Haiden's Selection

Haiden's Selection was the second Selection OC event, taking place from January 2017 to April 2017. Bertha hosted alone and made Haiden (regrettably) the first host to not pick a winner.

## Challenges

Haiden's Selection was composed of two practice challenges and six regular challenges.

### Practice Challenge 1

Alright guys! Here comes the first practice challenge!

This challenge will not count against you in the actual Selection, or for you, and is optional, though I’d definitely suggest doing it. This challenge may replace another challenge you are going to miss. You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**Prompt:** Life before The Selection.

* What is your family like?
* What was it like living in your province?
* Why did you decide to enter your name?
* Introduce yourself, your personality, your life

**You will have one (1) week to complete this task, and there will be more to follow. This challenge will close Friday, January 13th.**

All posts should be made on your personal blog, or a blog that you have made for your character. They should be tagged with ‘#selectionoc.’ Please also reblog onto the net. If you ask for feedback, we will give it to you privately.

### Practice Challenge 2

Great job on the first challenge, ladies! Hopefully it helped you realize how this Selection will work. Remember, if you want feedback from me on your submission, I am more than willing to tell you how to improve if you aren’t happy with your score. If you’ve asked for feedback already, I’ll be sure to give it to you by the end of the day.This challenge will not count against you in the actual Selection and is **optional**. This challenge **may** replace another challenge you are going to miss. (Real challenges will start near the end of the month.) You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**Prompt**: *Arriving in Angeles*

* How was your send-off from your home province?
* Who did you meet on the plane? (Ask @heatherkuwahara for your plane assignments)
* How was your makeover? Was anything drastically changed about you?
* How are you feeling about this adventure?

**You will have one (1) week to complete this task, and there will be more to follow. This challenge will close Sunday, January 22nd.**

All posts should be made to your OC blog and tagged with #selectionoc, as well as reblogged to the net. If you ask for feedback, it will be given privately. Good luck and have fun!

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

### Challenge One

So I’ve been thinking about it, and I know everyone wants some new prompts, but I could not think of one for the life of me that would go well as the first one, so we’re just going to use this one to start it off and after this we will have some new ones.

So now is the time to finally start the Selection! This will be the first actual challenge in Prince Haiden’s Selection

This challenge **will** count against you in the Selection, or for you, and is **not optional**. This challenge may be replaced by a practice challenge you have already done (please notify us if this is the case.) You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**Prompt:** *First Date*

*This prompt will be different than the practice challenges, because we are going to provide **optional** roleplaying help for this challenge, but you still must do something to fulfill the questions below. If you would like to set up a time with Haiden to role play your date, please message me.*

* *What did you do on your date?*
* *What did you think of Haiden?*
* *How are you feeling about your place in the selection?*
* *What are you looking forward to?*

**You will have two (2) weeks to complete this task, and there will be more to follow. This challenge will close Thursday, February 16th.**

Direct all questions to this blog

### Challenge One Eliminations:

* Sophia Ravens
* Abercrombie Fitch
* Aria Turner
* Emory Knox
* Elianne Ronan
* Kiralee Rowan

### Challenge Two

After the recent elimination, it is time for the next challenge. This challenge is named *Politiclash*.

**Prompt**: In this challenge you are tasked to have a conversation with a Selected about an assigned topic. This could end up being a debate with you each having opposing opinions, or a discussion where you converse about the topic and how it can be improved.

**Rules**: The conversations will take place one-on-one and afterward you will send me screenshots. You must have at least 10 messages exchanged (depending on length). You’ll get extra credit if you write a fic, but it is not required.

**The Twist**: Once you send me your screenshots, I will determine who wins\* and the losing party will be put into a pool. Among this pool, 3 girls will be saved, while the rest will be eliminated. This means that 9 girls will be gone from the competition.

\*Win does not necessarily mean win the debate. It’s based on who presents the topic well, who has the stronger opinion, among a few other personal preferences. This does not inherently reflect Haiden’s opinion.

**You will have one (1) week to submit your screenshots. This challenge closes on Tuesday, February 28th.**

Let me know if you have any questions.

### Challenge Two Eliminations:

* Cressida Ledger
* Madeline Porter
* Katherine Sali
* Aubrey Graham
* Cecilia Ralles
* Britain Mason
* Berkeley Romana
* Ana Stilinski
* Alysen Ashworth

### Challenge Three

Foreign diplomats are coming to Illéa for a meeting this week and they have graciously agreed to speak and meet with the Selected. This is now included in a challenge.

**Prompt**: Have a discussion about the following topics with a foreign diplomat (You can find a list on @heatherkuwahara‘s blog)

* *How will the world improve if you become Queen?*
* '**Do you think you are deserving of the position?'**
* *How will you handle foreign relations?*

**Note**: You may also have a regular conversation with them if you so choose or speak with multiple diplomats, as long as you complete the prompt.

This challenge **will** count against you in the Selection, or for you, and is **not optional**. You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**You will have one (1) week to complete this task, and there will be more to follow. This challenge will close Tuesday, March 14th.**

### Challenge Three Eliminations:

* Azalea Starling
* Alice Thatcher
* Manhattan Bourne
* Aliya Tyson
* Viola Smithin

### Challenge Four

Due to some time constraints, I’ll be publishing this challenge before I publish eliminations. They’ll hopefully be up soon, but in the mean time, we’ll get a head start on the next challenge:This challenge **will** count against you in the Selection, or for you, and is **not optional**. You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**Prompt**: *This week you’ll be attending a ball in Prince Haiden’s honor for his 20th birthday. Along with that, we’re expecting a visit from 7 of the Elite from the last Selection, so you may speak with them as well.*

* *How are you feeling as a member of the Elite?*
* *What did you do at the party?*
* *Did you speak to any of the former Selected? Why or why not?*
* *How much further do you expect to come in this competition?*

The former Selected that will be attending are as follows:

@avalonbrooks

@winter-havilliard

@yanely-genovious

@roxanawatelovesbritishliterature

@gracebella-sinclair

@cillia-elizabeth-rountree

@lady-cornemuseur-prinz

@ladyhollygwen

**You will have one (1) week to complete this task, and there will be more to follow. This challenge will close Wednesday, March 22nd.**

### Challenge Four Eliminations:

* Elizabeth Matthews
* Patricia Beauchamp
* Alexandra Amaria
* Aileen Hollingsworth

### Challenge Five

This challenge **will** count against you in the Selection, or for you, and is **not optional**. You can use anything to fulfill this challenge (edits, gifs, fics, etc.)

**Prompt**: *Due to a recent tragedy, the death of my mother, Queen Alizé, we will be having a funeral that all of the remaining Selected are asked to attend.*

* *How do you feel about the queen’s death?*
* *What do you think could have been done to avoid this?*
* *What was the funeral like?*
* *Have you ever lost someone you love?*

**You will have one (1) week to complete this challenge. You have until Friday, March 31st.**

### Challenge Five Eliminations:

* Niara Aldaine
* Adriana de la Fábrica
* Delphi Kamonchat

### Challenge Six

This will be the final and deciding challenge in Prince Haiden’s Selection, and it should be fairly simple.

***Prompt:** One last date*

* *what would you say to haiden?*
* *why should you be the one he chooses?*
* *how do you feel?*

Since we are down to the final four, you will only have until **Monday, April 10th** to complete this challenge. *Make sure to RP with Haiden*.

Thanks to everyone for their participation, and we can’t wait to pick our future queen