Immortality Contest

The Immortality Contest was a competition devised by Origin to coincide with the initial release of, whereby a maximum of twenty winners would be given the opportunity to have their photograph rendered as a character portrait in the next installment of the series,.

Contest
The Immortality Contest ran for ten months from June 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991. An entry form (seen right) included in the box outlined the contest parameters: receiving one of ten clay runes (representing the Eight Virtues, plus Infinity and Singularity) would deem the owner an instant winner, while players who did not receive such a rune were welcomed to submit their form for a chance to win one of ten additional placements, personally selected monthly by series creator Richard Garriott. As Origin's design documents mention only thirteen contest winners, it appears most of the rune prizes were not claimed.

Although primarily sought for, many unused submissions would later be included, with permission, in Ultima VII Part Two.

Portraits
The following contest winners and submissions, several of whom are members of the Ultima Dragons, have been identified:


 * Bradman: Brad Neufeld
 * Csil: Jeffrey Abrams
 * Gladstone: David Gladstone
 * Greg: Greg Cato (Dindlefoot Dragon), recipient of the Infinity rune
 * Joseph: Joe Johnston
 * Kristy: Kristy Chamberlain
 * Lord Heather: Mark Davis
 * Lucy: Lucy Sarvis
 * Rayburt: Ray Burton
 * Seara: Kevin Stephens
 * Sir Jeff: Jeff Niles
 * Wench: Julie Shenton
 * Zella: Rich Zella


 * Ensorcio: Jim Hammons (Umbrae Dragon)
 * Flindo: Joseph Lore (Chastain Dragon)
 * Harnna: Heather Raaf (Titania Dragon)
 * Petra: Melissa DelGuercio, née Cielock (Yosannah Dragon)
 * Rocco: Michael Pfeiffer

Trivia

 * In, Mandy alludes to the Immortality Contest by claiming Wench was given employment at the Baths after winning "some kind of competition".