Griffin Minos, titled Celestial Noble Star Griffon Minos, stands among the three Judges of Hell within Hades’ forces, commanding Specters and presiding over the souls of the Underworld. His duty to judge and punish the dead echoes his mythological origins as an arbiter of the damned. Towering and imperious, he bears long white hair and eyes that shift between gold and pale violet across different portrayals. In *The Lost Canvas*, his bangs remain swept back, fully exposing his piercing gaze.
A sadist at heart, Minos revels in psychological manipulation and physical brutality, deploying cruelty with chilling precision. His signature technique, Cosmic Marionettion, entangles foes in near-invisible cosmic threads, allowing him to shatter bones and contort bodies at whim. He combines strategic intellect with a penchant for prolonging battles, savoring opponents’ despair before ending them.
During *The Lost Canvas*’s 18th-century Holy War, Minos spearheads an assault on Athena’s Sanctuary. He dismantles Pisces Albafica’s lethal rose barricades, crushes the saint’s bones, and advances to obliterate Rodorio Village. Aries Shion intervenes, but Albafica—clinging to life—impales Minos with a blood-poisoned white rose, sacrificing himself to ensure the Specter’s death. As Minos falters, his retaliatory Gigantic Feathers Flap hurricane is halted by Shion’s Crystal Wall.
In the main Hades Arc, Minos resurfaces during the invasion of Sanctuary, overwhelming Gemini Kanon via Cosmic Marionettion before targeting Bronze Saints. He shrugs off Cygnus Hyoga’s Diamond Dust and withstands an Eighth Sense-enhanced Aurora Execution. His final pursuit of Hyoga into the Hyperdimension proves fatal, as dimensional forces erode his Griffon Surplice, scattering him into oblivion.
Across eras—including the 15th and 16th-century Holy Wars—Minos repeatedly emerges as Hades’ loyal enforcer, clashing with Athena’s forces alongside fellow Specters. His enduring presence across timelines cements his role as a relentless agent of the Underworld, merging mythic judgment with tactical savagery in service of his dark master.