximum Blackness: 3
The Minotaur can communicate his
thoughts to anyone within a WIL x 100
meter range. The recipient can only answer
and determine the origin of the telepathic
message if he possesses the same teaching.
The Darkness
The Onyxium seems to have an ambiguous
relationship with the Shadow. Horns can
transform the effects of Darkness by altering
the Sorrow (see below). When a minotaur
receives a Sorrow that increases their Black
Body, they can decide that the Onyxium
"cashes" the contamination. If you win a
WIL roll against DIFF 30, you do not earn
the Black Body bonus associated with the
Sorrow. However, this process can only be
carried out five times unless you have the
Advantage "Pure Onyxium". If you try, your
EG will tell you the terrible consequences of
your unfortunate attempt!
Perfidy and Minotaurs
Level of Perfidy Sorrows Gained
0 – 45 1 every 15 points
46 – 85 1 every 10 points
86 – 95 1 every 5 points
96 – 99 1 every 2 points
100 Gain last Sorrow
Perfidy
The relationship between Perfidy and
Onyxium is unambiguous. This matter reduces
the gangrene which spreads in the body and
the soul of the mortal. Thus, unlike other
peoples, the minotaurs who develop Onyxium
gain Sorrows more slowly.
If a minotaur wishes to develop a Benefit
associated with a Sorrow it will cost him 3
extra points of Perfidy. Owning the
Advantage "Pure Onyxium" prevents the
development of perfidious Benefits entirely.
With such horns, the minotaur always earns Minotaur horns are also useful to Conjurors.
the minimum amount of perfidy when Any individual attempting to conjure a demon
rolling to determine perfidy gained. and possessing Onyxium horns may add the
Minotaur's Blackness score to his own. He can
Onyxium and Crafting benefit from as many bonuses as he has horns.
Yet he cannot, by this means, conjure Demons
Onyxium is not just used by minotaurs. of a Circle superior to what is allowed by his
Many craftsmen covet this mysterious Darkness.
product. The most talented of which manage Finally, if an Inspired (other than a
to make objects that reveal the properties of minotaur) possesses Onyxium on him at the
this enigmatic matter. moment when he gains Perfidy, he gains 1
point less than usual.
Creating an object made of Onyxium
requires a particular design represented by a
success on a roll of AGI + Sculpture, limited
by Concord: Onyxium, against DIFF 20 + the
Darkness of its "owner" (0 if the material is
pure) + the power that the artisan wishes to
awaken. A failure is irreversible: power is not
awakened, and can no longer be awakened.
The object however remains of good quality.

In order to design such objects, the

craftsman must work the Onyxium from the
horns of a minotaur, which limits the
possible shapes.

Raklo Horn-Thief
Raklo was a Guardian of the Abyss. He
tracked down the Renegades to destroy
them, but one day he discovered the value
of the horns of his prey and decided to put
an end to his hunts on behalf of the abyss.
He denied the authority of his hierarchy
and was the first to hunt minotaurs for their
horns, the legend tells that he acquired
terrible powers by conjuring obsidians,
including that of immortality. Nowadays,
he wanders between the Abyss and
Harmonde, much larger and stronger than
in the past, always in search of renegade
prey.
The Threat
In order to survive in the Darkness, it is
necessary to become the Darkness.
Evil Proverb
The Darkness
THE MALEVOLENCE
This evil only affects renegade minotaurs.
While their Abyssal brethren develop
important muscular abilities - they are said
to be closer to the Beast - renegades become
evil.
Contamination
The main consequence of this alteration is
that the minotaur becomes embittered in his
relations with others. By dint of listening to
the discussions of the Demons, he adopts
their way of thinking, their art of speech and
especially their meanness.
Gradually, his comments become hurtful:
the slightest word is a scathing reply made
to hurt the self-esteem of the interlocutor.
