Heward

Greyhawk Divinity

Heward
Heward, as depicted in Dragon #71 (1983).
Names and titles
Alias(es):	none
General information
Portfolio:	Bards, Musicians
Home:	Material Plane (principally)
Alignment:	Neutral Good or Neutral (Good)
Gender:	Male
Class:	Magic-User 10, Illusionist 10, Bard 20
Superior:	unknown
Rules items
Domains:	Good, Knowledge, Travel
Divine rank:	Hero-deity

Heward is a hero-god patron of bards and musicians. Heward is notable not only for his musical prowess, but also for his technological skills.

Heward's holy symbol can be any musical instrument.

Description

Typical physical appearance

Heward manifests 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.

Abilities

"Heward understands the arcane art of technology, and is particularly adept with mechanical items. His domicile is reputed to have many devices of occult nature—engines, clockworks, and other sorts of incomprehensible things. These devices, as well as golem-machines, are said to serve in many ways in his strange stronghold."

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. The home in Greyhawk City's Thieves' Quarter in which he lived when he was mortal is called Odd House (or "Hew's Place", to some older people), but he has not lived there in many years. It still retains portals to other planes, however. He explores the planes from a variety of homes and strongholds across the multiverse.

Worshipers

Clergy

Heward's priests favor quarterstaffs 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 Castle Greyhawk. Since 576 CY, he ascended from quasi-deity to hero-deity status, gaining priests and worshippers.

Works

Magic items

Perhaps his most well-known creation, Heward's Handy Haversack is a magic leather backpack with several 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

• Heward's Mystical Organ
• Heward's fortifying bedroll—helps a mage (or anyone else) get a good night's sleep.
• Heward's bell—keeps time and summons extraplanar creatures
• Heward's lyre of truth—musical instrument that effects both truth and glibness.
• Heward's Handy Spice Pouch—magically contains any spice used to flavor food
• Heward's Hireling Armor—aids in drawing or sheathing weapons, also contains pouches similar to the handy haversack

Writings

Heward authored the following work:

• Tales of the Company of Seven

References

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
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