Minotaurs still exist, thank you Riot

Zapzya·4/2/2019, 9:04:56 PM·16 votes·13,105 views

The new story with Darius confirms that Minotaurs in Runeterra and are not just more Vastaya (or at least are distinct enough to have their own subrace). They are also still indigenous to somewhere in Noxian Territory (the Barrier Mountains like in the old lore maybe?) and some even fight for Noxus! I am so happy about this development. Sadly the only minotaur we see gets impaled and killed off before he can do anything, but I look forward to seeing their actual fighting prowess in future Noxian battles.

Alistar’s time will come soon (or maybe not but hopefully soon).

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EdgeLady4/2/2019, 10:36:05 PM11 votes

Judging by how they're portrayed I'm fairly certain they'll be their own race, like trolls and the Brackern, and I'm certainly hoping for that instead of a vastaya or an ascended subset. Glad to see Minotaurs finally starting to come back into the light with Xin Zhao's story alluding to him fighting Alistar in the arena and now Zalt here!

Whyte Lyon4/3/2019, 12:11:04 AM3 votes

The new story confirms that Minotaurs in Runeterra and are not just more Vastaya (or at least are distinct enough to have their own subrace). They are also still indigenous to Noxian Territory (the Barrier Mountains like in the old lore) and some even fight for Noxus!

This isn't really news, nor a surprise though. Devs assured they are a distinct race of their own by not including them in the Vastaya LU and as such, they kept the Great Barrier canon with a depiction of a minotaur related to it.

Idk I wouldn't really call this a shocking revelation- but to each their own.

4 Step Cadence4/2/2019, 10:38:13 PM2 votes

Oh thank the gods yes.

5StackUltOneShot4/3/2019, 12:03:39 PM2 votes

DARIUS HAS A NEW STORY???? WHERE IS IT

LordHippoman4/3/2019, 4:17:51 PM1 votes

IIRC we did see Minotaurs on the Trade Map that came out with the Piltover update, but this is the first textual evidence of their status in Runeterra, which is cool stuff, I was a fan.

I do think it's a little ironic that our first Minotaur sighting in the new canon is with a Noxian war band. Y'know, like the kind that, uh, slaughtered all the minotaurs in the old lore. It's kind of a nice sign of the steps Riot's taken to make Noxus less cartoonishly villainous now, while still retaining some of their darker bits.