The latter is no more than a victim subjected
to sarcasm. Living with a Malevolent is a
nightmare, unless of course you become one
yourself. And this is easy because the
Darkness uses, in addition to the Dread,
Malfeasance to spread. Even humans
carrying Onyxium in a receptacle can
become Malevolent.
For Minotaurs who do not live in the
Abyss, Malfeasance develops more slowly.
This affliction took root while the Minotaur
still lived in the Abyss. Then it matured
when he fled to the surface.
This development is actually the fruit of
the darkness that the minotaur carried with
him during his exile. The Devils and their
pernicious councils are obviously not
unrelated to the evolution of malfeasance.
The darker the Darkness, the more the
minotaurs on the surface glean information
about the Abyss they have left. By
discovering the Abyss through the eyes of
the Demons, some develop Malfeasance to
find a way to return to the bowels of the
Harmonde. The Malevolent have also said
that malfeasance is inherent to the Minotaurs
and that it is cowardice to repress it.
That the Evil One has developed in the
Abyss drunk on the surface, the Conjuration
has played a key role in this maturation. And
that poses many problems to Inspired
minotaurs. This magical practice is indeed a
powerful weapon in the fight against the
Mask and its allies.

TORVEMINE OF CORONIS
According to legend, Torvemine escaped from the Abyss after a heated dispute. He found
himself near the enchanted city of Coronis. in the area. He kept his name, in memory of an old
innkeeper who had helped him find his place among the men. Over the years. battle in battle.
his reputation grew and he developed the art of Conjuration. Those who met him say that he
became a master of shadows, which he later changed, becoming little more than a specialist in
"murderous replicas". In a word, he had become ... Evil.
When he learned about his Flame and the Inspired, he went to Lorgol to face a terrible ogre,
a mercenary he suspected of serving the Mask. He then traveled in the company of a human
chasing Dancers through a horde of cats. The accomplices were accused of being at the origin
of the fires that devastated Lorgol, several years ago.
The last rumor circulating about them is nevertheless strange. They would have opened a
college in the mercenary Republic before heading to the Horns. Many refuse to believe in the
existence of Torvemine of Coronis.
Malfeasance and politics
Malfeasance does not have only bad
consequences. It also develops the free will
of Minotaurs who, unlike other seasons,
sometimes manage to get away from the
problems of the Decans. Because the
Malevolent are able to make decisions
contrary to the intentions of their season. In
other words, they become aware of the
Drama that is playing around them and
manage to analyze it with sufficient distance,
a bit like humans. That's why they are often
the most active members of the Renegade.
In the Abyss, the Evil ones are not left out.
The Abyss Guardians use them to tune in
against the plots and intrigues of the
Demons.
WHAT I KNOW…
There is an intrinsic fact to Conjuration
that the Minotaurs never neglect: Demons
are evil beings who obey the Conjurers as
long as they have an interest. Therefore,
how far can they be trusted? What can they
do in delicate situations? Moreover, the
relationship between the conjuring Minotaur
and the Demons is murky. On the one hand,
they prevent them from leaving the Abyss
and on the other, they open doors for them
to the Harmonde. The Conjuration therefore
poses incessant problems to the minotaurs
and those who rub shoulders with them!
They have a hard time keeping a company
around them. It's hard to live next to a
season that knows Shadow so well.
The following sections detail the
knowledge of the Minotaur according to its
progression in the. Conspiracy. We
recommend that you read them only when
your Inspired has mastered the
corresponding Circle.
Circle I
Hard to believe we do not know anything
about this Circle. We are forced to live daily
with these Demons in the Abyss. Not to
mention the Devils ... These weak creatures
are often arrogant and claim to have a
thousand powers. The poor, they are so
weak that this is the only way for them to
survive in this world of bullies. They play
on their reputation to impress the poor on
the surface. But after so many years of
supporting them, we know how to think
about these frail creatures of Darkness. Do
you know that in a remote time, we had
formed a council where we had collected
tens of thousands of testimonies about them?
