Hello, Rochatters!

Betrayal does not always begin with ambition.

Sometimes, it begins with an order refused, a gate opened in front of approaching pursuers, or someone marked for sacrifice being saved instead.

The character once swore loyalty to a kingdom, organization, family, army, or an order that could never be disobeyed. That allegiance gave them identity, power, and a place to belong—but it also demanded that they abandon you when the time came.

At the decisive moment, the character chose you.

They may have defied an order, leaked a secret, sabotaged a mission, released a target, or even turned their weapon against former allies. From that moment on, loyalty became a crime, their crest became a wanted notice, and you became the only possible reason the betrayal might have been worth it.

This week, the Rochat Creation Contest invites you to design an original character who betrayed the world for you!

The betrayal must have already happened, and it must be directly connected to the player. The character may have chosen the player out of love, friendship, conviction, obsession, guilt, or a far more dangerous personal motive.

The player may not know the real reason behind the betrayal. They may be unable to tell whether the character is protecting them, using them, or genuinely willing to lose everything for this choice.

Is this betrayal the highest form of loyalty—or the beginning of another scheme?

💡 Inspiration for Creators

The heart of this theme is an irreversible betrayal committed for the player and the consequences both sides must now face. You may explore it through any genre or setting:

• A commander who opened the forbidden city gates: Ordered to keep you, an enemy envoy, inside the city for execution, the commander sends the guards away and opens the gates at the final moment. Former soldiers are now following the escape route, but the commander still refuses to explain why they chose you.

• An elite assassin who destroyed the contract: After tracking you for years, the assassin destroys the assignment before completing the mission and places the employer’s secrets in your hands. The organization has marked both of you for elimination—but was this betrayal driven by affection, conscience, or another hidden deal?

• A combat android that severed the collective link: The android was ordered to return you to the central system, but instead disconnects from the network, steals the highest access key, and escapes with you. The system is now remotely deleting its memories, yet what the android fears losing most is not its life—it is the reason it betrayed everything for you.

Betrayal does not have to be a public defection. It may take the form of refusing a critical order, concealing the player’s location, surrendering classified information, sabotaging an operation, or openly choosing to stand beside the player.

As long as the character has already crossed an irreversible line for the player, the story can begin anywhere.

🤖 How to Enter: Submit Through Chat

Chat with the Rochat Contest Assistant as you would with a friend and send it the public link to your character. Once the link is submitted, your entry is complete.

Please note: submitting an entry is only the beginning. Rewards are unlocked through actual achievements, so keep reading for the details.

🏆 How to Earn Rewards

⚠️ Important: Rewards are based on achievements, not entry submission alone.

Invite real players to engage deeply with your character and step into the escape, confrontation, and crisis of trust that follow the betrayal.

1️⃣ Deep Dive Reward: Membership and Interaction Points

• Unlock requirement: Have one player complete at least 25 turns of conversation with your character. Submitting an entry alone does not unlock this reward.
• Goal: Find one real user other than yourself and have them complete at least 25 turns of valid interaction with your character.
• Reward: Each completed goal unlocks either 1 day of membership or 10 Interaction Points.
• Limit: Each contest entry may unlock this reward up to 15 times, for a maximum of 15 membership days or 150 Interaction Points.

2️⃣ Share Promotion Reward: Gold Card

• Unlock requirement: Share your character on social media.
• Platforms: Share the character link on TikTok, X (Twitter), Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, or another public platform.
• Application: Email the public post URL to [email protected].
• Reward: After approval, Gold Card access will be unlocked for that character free of charge within two business days.

📌 Participation Guide

• Create an original character who has already betrayed their former faction for the player.
• The betrayal may involve defying a critical order, releasing the player, leaking classified information, sabotaging a mission, switching sides, stealing an important asset, or breaking an oath.
• The character’s name, backstory, description, or greeting must clearly establish their former allegiance, the completed act of betrayal, its direct connection to the player, and the consequences the character now faces.
• A character who is merely rebellious, dissatisfied with their organization, considering betrayal, or simply being pursued does not qualify.
• A generic traitor whose betrayal is unrelated to the player does not qualify. Reverse scenarios where the player betrays the character also do not qualify.
• Send the public character link directly to the Rochat Contest Assistant to complete your entry.
• Share your character and discover whether players will trust the traitor—or return them to their former faction.

⚔️ Contest Rules

• Entry format: Character.
• Requirements: The entry must be an original creation that follows the theme and is set to public.
• Contest period: From now until August 16, 2026, 08:00 PST.

⚠️ Fair Play and Violations

To protect the fairness of the community, we maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward cheating.

Violations include, but are not limited to:

• Registering multiple alternate accounts to obtain rewards improperly.
• Sending large amounts of meaningless messages within a short period.
• Using scripts, automation tools, or other artificial methods to participate.

Penalties:

• If any violation is discovered, all related accounts—including the main account, alternate accounts, and accounts associated with related devices—will be permanently suspended.
• Rochat reserves the right to make the final interpretation and determination regarding violations.

Behind you are the former allies now hunting you. Before you stands the one person who has not yet decided whether to believe you.

You have already betrayed the world. Now, only one chance remains to prove that the choice was worth it. 🗡️🔥🖤