King Minos was the Judge of the Damned, who resided in the circle of Limbo. He was the second boss encountered in Dante's Inferno. He is the judge of every soul damned to Hell, determining which of the Nine Circles that particular soul was condemned to for eternity.
In ancient Greek mythology, Minos was the son of Zeus by the princess Europa; Zeus had lured her away from her home and kidnapped her in the guise of a tame bull. She was taken to Crete, where she bore Minos and his brother Rhadymanthus, and later gave her name to the continent of Europe.
Forcing Rhadymanthus to give up his right to rule, Minos gained the throne of Crete. His reign saw the island flourish into a formidable sea power, Minos himself ruling over his people with a tyrannical grip. Among the stories known of Minos, the most famous is the story of the Minotaur, which was a curse on the king for his refusal to sacrifice a beautiful white bull given to him by the gods for such purpose. To prevent the creature from being an uncontrollable threat, Minos commissioned the inventor Daedalus to create a labyrinth to house the Minotaur. Ultimately, the Minotaur was destroyed by the hero Theseus, who escaped the island with Minos's daughter Ariadne.
Upon his death, Minos, Rhadamanthus, and their half-brother Aeacus became the three Judges of the Underworld. They were given authority to judge whether a soul was worthy of the Elysian Fields (the Greek equivalent of Heaven), Tartarus (a place analogous with the Judeo-Christian Hell) or to remain in an abysmal nowhere called the Fields of Asphodel.
Sleepy Hollow, the Missing Episodes[]
Just like in An Animated Epic, Minos was largely the same as he was in the game, though he was initially less interested in Team Witness who asked him to free Ichabod's damned soul. He countered his soul belonged to The Devil on account of the deal for the Philosopher's Stone that negated Dreyfuss' immortality, but Gavin grew angered on not letting the group pass. He roared that no one shall defy him and belong to the house of the damned! From a shrill elderly man, he grew exponentially into a shadowed monstrosity! The fight was brief, and, thanks to Jenny and Lara's agility and swift martial arts, he was killed by his own wheel which his tail was caught in and flung him out of his court, clearing the way for the team to move on. With his death, the Damned souls fled from Minos's palace in an attempt to escape. It was unknown if they succeeded, though Jenny and Lara urged the team down to the other Rings. It's most likely that Minos has regained his devilish form after the team escaped.