We then took up and classified all their
powers; A work of titan. Over there.
Afterwards, we had taught all those who
wished, their weaknesses and their strengths.
It is besides us who had discovered their
deep nature and it is we who baptized them
Opalins.
Do not worry. The Demons of the first
Circle are suspicious of us. Like all Demons,
when they find that their Conjurer is a
Minotaur, they swallow their Darkness.
Moreover, the Opalins are terrified of
serving someone who knows them so well.
They usually perform their task quickly to
return to the Abyss at the earliest.
You can ask your EG to read the parts
about Rascals and Experienced Devils in the
"Shadow" chapter in AGONE.
Circle II
The extreme limit. Many of us become
dedicated Abyss Guardians when they reach
this level of knowledge and contamination.
We know who our enemies are. We often
meet them on the border of their world, the
Abyss. Sometimes the Demons organize
themselves and try to cross the heavy metal
doors we are watching. Then we make them
disappear; It's our duty!
Some decide not to watch the Demons by
surveying the borders of the bowels of the
Harmonde. They choose to venture into the
abyssal courts hoping to become one of the
arbiters of the cruel games that the Demons
engage in to please their High Devil. They
are called ambassadors.
 The Demonology of your Minotaur
represents the different teachings he has
received on the Demons to defend their
access to the Harmony's surface. This
includes keys allowing you to make them
talk about their brothers of the second Circle.
The EG must reveal to you the organization
of Demons in color, you gain - free - the
specialization Hierarchy. However, you do
not learn anything about those who reign
over the Abyss; the: Azurins reveal nothing
about their superiors because they ignore
almost everything about them.
Circle III
If ever your double appears, know that
you have gone too far. You must have
become evil. Your curiosity about our
enemy is exacerbated and it has led you too
far into the Darkness. We can not do
anything for you because you have become
dependent on Darkness. You will end up
joining the enemy and betraying us In the
meantime, use your powers to bring hell to
the creatures of the Abyss.
Above all, do not forget that your brother
can read your thoughts. And that we taught
you to do the same. Use your knowledge to
discover everything you can. Perhaps when
you contemplate the truth, you will change
your mind. Unless it's already too late?
You have been able to read in the spirit of
your Demonic Twin the nature of the true
masters of the Abyss. You have discovered
the existence of the High Devils - ask your
EG for more information about this.
However, more important information than
the others has reached you. You understand
that the Beast is one of them. Not all
Minotaurs know this character. It happens
indeed that he hesitates to take contact with
his descendants. This contact is similar to
the first chapter of this volume.
Circle IV
So, despite my warning, you persevered.
Woe to you, Darkness is in you. Nothing can
stop your metamorphosis ... you'll soon be a
Demon! You are finished. Do you only
understand?
Ah! You are scared? you understand it,
especially since it is too late. Are you only
another Minotaur, one of my children?
Whether you have received the "Death of
Darkness" Penalty or the Onyxium has
absorbed it, you now know the High Devils,
their names and their function in the
demonic hierarchy. Ask your EG for more
information about this. You also know that
one of them will not be long in coming to
pick you up. You still do not know who it is,
and you wonder about his intentions.
Circle V
I have tried many times to warn you
against the Evil that is eating you up. But
nothing worked. You went to the end of the
road, and this time it's too late. You will
have a pleasant meeting that will allow you
to develop new abilities. You will soon be a
monster, a soul sold to the High Devils. A
lost soul that nothing can ever redeem. Your
brothers may chase you, at least you will
believe it. And you want them to catch up ...
to finish, once and for all. But will they dare
to finish you when they see your misshapen
body oozing from Darkness? Will they not
fear to resemble you, to be contaminated by
malice?
Time will tell !
I leave you to your destiny, my son.
