Minotaur

Minotaurs are humanoid bull creatures, which stand on two hooves and have bovine snouts and horns. Finding their homes in mountainous regions of the multiverse, minotaurs are fierce in combat and often very prideful. Some minotaurs have two thumbs, while some have more human-like hands.

Anoba Minotaurs

The Anoba were a tribe of minotaurs on Ulgrotha, known for their spirituality and wisdom. On the cards, Anoba is spelled "Anaba," but within the storyline, "Anoba" is the preferred spelling.

History and Geography

The Anoba Minotaurs lived in the Kher Range of the Koskun Mountains, though the exact location of their home was kept secret to the rest of the peoples of Ulgrotha. Any minotaurs who went to Koskun Keep were shunned and thought of as dead, and were not allowed to return home. The Anoba kept their history in pictoglyphs in caves, until they were destroyed by Taysir.

An Anoba planeswalker named Sandruu attracted the ire of Taysir, returning home when attacked. Taysir defeated Sandruu, but was then attacked by a friend of the exiled planeswalker, Feroz. Taysir enslaved the Anoba, and many of them were killed when Taysir summoned an earthquake against Feroz, that also destroyed the pictoglyph caves. Feroz eventually killed Taysir, but the Spiritcrafters preserved his body and spent two centuries calming his soul, reviving him as a kind and humble ally.

The Anoba maintained peaceful relations with some of the humans of Ulgrotha, particularly those of An-Havva and the followers of Feroz and Serra -- indeed, and Anoba wed those two planeswalkers. As generations passed, more young minotaurs chaffed at Anoba customs, leaving for An-Havva or other settlements and becoming bodyguards or pit fighters.

Anaba Shamans

The primarily female Anoba Shamans were masters of the mountains and the local weather, and could talk to storms and wind spirits. Shamans led ceremonies, tatooed minotaurs who had endured hardship, and protected the Anoba by summoning lightning from the sky.

Anoba Spiritcrafters

The Spiritcrafters were a primarily male sect of the Anoba Shamans. They worked divination rituals and speak with spirits, particularly the Anoba Ancestors. They were said to be able to possess themselves with long-dead war spirits and Anoba Ancestors to lead the minotaurs to victory in battle. The Spiritcrafters were the Anoba that calmed and resurrected Taysir after he was defeated by Feroz.

Anoba Ancestors

Anoba Ancestors were the spirits of the dead Anoba Minotaurs that the tribe looked to for guidance. They could supposedly communicate through or even possess the Spiritcrafters. These spirits worked for centuries to calm the dead Taysir's wayward spirit.