Istus

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Istus is the goddess of Fate, Destiny, Divination, the Future, and Honesty. She is known as the Lady of Our Fate and the Colorless and All-Colored. Her symbol is a golden spindle with three strands.

Publication history

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

Istus was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the article "The Deities and Demigods of the World of Greyhawk" by Gary Gygax in Dragon #69 (1983). Istus was subsequently detailed in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), and in Greyhawk Adventures (1988).

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

Istus featured prominently in the adventure Fate of Istus (1989). As part of the plot, she has inflicted the world of Greyhawk with a plague to cull out the weaker adventurers.

Istus was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign, and appeared again in Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (1998).