New Sorrows
During their progression towards the
Darkness, the inspired receive multiple
Sorrows. However, if you play as a minotaur,
the Onyxium protects you somewhat. So if
you decide that this strange matter absorbs a
Sorrow and the increase of Blackness
associated, you evolve differently. You will
find these new consequences of the Dark
Sorrows in the following list. Those with an
asterisk are added to the effects of the Sorrow.
In accordance with the rules of Onyxium, the
point of Black Body is gained only if you fail
your WIL test.
Facetious Demon
When the facetious Demon leaves your
body, your horns turn black. They
nevertheless retain the brilliant appearance
of amber.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Sleepwalking
Your horns become long and thick. You have
trouble moving, your balance is disrupted.
Fighting with such horn has become an
arduous task: all your actions with "Natural
Weapons: Horns" are penalized by X points
(where x is equal to the Minotaur's Black
Body). After twenty rolls with this penalty
you regain your balance and no longer suffer
from it.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Demonic Twin (*)
Your Demonic Twin is the perfect replica of
yourself. He has no deformity but remains a
Demon. Part of your personality has been
duplicated in the creation of this twin. You
must discuss with your EG the personality
traits that she will give to the Demonic Twin.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Oppressive Presence
You feel like you have lost your horns.
You touch them every minute to check that
they are there. Convinced that they are
absent, you sometimes struggle to use them
in a fight. Whenever you use them to fight,
you must pass a WIL roll against DIFF 15.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Altered Sense
Your horns become black and dull, their
texture is now that of charcoal and they emit
a constant background noise that only you
hear. Moreover, they have become very
sensitive. Each time you hit a weapon with
your horns, you lose 5 life.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Black Blood
Violent veins have appeared along your
horns. A blackish liquid appears to flow
permanently at their surface, giving them a
caterpillar-like appearance crawling
endlessly. In your presence, people make
their darkness resistance roll at DIFF + 5.
Demonic Appearance
Your horns are distorted. They lengthen,
twist in opposite directions. They now
resemble goats' horns more than those of the
minotaurs. Fighting with them is therefore
difficult. Indeed, they have lost efficiency.
Demonic Appearance
Init. Att. Damage
Goat Horns -5 +1 -3/C
Demonic Double (*)
No deformity this time! However, from time
to time, a guttural voice is expressed through
your mouth. In these moments, you cannot
talk anymore, but you move your body freely.
You can possibly put your hands on your
mouth in order to silence yourself. Generally,
this voice stops expressing when it finishes
saying what it had to say.
Gain:
Inner Portal
The tips of your horns have touched and
welded. They form an irregular oval and no
longer cause piercing damage (+ 0 / P) but
contusive damage (+ 0 / C or -3 / C for goat
horns).
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
Mark of the high Devils
One morning you noticed that strange,
serious symbols were carved into your horns.
By questioning your companions, you
realized that they did not appear in the night;
some had noticed them for a few days. You
try to decipher them but they don’t seem to
mean anything... you ignore them.
Gain: 1 point of Dark Body
THE PERFIDES
THE MASK ?
I'm glad you came. Do not say anything, sit
down and listen to me. You know we are
enemies. It has been more than ten years
since it lasted, I have killed your son and the
woman whom I did not love, I think that you
feel bitter, but please do not give yourself up
to his power.
What you do not know is that I was like you.
An active renegade for the survival of the
minotaurs. Both of us received the Flame, I
fought the Slave Master's slaves, and today I
am one of them. During our years of combat,
you could notice my powers but also the
deformity of my body. I am actively fighting
against my urges to talk to you today as a
friend. Indeed, I come to warn you. For the
moment, you have resisted all my attacks and
my most twisted plans, yet my spies have
taught me that you want to fight against fire
with fire.
Please, do not do that. Oh ! You must
believe that I lie to you and that I fear your
new solution. Believe me, listen to me for once.
For one and only time in our struggle, do not
make a foolish choice. Do not be angry, for by
doing this you will join him. he will offer you
powers which, certainly, will be immense, but
which will be only the meager counterpart of
the mental and physical alterations which you
will undergo.
