Heward

Greyhawk Divinity

Heward
General information
Portfolio:	Bards, Musicians
Home:	Prime Material (principally)
Alignment:	Neutral (good)
Gender:	male
Class:	Magic-User 10, Illusionist 10, Bard 20
Superior:	unknown
Rules items
Domains:	Good, Knowledge, Travel

Heward is the hero-god of Bards and Musicians. Heward is notable not only for his musical prowess, but also for his technological skills.

His alignment has been given as both Neutral Good and (originally) as Neutral (good). Heward's holy symbol can be any musical instrument.

Description

Heward appears as a human male of uncertain age--both youthful and elderly at once. He is lively, athletic, strong, and quick, with rosy cheeks and a wrinked forehead. His bald head is offset by a small beard and luxurious mustache of sandy-brown. He tends to dress either shabbily, or in fine garb which is long out of style. However, if he wishes to go unnoticed, Heward can appear quite nondescript. He seldom carries weapons or wears armor. He often carries pitch pipes and tuning forks, which aid him in his travels to other planes.

Heward's eccentric dwelling is said to be extradimensional in nature, far, far bigger inside than it appears from outside, and a nexus between many alternate worlds, planes, and times. He once dwelled in the building in Greyhawk City's Thieves Quarter known as Odd House or "Hew's Place," but hasn't lived there in many years. It still retains connections to other planes, however. His current place of residence is unknown.

Relationships

Heward was a member of Zagig Yragerne's Company of Seven. He was among the adventurers who helped imprison Iuz. Heward is distantly related to both Zagig and Mordenkainen, and often pays Mordenkainen a visit. Although he is most often alone, he can occasionally be found in the company of Celestian, Fharlanghn, Keoghtom, Mordenkainen, Murlynd, or Zagyg.

Clergy and temples

His priests favor quarterstaves and daggers.

Heward's Handy Haversack

Heward's Handy Haversack is a magic item that appears as a leather backpack with a number of pouches. Each such pouch can hold far more material than it would appear to be capable of, as each one opens into a separate extradimensional space.

Heward is also known for his Mystical Organ and his fortifying bedroll, which helps a mage (or anyone else) get a good night's sleep. Other magic items created by Heward include Heward's Bell, which keeps time and summons extraplanar creatures, and Heward's Lyre of Truth, a musical instrument that effects both truth and glibness.

References

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• Holian, Gary, and Rick Miller. "Treasures of Greyhawk: Magic of the Company of Seven." Dragon #359. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
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