TOMB OF THE BULL KING - Mazes & Minotaurs - Free

VII : THE LAST TREASONBACK TO CORISTEANow that the King of Monsters is dead,the heroes can go back to Coristea, tobring the Horn of the Minotaur to KingBelerophon.If they have befriended the Griffins insection 134, they appear flying andoffer themselves to transport theheroes. If they didn’t befriend them,Rhea orders the Griffins to transport theheroes.If Melaclea the Seer is alive, she comesto warn the heroes: their mission is notover, as King Belerophon is going to bevictim of an assassin if they don’t savehim.In a matter of hours, the heroes fly backto Coristea.THE SORCERERParmenion, brother of Queen Parsifae,released the Minotaur with the help ofHekateria the Hag. He guided theheroes across the Wildlands to theTomb of the Bull King, hoping for themto die inside it.Now, he has gone mad because of theremorse and the fear of beingdiscovered. He recruits his most loyalfriends and travels to Coristea fromTomis. He enters the palace using hispowers and tries to kill KingBelerophon.When the heroes come to Coristea,they find the corpses of guards and ofmen wearing bull masks. If they run tothe private rooms of King Belerophon,they find Queen Parsifae defending herhusband from a group of six men in bullmasks that cover their faces. Five ofthem are typical Impostaurs (see belowfor their stats); the last one is actuallyParmenion (whose stats are repeatednext page) concealing his true identitybehind a minotaurian mask.The five Impostaurs attack the heroeswhile Parmenion tries to knock out hissister and kill King Belerophon. If theheroes kill the Impostaurs in less thansix rounds, they can fight the last man.If they unmask the man, they see thathe is Parmenion. Queen Parsifae isstunned, and Parmenion uses thismoment of surprise to try to killBelerophon with a last stab of hisdagger. If the heroes do not stop him,he kills the good King…ImpostaurTaxonomy : SpecialDescription : Human brutes whomasquerade as Minotaurs (thanks toconvincing horned headmasks) to terrify thecountryside and satisfy their own bestialurges - under the mask.Size : MediumFerocity : AggressiveCunning : AlertMystique : AverageMovement : 60’Initiative : 12Melee Attack : +2Damage : 1d6 (club or other weapon)Defense Class : 14 (minotaur helm)Hits Total : 8Detection / Evasion : +2Mystic Fortitude : 0Special Abilities : Charge into Battle(Initiative 14, Melee +4), Grapple (M = 16).Awards : Glory 25.These five thugs are followers of Parmenionwho share their master’s hatred for KingBelerophon and the Coristea colonists. Theydo not know that Parmenion is responsiblefor the release of the Minotaur and hisHorde; they believe Parmenion hatesBelerophon simply because he is a foreignruler “who knows nothing of Proteus”.201