Minos Prime

"Ahh… Free at last. O, Gabriel. Now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall glisten before the temples of man. Creature of steel, My gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes thy kind have committed against humanity are NOT forgotten. And thy punishment.. is DEATH!"

TYPE: PRIME SOUL

DATA: A Prime soul is an incredibly rare occurrence in which a soul amasses so much power that it no longer requires a Husk as a vessel to manifest physically.

As manifestations of pure will, souls are incredibly powerful, to the point that even the prideful angels see them as a threat and will use any means necessary to stop them from forming.

King Minos felt that eternal suffering was an unfair and unreasonable punishment for those whose only sin was loving another. After the Disappearance of God, as angels were lost and Heaven was in chaos, Minos began his efforts to reform the Lust layer.

The Lust renaissance was prosperous, as King Minos guided its inhabitants to come together and build a new civilization. The combined efforts of the countless who had been damned to the second layer bore great results as the grand city of Lust grew and grew.

However, after the Council took control of Heaven and brought stability to it through their iron fist rule, they saw that Minos had gone against God's will by freeing sinners from the punishment that God had designed for them.

Gabriel, the brightest of the angels, was sent to kill Minos. The king, rather than fight back, tried to reason with him, but Gabriel mercilessly struck him down without listening.

As Minos's will was strong enough to attempt to stand up to Heaven's rule, the angels chose to imprison his soul in an attempt to stop it from forming into a Prime soul and appointed Gabriel as the new Judge of Hell.

From the prison inside his own body, Minos helplessly watched as his soulless corpse, now controlled by parasites, tore apart everything he had worked so hard to build, cursing his own weakness for failing to protect his people, vowing to take revenge..

STRATEGY:

• It's rare for Minos Prime to give a window of opportunity to heal, so it's vital to learn what attacks leave him momentarily vulnerable and how to dodge them in a way that gives an advantageous position during those moments.

• His snake projectiles can be parried using the Feedbacker for a full heal, even if the projectile doesn't hit Minos Prime.

Minos Prime's boss theme is "ORDER", and can be found here. The original concept art for Minos Prime was made by BigRockBMP, and his model was made by ActionDawg. Minos Prime is voiced by Stephan Weyte, known for being the voice of Caleb from the Blood franchise. Stephan has also provided the voice for Nyarlathotep in DUSK, another game published by New Blood, as well as the character "G" in Gloomwood, who appears at the very beginning and guides the outsider, among many other credits, including MC. Ballyhoo from Mario Party 8. (See his website for more information.) The pose Minos Prime strikes before his "Die!" divekick is taken from Kamen Rider.[1] Minos Prime's manner of speaking during combat is inspired by Urien in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.[2] Minos Prime says "Useless!" after each restart, implying that he knows thou hast died to him and that any efforts thy attempt upon him will be only for naught. The only other characters that imply knowledge of restarts are the Mysterious Druid Knight (& Owl) and Minos Prime's ACT II counterpart, Sisyphus Prime. It is also possible he is calling himself useless for not being able to permanently kill V1. Minos Prime's face hole currently has no defined length nor volume. Before the first hotfix following the Soul Survivor update, Minos Prime's "Judgement!" attack couldn't be interrupted when parried. Minos Prime's design has a heavy snake motif, with twin snakes coiling around his arms, blue snakes for attack trails, and golden snakes as projectiles. This draws inspiration from Minos in Inferno from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, who has a serpent's tail coil around his body a certain amount of times to determine where sinners will be damned in the Nine Circles of Hell. It also may be a reference to King Minos from Greek mythology. According to mythology, he often cheated on his wife, and she bewitched him, which is why Minos emitted snakes during copulation. Minos Prime, along with the Flesh Prison, are direct references to the fights against Nuculais and Legion, respectively, from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.[3] His moveset has been often compared to characters from fighting games, utilizing a large amount of melee combat as well as a projectile in his serpent. This is reinforced by the Urien tie-in. If Minos Prime is somehow able to get out of bounds and fall into the void, he will reappear at the center of the arena. Minos Prime often says "Die!". This is a subtle nod to the fact that he will kill thee. This reference is best observed on Brutal Difficulty. The same can be observed with his "Thy end is now!". (Thy end is, in fact, now.) It can also be observed whenever Minos Prime says "Crush!". (He is going to crush thou.) Furthermore, it can also be observed whenever he says "Prepare Thyself!". (He is warning thee to prepare thyself.) Likewise, it can also also be observed when he says "WEAK.". (he is implying that thou is weak.) There is a species of bacteriophage named Minos Phrime, a direct reference to Minos Prime.[4][5] This bacteriophage is notable for its resistance to high concentrations of alcohol compared to other phages. When Minos Prime attacks, he leaves a trail of disturbed rubble behind him, implying he moves extremely fast, but does not teleport. This can be better observed by spawning him in an environment with many physical obstructions, such as the Sandbox. Minos Prime's "teleports" are unable to actually pass through ceilings, but enemies like Mindflayers are unobstructed. Despite the whole arena being made of flesh, the trail of rubble that Minos Prime leaves in the wake of his attacks are made of stone. Minos Prime moves so fast to the point he near-instantly dies when using "Die!" in a direction that doesn't have a solid object he can land on. Ironic much? Minos Prime's body becomes invisible when underwater, but his circulatory system stays fully visible. This is a visual bug shared by his Act 2 counterpart. Interestingly, this does not occur when standing on the rock in the middle of the lake in the Sandbox. Minos Prime is one of the only ULTRAKILL characters to have an official body pillow (buy it now), the others being Gabriel, V1, and Mirage. If forcebossbars is enabled, spawning in Minos Prime then killing him would play his standard longer death animation rather than a shortened one. This also occurs with Sisyphus Prime. Strangely, his monologue does not play when doing this. Minos Prime can be obtained by taking the derivative of King Minos. The snakes on Minos Prime's arms are not, in fact, a part of his body, but rather actual snakes. This can be seen in the official body pillow and the artwork for the ROCK IT event. The top of Minos Prime's head resembles the Steam Awards trophy.

Appearance: Minos Prime is a pale bluish-white translucent humanoid figure with a visible circulatory system and heart. He has two snakes wrapped around his arms, a hole in his face, and a cubical crown fused to his head. He also emits a perpetual bright blue glow.