I think the simple counter to Minotaur would be Centaurs, but they would have various issues that go along with playing a creature that has four legs. So, I thought up this race:

Race Name: Nelari - singular, Nelarim - plural (Name subject to change of course)

While I'm laying down the basic framework for this race, I want leave several aspects of who and what they are, open-ended. Hopefully this will allow the IMM's to implement them (if they so choose) in a way that makes sense to them. However, I will try to describe several different options for various aspects of what this new race could be like while still sticking to a particular theme.

Background:

Once imprisoned by an ancient evil, they have recently freed themselves from their captors and are able to now wander the realm of Thera.

That's the gist of it, though what this evil was and where their imprisonment took place can be open-ended. Perhaps they were imprisoned by dark-elves in the depths of the world, perhaps they were imprisoned by a darkness on a different plane of existence or by a group of evil magi, etc etc, but the general idea is that there were imprisoned by some type of evil beings in a place that was either not in Thera or nearly inaccessible. This will help explain why they are only just now in the world. I'll include more elements of their background in the descriptions below.

Physical characteristics:

While they are humanoids having two arms and two legs, they appear to be more ethereal than any other playable race thus far. Nearly translucent skin that also appears to have a faint shimmering to it. Perhaps some inner light can been seen through their skin which causes the shimmering. Very pale of hair, eye and skin. All Nelari are slender & willowy, though height varies as greatly as it does among humans. For some reason I'm picturing the females and males looking very similar to one another, a hint of androgyny? Faces that appear smooth with very subdued noses, small mouths, and large eyes, but a head shape that is similar to a human. They have voices with a musical quality to it, reminiscent of soft chimes or bells.


Inherents:

Toggle: Invisibility

Perhaps this is a biological function, their skin being somewhat translucent as it is and their innards, so to speak, being primarily composed of light - perhaps through some process of inversion they can manipulate the light inside of themselves to reflect what is around them, thus becoming invisible.

OR

Perhaps this is a result of their captivity. Maybe there was some type of powerful magic cast upon them as a race allowing them to become invisible and thereby escaping their captors. Or perhaps some magical event took place and the Nelarim are able to become invisible as result. Maybe this magical backlash is also what sent them to Thera.

Also, perhaps a new ability called Lightshroud or something similar - c lightshroud <amount> target

They are able to place a shroud of light similar to what they use for their own invisibility, granting an effect similar to duo dimension on a party member. They use some of their essence in order to do this which drains them of hitpoints, yet they are able to choose how much of their own essence to use. The effect would obviously be very short, though the greater the amount of HP used would increase the length of the effect.

Maybe they can also inherently see invisible things, or have night vision.


Stats: Kinda up in the air

Very high wisdom - (I'm imagining willpower to be related to wisdom in this case since there is no willpower stat) To remain in captivity as long as they were, remaining uncorrupted in the face of their wicked captors and having the patience to endure until they would one day be free, would take a vast amount of wisdom and perspective. Waiting until the time was right to plan their escape, figuring out how and when to escape, etc etc. Plus having a goodly race with high wisdom would be great

Physically weaker than humans by a slight amount
Greater intelligence than humans by a slight amount
Slightly less constitution than humans

Resists:

A few things related to willpower: ex. sleep, charm, etc.

Vulnerabilities:

Disease or poison perhaps, being foreign to Thera or recently reintroduced to the world.

Or maybe just negative attacks.


Alignment: Chaotic

Being imprisoned for so long has made the Nelarim value their freedom greatly. While Nelarim may align themselves with various causes or Cabals and thereby adhering to a set of "rules" or "laws", they do so by choice and only because it fits in with their ideals. Their actions, while benevolent in nature, may not always be in the agreement with the rest of society as their own society is completely foreign to any other. (And perhaps being redeveloped since being free)

Personality:

Transitory and light-hearted would be a great way to describe the Nelarim. They dislike staying in one place for very long for obvious reasons. Being naturally curious they prefer to roam the world seeing what it has to offer. They are also fun loving and have a strong streak of mischievousness (NOT insanity or gross ridiculousness, something much more subdued), mischievousness with purpose you could say. Being relatively new to the world, I'm picturing them playing pranks on people to see how they react and using those reactions to judge whether they would be friends or foes, but also just for the laughs or a morale boost. Maybe a tome was misplaced, with only the sound of something similar to soft chimes or bells revealing the laugh of a Nelari giving the owner an idea of what happened to it. I'm picturing the implications of being able to make yourself invisible on a whim, while an evil character would use that ability in a certain way, I think a chaotic good character would lean towards using that power for mischief at times. Nelarim are remarkably light-hearted even in the face of overwhelming gloom, and this trait directly affects their individual personalities as well as their worldview. I also think this could be a cool contrast to some of the stoicism of high-elves and storm giants.

Anyway, just a thought