NPCs: Zeno Elfslayer

     Zeno the Elf Slayer is an honorable opponent. Honorable, in the Minotaur sense of the word. When he faces an elf of equal or superior ability he will challenge them to honorable combat with a weapon of their choice. Since most elves choose to fight with a bow, a completely dishonorable weapon, or long sword he feels completely justified in using his own long sword of elf slaying.

     Once engaged in an honorable combat he will view any misconduct by his opponent's allies as an affront to his honor. This frees him from restricted combat and he will use any of his other weapons to fight, such as his nose ring of fire breathing. Honorable combat only ends when the Elf is killed or surrenders to him.
     If they do allow him to take them prisoner, he will, keep them safe from harm until he feels it is time to end their life. His current valet, Gelfunas, is an elf that has served him so well that he has not yet killed him. Gelfunas has seen many elves slain and eaten by Zeno. Still he fears, and respects, him enough to continue serving Zeno.

     A favored tactic of Zeno's is to antagonize a party with an elf in it into chasing him through a forested area to a pond, river or other body of water. He will then run across it to force the party to circumvent or go through it. Once the party is separated from each other he will run across the water again to either fight the group individually on land or, if they are swimming, run up and attack them from the surface. Sometimes he will also run into the area they are swimming, drop oil on that area and then use his nose ring to engulf the swimmers in flames.

     Zeno is a cunning and experienced hunter of elves. He is not above using potions of polymorph self to turn into an elf and then enter their cities to find the best prey. This tactic is usually reserved for those elves he could not get at otherwise. Such as high level warriors, nobles and kings.