[...]
Now I will reveal something to you about
your eternal enemy. You can not defeat him.
The desperate attempts of the inspired
through the Harmonde to bring him the fatal
blow are laudable but doomed to failure. You,
I know that you are a big one among the big
ones. You've often wondered why I did not kill
you when I got you to Orkhane. The truth is
that my evil wanted you to defeat me.
Obviously, I would defend myself body and
soul to reduce you to dust. The mask is like
me, treacherous. He builds complex and
subtle plans. Their outcome is rarely
spectacular. All are sprawling and therefore
imperfect. This fried part of his willingness to
craft the perfect drama. It's his player side. I
am convinced that, deep down, he hopes to be
defeated. If this happens, he would then have
the immense pleasure of coming back from
the dead. It would be a dramatic twist. Well ...
it does not matter, you have to stay pure. Then
your Flame will flourish. You will receive new
powers that are just as impressive as mine
and will not have the same price either. I have
to leave you, I'm waiting for a game of cards.
With luck, we will never meet again.
Anonymous talk
Between two minotaurs
in a Mercerine tavern
ATTRACTIONS
I still have to teach you a lot. Listen
carefully to my advice. Having the Flame is
not an end in itself. The danger represented
by our enemy is very real. Do not think he will
not notice you if your Flame is flickering. No
one escapes his gaze. For him, you are a
source of uncertainty, a danger that he can
not ignore and he will not stop eliminating
you or trying to seduce you. If you remain
active, be ready to defend yourself because,
sooner or later, it will look at your destiny. If
you decide to hunt them down, he and his
henchmen, you have to be careful. The Master
of the Semblant prefers to corrupt the most
dangerous among us to make his most
accomplished servants. Remember that you
 MEMORIES OF URGL THE IMPETUAL
FIRST DAY OF THE CENTAURE OF THE YEAR 1431
I remember the day when, with my companions, we decided to fight the Mask. We were
very young then. We believed in our cause. Nothing could stop us. And my comrades have
died ...
Years later, desperate and hunted by the enemy, I decided to resume our fight. Alone and
with his methods. Things did not take long to change I became more powerful than the
Guardians of the Abyss. At first, I won many battles, I defeated the henchmen of the Master of
the Semblant in their lairs. Each time, I relied on their powers. The more I fed on hatred, the
more I gained in efficiency. I followed my fight, proud, weapon in hand. rage in the belly and
horns facing the winds. Perfidy had given me the means to conquer it, I triumphed. I was
returning to the mask for one blow. An eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. My father was proud of
me. I'm sure.
Then one day, while I was looking in a mirror, I realized that I was only a shadow of
myself. The spirit that animated me was his. I thought myself valiant, invincible. But I only
played his game. I belonged to his theater. I understood then that I would join him shortly to
serve him.

SECOND DAY OF THE CENTER OF THE YEAR 1431

Today is my last day of slavery. I reread my writings yesterday. I sliced the links. It remains
for me to cut my veins. The method is good I'm sure. You have to know your enemy to
destroy it, But you must also know how to preserve yourself, and that I did not know how to
do.
Farewell Harmonde.
Forgive me for what I did to you.
must not make any concessions. Between The ONYXIUM
slavery and death, I highly recommend death.
One last thing, read this journal, I found it on
Deposits?
the body of one of our enemies. He was a
This strange matter appeared in the Abyss
minotaur, like you. Go through his story,
with the first minotaurs. If some of its secrets
ponder his failure, and above all, do not try to
have been pierced, including its properties,
follow the same path because you will never
there is much to discover: its history, its
be strong enough.
origin, its true nature, etc. And above all, how
is it related to summer? Why are the
The secret of the Ladies minotaur's horns made? The Lady of the
The war, always the war ... Summer should be able to answer these
Bors of Gard questions but she has been missing for a long
time.
