Artwork by he who was  nehebkau and is now  badcoyote

None of the other labor-slaves dared ask the grim minotaur with the runes seared into his flesh about his past. The few poor fools who tried received only broken bones for their answer.

Some of the prisoners whipser that the bull known only as Runescar bears an uncanny resemblance to a famous general who disappeared years ago. But no one dares risk drawing the bull's ire.