Prologue:
House Phiarlan had watched the coming and goings of the folks in and around of Stormreach with huge interest for quite some time. Adventurers strolled through the streets, visiting merchants for shopping or celebrating gorgeous all-night festivals in the taverns.

But what about the artists? Painters, performers and showmen – all those that look at the life from a different point of view. Where are they? House Phiarlan wants to get to the bottom of this mystery and has therefore sent out heralds to read out this message:

“Let it be known that  all artists and showmen are summoned to present us with their impressions of the city of Stormreach.”

How does it work ?
You can send us your wallpaper paintings, pictures, designs and sketches from the 1st of July 2006 onwards to the following addresses: ravaella@onlinewelten.com; hinogi@onlinewelten.com. The competition will be open for one month so make sure you get your entries in by 31st July!

When you have done so, a panel of judges from Codemasters, Alchemic Dream and DDO-Welten will evaluate, review and filter all submissions. Afterwards, 10 pictures will be posted onto our website. A public poll will then begin to allow you, the community to vote on your favourite wallpaper entries.

At the end of the competition, one grand winner and four runners up will be pronounced. The following prizes will be awarded to the winners:

1. Prize: DDO Retail Box, DDO T-Shirt XXL (rare), 1 COG mouse pad
2. Prize: DDO Retail Box, 1 COG mouse pad
3. Prize: DDO Retail Box
4.-5. Prize: COG mouse pad

(Some bold adventurers are trying to provide some special prizes from the Dragon’s Dungeon’s, too.)

Please note the following guidelines:
- pictures have to be in .jpg or .bmp format
- size: min.1024 x 768 – max. 1600 x 1200  
- max. filesize for the Wallpapers is 2MB.
- no copyrighted material is allowed, but you can use in-game material of course

If you want to see an example, you can take a look at our wallpaper section here: http://ddo.onlinewelten.com/articles.php?id=81

Ok, get your brushes, pencils or your mouse and let your creative spirit free. Good luck!

We like to thank house Sivis for the translation.