Now I figure that Darl Quethos is a right evil overlord, and that all of his companions are expendable; and that he is also very smart, and Darl would expend his companions wisely. I figure that he would send his weakest guy to bargain with the titian and minimize his losses if the deal went bad. With this reasoning the minotaur is weaker than the other companions but stronger than Krekie, as she was left out to die first. I know that sinfire brothers are only 15 CR, but they are a "set", and Nalhazzarath is more of a walking ring of wishes than a real companion. Darls band of evil probably has a pecking order and I surmize it's- Darl then Malhazzar, then the Sinfires, the then Dead Minotaur, then Krekie, with the cornugon and cauchemar as more in category of familiars/mounts. What class/level do you think the minotaur is. I began thinking about this as another thread a DM had his party scry and fry Darl and crew on the ship out to the island, and the guys I play with would do the same.