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House Minotos
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House Minotos is one of the Knight Houses that reside on the planet Adrastapol. They are known for their ostentatious moustaches and bombastic personalities and carry heavy Minotane Hammers as ceremonial weapons outside of battle.[1][2c][2g]
House Info | |
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Name: | House Minotos |
Affiliation: | Imperium |
Knight World: | Adrastapol |
Colours: | Orange and brass[2c] |
Motto: |
The Knights of House Minotos, as with the other Adrastapolian Knight Houses, make use of a rigid, explicit nomenclature to denote status within the House.[2b]
Known Actions
- The First Ork War: When the Ork Warboss Skarjaw invaded the Knight World Adrastapol, House Minotos and the other Knight Houses of the planet worked together to destroy the Warboss' forces.[1]
- The Betrayal on Donatos.[3]
- The Second Ork War: 5 years after the Betrayal on Donatos, Adrastapol was once again invaded by Orks, this time led by the Death Skulls Warboss Gorgrok Killfist.
- The Charadon Campaign[4]
Known Knights
- Grandmarshal Gustev Tan Minotos - Head of the House during the Betrayal on Donatos. Pilot of Thunderhymn.[2a] During the Betrayal on Donatos, Gustev and his Knight were hit by a spell cast by the sorceress Alicia Kar Manticos that fused them into a Chaos Spawn. He was presumed mercifully killed when the keep he was in collapsed.[2e]
- Sire Federich Dar Minotos - Pilot of Song of Strength.[2a]
- Sire Jeremial Dar Minotos - Pilot of the Knight Gallant Thunderclap.[2a][2b] Killed during the Betrayal on Donatos.[2e]
- Sire Wilhorm Dar Minotos - Pilot of Merciless.[2a]
- Sire Rikhardt Dar Minotos - Pilot of a Knight Crusader.[2f]
- Sire Boriss[2d]
See Also
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Becoming (Short Story)
- 2: Kingsblade (Novel)
- 3: Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition), pg. 53 — A Tapestry of Glories: Betrayal on Donatos
- 4: War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust, pgs. 40-41