The Irwings

The Irwings are fictional characters in a roleplaying game. They were the legal guardians of Mathew Clayne, in that they were his god-parents.

Importance
Martha and Robert Irwing were both close friends of Mathew Clayne's parents, all four having known eachother from the University, with Robert and Matt's father having known eachother since childhood, and roughly the same with Martha and Matt's mother. When Martha and Robert discovered that they couldn't have children of their own and started contemplating adoption, mostly as a sign of good faith, Matt's parents (who were expected Matt at the time) legally made them the god-parents of their child to be born. They never adopted.

When the Clayne's were brutally murdered infront of the young Matt, they stepped up to the task they had accepted, and became Matt's legal guardians. They raised Matt as their own, with what funds they had. A trust fund kept Matt well supplied through out growing up, paying for every expense there was in relation to his growing up. Matt was a difficult child to connect with. Despite having much love for him, they realized that he needed things they couldn't provide, and their solution was to ship him off to various expensive private schools, as they thought his problems were primarily social.

The family mansion is in Matt's own name today, but they tended it during his childhood. The apartment Matt lives in now, was also something left behind by the Claynes, as well as the private jet that ir primarily used when ever Matt's god-parents feel like taking a charter trip. The family yacht was used for some attempted fishing trips with Robert and Matt, but was soon left in a harbour shed, and has stayed there since.

Background
Martha and Robert are both academics, and chose the exact same path in life, both of them becoming teachers at the local university, Martha being a humanitarian and Robert a scientist. They both come from middle class families, and have relatively little family. Both lead more or less uneventful lives, looking past Martha falling ill to cancer, and eventually beating it, and the time Robert was kidnapped in an attempt to gain access to the Clayne funds, an attempt which failed miserably, leaving Robert with a bullet in his shoulder that has disabled him partially in the left arm. Both are retired now and have moved down south where the weather is better, and they seem to enjoy long camping trips in their top-of-the-line mobile home, as well as taking long charter trips in the private plane that was left behind by the Claynes, and hope to live long enough to see their god-son's grandchildren.