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Revision as of 11:40, 6 November 2024
| Heward | |
|---|---|
 Heward, as depicted in Dragon #71 (1983). | |
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Bards, Musicians |
| Home: | Material Plane (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 wrinkled 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.
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 visits the latter. Although he is most often alone, he can occasionally be found in the company of Celestian, Fharlanghn, Keoghtom, Mordenkainen, Murlynd, or Zagyg.
Realm
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 a building in Greyhawk City's Thieves Quarter known as Odd House or "Hew's Place," but has not lived there in many years. It still retains portals to other planes, however. He currently explores the planes from a variety of homes and strongholds across the multiverse.
Dogma
Worshipers
Clergy
Heward's priests favor quarterstaves and daggers.
History
Heward adventured with the Company of Seven, joining them on the expedition to Veralos in 318 CY. He lived in the Thieves' Quarter in the Free City of Greyhawk for a time, associating with Zagig and teaching music, but he vanished shortly before Zagig did in 421 CY, abandoning his home there. He has not been seen or heard from since 505 CY, when he helped imprison Iuz beneath Greyhawk Castle. Recently (since 576 CY) he ascended from quasi-deity to hero-deity status, gaining priests and worshippers.
Associated magic items
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.
Writings
Heward authored the following work:
- Tales of the Company of Seven
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
- Gygax, Gary. Come Endless Darkness. New Infinities, 1988.
- ———. Dance of Demons. New Infinities, 1988.
- ———. Dungeon Master's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- ———. "Greyhawk's World: Quasi-deities." Dragon #71. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary. "Paladins of Greyhawk." Dragon #306. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
- ———. "Places of Mystery: Spinecastle and Veralos." Dragon #293. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.
- Holian, Gary, and Rick Miller. "Treasures of Greyhawk: Magic of the Company of Seven." Dragon #359. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Sargent, Carl. Iuz the Evil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Come Endless Darkness | 375 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dance of Demons | 33 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #071 | 19, 20, 21 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #293 | 91 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #299 | 102 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #306 | 98 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #359 | 70, 71, 76 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Dragon magazine #AN1 | 72 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror | 5, 26 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Ivid the Undying | 157 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 9 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 8 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Oerth Journal #06 | 19,22,26,28,30,31,39,43 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Oerth Journal #07 | 11 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Oerth Journal #20 | 10 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Oerth Journal #23 | 22 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Oerth Journal #25 | 15,16 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 18, 26 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 128 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | The Adventure Begins | 125 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 5 |
| Heward | Deity | Native of: Material Plane, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 33-36 |
| Heward's Bell | Item | Dragon magazine #359 | 71 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | Dungeon Masters Guide, AD&D 2e | 138, 171 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | Dungeon Master Option - High Level Campaigns | 81, 82 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I | 135 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e | 88, 101 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) | 88, 101 | |
| Heward's Handy Haversack | Item | WG8 Fate of Istus | 82 | |
| Heward's Lyre of Truth (Instrument) | Item | Dragon magazine #359 | 71-72 | |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Book of Artifacts, AD&D 2e | 38-41, 159 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition | 124, 158 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dungeon Masters Guide (Revised), AD&D 2e (Premium Edition) | 126, 127 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dragon magazine #029 | 43, 44 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dragon magazine #299 | 102 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume IV | 1550-1554 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Eldritch Wizardry | 48 |
| Heward's Mystical Organ (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Return of the Eight | 47 |
| Tales of the Company of Seven by Heward | Item | Book, | Dragon magazine #306 | 98 |