Details the large city (12,100 population) featured in the three-adventure campaign arc that starts in this issue. The capitol of Greyhawk's March of Sterich, Istivin's recent history features an failed attack by Lolth and successful conquest by an army of giants, who later simply vanished. Now a more subtle threat in the form of nightmares, madness, and missing persons is plaguing the city. The article includes a map, and covers the history, nobility, gods, military, and selected locations. The Captain-General of the Watch is Frush O'Suggill, one of the pre-generated characters from the original G1-3 Against the Giants module for 1st edition.