Heshtar was one of the first antagonistic characters I made . He was a member of a raptorlike dragon race that mostly just existed to be wiped out as a motivation for one race The Muse to stay isolated . Flashforward a couple of years to when I decided to do away with the dwarves and elves in Vriston . I made the Muse into one of the main races and no longer needed a reason for them to be isolated . This meant the dragons had no need to exist , so Heshtar was temporarily left out . Now , even later , one of the major events in Vriston history is the nearextinction of the Uros race by the new reptilian race called the Hadvar . The way this is carried out is by an inside man who lives in the Uros capital , like Heshtar originally did . So , while the villain ' s exact role would be different , a religious zealot who serves as the religious adviser to the king instead of a untrustworthy court mage , he can be brought back while still being basically the same character at heart .