Three myths govern the lives of the It is important to determine if there are
Renegades. Three beliefs that they hold. other deposits of Onyxium outside the Abyss.
Many suffer from discomfort after several If so, the minotaurs have vowed to
years of surface life. They then embark on a appropriate them, whatever the price.
quest that usually obsesses them until the end
of their lives. CORNES
Something is eating at the elders of the
Horned Council. Their Abyss brothers also
have Onyxium horns, but morphologies are
different. The Abyss Guardians are colossal in
size and are significantly stronger than
renegade Minotaurs. Does Onyxium have a
responsibility for these differences and, if so,
what about Darkness?
HOMKIVART THE OLD
This old Minotaur, which some say is
immortal - he has long since passed the
hope of life of his Decan - is a perfect
example for the Renegade. In addition to
being an exceptional warrior in his youth,
Hômkivart is a talented scholar. We know
him as champion of the summer and
defender of the honor of the Lady. Not
long ago, he revealed to his brothers the
secret of the Beast Champion who made
him his representative on the Council of
the Decans. In response, he does not hide
his hostility to the Spring Decans ...
But today, he is tired of these quarrels
and aspires to retire far from this. The Gray
Eminences murmur, however, that the
Eternals would have other plans for him ...
Many Minotaurs dream to meet this
living legend since he explained that the
Beast is looking for his successor at the
seat of the Council of Decans. This
function will be available at his death.
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
To know their history, the minotaurs must
find their parents and convince them to tell
them their origins. Many tracks on the Lady
of the Summer’s shelter have been discovered,
but only two are taken seriously by the
Renegades. The first asserts that the Lady
would have found asylum with a Keshite
prince in a palace forgotten under the sands of
the desert. The second evokes a network of
deep caves under the rugged North, the Horns.
Unfortunately, all those who sought this
refuge have disappeared. What have they
become? Minotaurs do not know. They hope
that the Mask does not know their plans and
that he is not looking for the new domain of
the Lady of the Summer. What would happen
if he found her before the brothers of the
Renegade?
Convinced that the Beast knows the
location of the Lady of the Summer’s Refuge,
some of the Renegade's Ambassadors are
conducting a thorough investigation of the
High Devils. Indeed, these minotaurs think
that the Beast did not disappear without
reason. Some say he would have joined the
Beauty!
Other Renegades worry. They are
convinced that a misfortune has struck the
Beast or that the Beast has fled before
something... or someone. Would the original
Minotaur be the prey of the Mask? Shadow?
Thazi, the High Devil of succubi? Or even
Pan, the High Devil of Incubi?
THE CHAMPION
Since the creation of the Council of Decans,
the Beast has always had a Champion. He
represents the Minotaur Decanate in its
entirety, and defends those of the depths as
well as the Renegades. Although he himself is
a Renegade, he is chosen by the Beast as a
person. His authority is undisputed, and the
Tenebrous claim that he is the only Minotaur
to benefit from the rare privilege of coming
and going as he pleases between the
Harmonde and the Abyss. The last one,
Hômkivart the former, would have brought
out more than one minotaur of the Abyss and
facilitated their enthronement in the Renegade.
THE HORNS
Is it possible for a region to have such a
name without being linked to the destiny of
the Minotaurs? Even if the task is arduous,
many old Renegades leave to join this host
country believing - rightly or wrongly? -to
find an idyllic place for minotaurs. A
cemetery where their last rest could not be
violated by raiders eager for the precious
Onyxium.
In truth, not everyone knows how the
legends were born of this "minotaur paradise"
but all are convinced that it is not a mirage: if
all the Renegades talk about this place, it is
because “it exists!”
Convinced by this adage, the minotaurs are
ready to risk their lives by crossing the
Liturgical Province and to cross the Wall of
Faith to discover this mythical place. The
faithful of Saint Noven firmly believe that this
place is only a gateway to the Abyss.