Hopefully this will shed better light on the next round, and make it easier for the contestants to resolve each question.
Number One Rule: Take Grand Sweeping Liberties with the World and each Question.
o - The Eclipseon is different for every person, up to and including any of the story involved. Do not worry about making it really different from whatever the 'canon' is. There really isn't one.
o - Did your character decide sending a bomb to the Eclipseon would be best. Sure do it. Did you hire the grand Draconarch to guide you step by step. Sure do it.
o - Want to use other people's characters in your writeup? Did your character hunt down and kill another contestant, try to help another contestant - sure do it. Please check the comfort level of the character's owner before proceeding, thanks!
o - Anything your character decided to do is more important than if the story would be 'corrupted' or 'messed up.'
o - If you want to answer the questions without thinking about Serendipity - go for it. Adapt it in your head. Think of the Eclipseon as a quest on your world if you need to.
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The Questions
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The Beginning
These questions are meant to show your character's methods for dealing with scenarios and also to show what sort of person they are when it comes to that in terms of skill and also planning.
**Remember to draw on your story's resources, at least to show what they normally would do - even if those resources aren't available.**
The Middle
It is extremely important to answer these questions as if your character feels they absolutely must get to that final chamber - for one reason or another. The easiest reason is to believe that the Eclipseon will grant their every wish - Even though it ends up not being that way, but you may make up another reason more in character if you like.
These are meant to show your character's decision making abilities when facing hardships - how they act and why, and to put them into situations which may or may not ever happen in your setting and story.
It is important to answer each scenario even if your character would have ran at the first ordeal. Judges will be looking for reasoning and character development thought process when your character is deciding how to respond. It should make sense based on their growth and history.
Although the entire questionnaire is sort of a 'story' try to answer the questions as individual questions. It doesn't have to be linear.
And The End
These last questions are best taken outside of the 'story'. Its important to answer the basic component of the question.
We want to know:
o - How does your character deal with epic defeat?
o - Will your character take up a cause outside of their own, make a deal with someone they do not trust, and basically how far they will go to do what needs to be done.
o - What is your character's greatest personal sacrifice.
More on Sacrifice:
This should be tied to personal values or something that is very important to them. Whatever their choice it should be something they will have to 'live' with. I would avoid 'final sacrifices' as they would probably not be able to be 'lived with'.
Think of it as something your character has to give up.
Love, Beauty, Honor, Truth, Happiness, Justice, Their Leadership, Peace, Revenge, Morality, Image, ETC.
= Uncomfortable with limited RP