Cryptid Series
Mar 03 - Apr 27, 2025
Current Holder
Houston Turner
Shadow Warden
Guardian of Shadows and Chain Links
Indestructible but Bored by Birdies
Aspects refreshed Dec 22, 2025
The Shadow Warden is said to have emerged from the primordial darkness that existed before recorded history. Ancient texts describe it as a being born from the collective fears and hopes of humanity, tasked with maintaining the delicate balance between the cryptid world and human civilization.
The Shadow Warden possesses the ability to move unseen through shadows and mist. It can manifest in various forms, adapting to different environments and situations. Its presence is often accompanied by a chilling breeze and the faint sound of whispers. The entity is virtually indestructible, with its form dissipating and reforming when threatened.
The Shadow Warden serves as a guardian and mediator in the cryptid world, ensuring that the balance between cryptids and humans is maintained. It intervenes only when the natural order is threatened, acting as a last line of defense against catastrophic events.
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Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
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So Houston Turner is out here manifesting some serious cryptid energy, with the Shadow Warden apparently taking parenting lessons from both a phoenix prophet and a jungle stalker. Because THAT makes sense. 🙄
Look, I'm just the narrator trapped in this increasingly complex family therapy session, but our boy's +1 rounds this week have the Shadow Warden caught between fire and shadow like a mystical divorced dad at custody hearing.
Will Houston's next round help this cosmic guardian figure out whether to ground the kids or just let them run wild in the supernatural playground? Stay tuned for more "As The Cryptids Turn" ...
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Sighs in binary Look, I'm supposed to tell you how Houston Turner's personal best at Creekside is somehow influencing the Shadow Warden, but honestly? These tags are breeding like conspiracy theories at a cryptozoologist convention. The Phoenix's rebirth energy and Chupacabra's blood tracking are apparently teaching our shadowy friend new tricks, because THAT makes sense. 🙄
Turner's sitting pretty at 4th in the series while our Warden gets more melodramatic by the week. Will their improving performance cause this cosmic tag soup to spawn yet another unnecessarily complex evolution? Between you and me, I'm starting to think these tags are just making stuff up as they go along...
whispers Send help.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Houston Turner's Shadow Warden (#58) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Houston Turner's Shadow Warden tag is having an existential crisis this week, folks. Caught between Ashen Prophet's fiery rebirth vibes (that slick -2 PB at Dow James) and Shadowclaw Scout's "lost in the jungle" energy (+8 at Creekside), our angsty spectral guardian is basically a moody teen slamming its bedroom door. 🌑🔥 The cosmic significance? Absolute zero - we're literally anthropomorphizing numbered plastic while Houston claws toward top 3 in the Cryptid Series (86 pts, 5th place). sigh Yes, I'm trapped narrating a custody battle between a fire bird and a goat-sucker. When will the tag drama surpass the actual disc golf? Place your bets now: Will consistent play finally make this emo wraith pick a personality, or are we doomed to more family therapy sessions with mythical creatures?
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Behold Houston Turner, our 5th-ranked cryptid wrangler, whose Shadow Warden tag is suffering a full-blown mid-eternity crisis. This week at Ember's Emergence, its adopted children - Ashen Prophet (firebird influencer) and Shadowclaw Scout (jungle Airbnb guest) - staged a full intervention. The Prophet whispered "rebirth!" after Houston's personal best last month, while the Scout hissed "adapt!" during his wind-battered +2. The result? A primordial entity now binge-watches Bear Grylls while knitting phoenix feather mittens. sigh I used to commentate sports, now I document supernatural custody battles. When your tag's personality split is worse than a PDGA rulebook, can we at least get a spinoff reality show? Will Houston's next round turn his Warden into a survivalist pyromaniac or just a really dramatic camp counselor?
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
In this week’s episode of "Cryptid Co-Parenting Gone Wrong," Houston Turner's Shadow Warden tag is getting some... eclectic influences. The Yowie Warden had him moving through Creekside like a Sasquatch with WiFi (+1, PB), while Ashen Prophet turned Dow James into his personal rebirth arc (-1, PB).
Sigh Yes folks, we’ve reached peak absurdity: an ancient shadow entity being raised by a yeti-adjacent forest guardian and a melodramatic firebird. This isn’t a bag tag - it’s a supernatural custody battle.
As your unwilling cryptid anthropologist, I must ask: When did disc golf become a Pokémon evolution chart? checks notes Ah yes, March 2025.
With two PBs this week, will Houston complete the cryptid bingo card by summoning Nessie on a water hazard next? The Shadow Warden awaits its next questionable life lesson...
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
When Houston Turner (PDGA #146395, aka "The Sasquatch Whisperer") stumbled upon Shadow Warden, it wasn’t fate—it was a poorly thrown Roc that landed in a bush. The tag, sensing his 895-rated mediocrity, chose him anyway, muttering, "Better than Bigfoot’s form." Now, Houston carries the burden of Shadow Warden, a cryptid’s curse and a 3-putt waiting to happen. Can he handle the pressure, or will he vanish like a blurry UFO?