ANNOUNCING OUR NEW CONTEST FOR NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
This is one for the Bard in all of us!

Due to so many people traveling and the distractions of the holidays, this will be a two month contest, ending on December 31st, 2005.

The Contest
Myths and Legends of Raia (500 - 1000 words)
Create a myth or legend about something from Raia's history. This can be about a place, a person, a creature, an artifact, etc. The legend need not be completely true, but it should be remotely plausible within the campaign setting.

For example: White Wyrm Gap (Place)- Far to the west, past where anyone from Amthydor has ever been, the Great Trade Road winds through a gap in the Whitethorn Mountains. The mountains stretch for thousands of miles in both directions, but where the road crosses them the terrain for half a day to both the north and south is as flat as any farmer's field. Eons ago, according to legend, those mountains were once home to Prism, the greatest and most ancient of all the dragons. Hunting there was plentiful, and treasure was easy to come by, so Prism was content. But a clan of white dragons coveted Prism's territory, the horde that she had gathered in her long life, and her position as the leader of the dragons. One cold and bitter winter the white dragons came seeking to take what the old one had kept for herself for so many centuries. Though less skilled, they had the advantage of numbers, and they sought to force Prism from her lair and destroy her. For an entire month the storm of their battle raged, and at the end of the battle only Prism remained, with the carcasses of her defeated foes lying in a great towering pile where they had crashed to the ground, crushing the very mountains beneath them. When spring came and the snows melted, the last remains of the defeated dragon clan melted away with them, leaving only a gap of flattened earth dividing the great range. The Whitethorn Mountains, once too treacherous to cross even during summer, no longer prevented contact and trade between the western lands and the central kingdoms. A great trade road was built, passing through what came to be called White Wyrm Gap, and uniting a continent.

All entries should be submitted to lsj-contest@ucc-online.com

This address is only for contest submissions. Questions should be directed to
lsj-activities@ucc-online.com or catiestraiton@charter.net , or directly to the Yahoogroup.

The Rules
- Each player may submit up to three (3) entries.
- All entries should be sent via email to the address listed above. Entries should either be included in the text of the email or attached as a Word document. Please do not PDF entries.
- Entries should be 500 to 1000 words in length.
- Submission period ends at 1159 pm ET on December 31st 2005.
- All entries become the property of the UCC.

The Prize
The winner will receive a prize TBA, but specific to their PC, so include your PC's name and deity. All players whose entries are accepted will receive LSJ Player Reward Points, redeemable in the future for campaign goodies.

The Judging
All entries will be judged on the following criteria:
- Appropriateness to the campaign setting.
- Game Balance
- Proper use of 3.5 rules
- Creativity
- Originality
- Spelling and Grammar
- Presentation. This backstory should be both informative and entertaining.
- Completeness of entry

Good luck to all entrants!

Catie Straiton
LSJ Metagame Coordinator
LSJ Activities