Howard

Howard, Yoshirim 「よしりーん」 in Japanese, is an old man who lives in an inn in Rimuldar. He only appears in the EFC, NES, MSX & MSX2 versions of DQ1 and was replaced by Roderick in remakes. He was called Howard as a reference to a Nintendo Power comic called Howard & Nester. In Japanese, it is unknown who he is named after, but it is assumed to be Koji Yoshida (who worked also on DQ2) with the nickname "YOSHILIM".