Taurean Embassy

One of Absalom’s most unusual citizens dwells in this remarkably well-maintained building. With a facade evoking architectural styles from distant Iblydos and a small but complex hedge maze filling its spacious back yard, the Taurean Embassy is the home of Nuar Spiritskin, the Minotaur Prince of Absalom. As an albino minotaur who stands barely taller than the average human, Nuar has always felt like an outsider, and so when he came to Absalom after being banished from the Kortos Mounts by his kin, he was not deterred by the fact that so few of those he rubbed shoulders with possessed hooves and horns. Nuar’s destiny changed forever when he stepped in to rescue a man who was being roughed up by sailors—a man who, as it happened, was none other than Lord Gyr on a clandestine mission. Gyr was delighted to be “saved” by such an unusual hero, and rather than reveal to Nuar that he’d been baiting the sailors for reasons of his own, instead thanked the minotaur for the timely rescue and saw to it that Absalom would thereafter recognize him as the “Prince of Minotaurs.”
Nuar is no fool, and he soon came to realize that the invented position was meant as much as a flight of fancy as anything else on Gyr’s part, yet today, he proudly notes that he’s outlasted Gyr. It’s likewise a testament to Absalom’s acceptance of diversity that the minotaur has not only been welcomed into the city, but has prospered. Nuar takes pride in his home, and works to keep his street and those nearby free of crime and in good repair, even as he continues to use his influence with the Grand Council to aid those who aid him. With no obvious aspirations to greater roles of leadership, certain cynics have suggested Nuar has plans for the Coins, but in truth, the minotaur is simply thankful to finally have found a place he can rightfully call home.

Type

Embassy

Parent Location

Coins

Owner

Nuar Spiritskin