From the introduction: The minotaur are a proud, hardworking race living between three different worlds—the Xanxy Desert to the south, the Nathari Plains to the East and North, and the Tempest Sea to the West. Living near the shoreline is not what enabled the minotaur to be such great sailors, though. Instead, it was being such great sailors that enabled them to find their home. Know this: they will defend that home with their dying breath.