
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Due to absence from Week 6 (Forest's Foreboding), tag number moved from 58 to 58. (Week 6 of 8)
Oh, you're back for more? Fantastic. Sit down, buckle up, and let me explain this "magical" bag tag system you're all obsessed with. Because evidently, perfectly normal disc golf wasn't thrilling enough. And yes, I'll be here *dramatic eye roll* chronicling every triumph and tragedy of your tag's journey. It's literally in my contract...
Born from Katarina Novak's forbidden experiments combining Persian summoning rituals with stolen Jewish mystical techniques, the Rune Karkadann was created specifically to bypass protective enchantments on ancient runic sites. Its first manifestation occurred during the sacking of a hidden Kabbalistic library, where it reduced priceless inscribed tablets to rubble while absorbing their arcane essence.
The Rune Karkadann possesses a massive, rhinoceros-like physique with a single spiraled horn capable of shattering enchanted stone. Its hide bears glowing runic scars from absorbed magic, and its hooves leave temporary anti-magic burns on surfaces. The creature can project absorbed runic power as concussive blasts from its horn, though this dissipates the stolen knowledge permanently.
The Rune Karkadann serves as the Arcane Seekers' living battering ram against protected magical sites, physically destroying runic defenses and artifacts to make their secrets accessible. It represents the faction's ultimate expression of valuing knowledge acquisition over preservation.
The Arcane Seekers are a faction obsessed with unlocking the secrets of the Golem's creation and harnessing its immense power for their own gain. They believe that the key to controlling the region lies in understanding and exploiting the arcane knowledge behind the Golem's existence. The Seekers will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, even if it means sacrificing the ancient Jewish community the Golem was created to protect.
Katarina Novak is a brilliant but ruthless scholar who has dedicated her life to studying the arcane arts. Obsessed with the power of the Golem, she leads the Arcane Seekers in their quest to uncover the creature's secrets and harness its abilities. Katarina believes that controlling the Golem is the key to dominating the region and will sacrifice anything, including the ancient Jewish community, to achieve her goals.
Due to absence from Week 6 (Forest's Foreboding), tag number moved from 58 to 58. (Week 6 of 8)
Origin Story of Rune Karkadann (Tag #58):
Forged in the Arcane Seekers' sketchy back-alley ritual (think Breaking Bad meets The Dybbuk), this rhino-golem hybrid was accidentally summoned when some over-caffeinated scholar misread "kabbalistic incantation" as "IKEA assembly instructions." Now it stomps around shattering enchanted artifacts like a bull in a metaphysical china shop—because nothing says "ancient power" like a creature that absorbs magic like a TikTok trend. Why are we like this?
How Andrew Wills Became the First Bearer of Rune Karkadann:
In a twist of fate only the disc golf gods could engineer, Andrew Wills (PDGA #35853, aka "The Man Who Putts Like a Sleepwalking Wizard") stumbled into the summoning circle while chasing a shanked drive. The rhino-golem took one look at his 947-rated game and charged into his bag—apparently mistaking "consistent midrange shots" for "ancient power." Now this clay colossus rides shotgun with a guy whose biggest magic trick is turning birdie looks into bogeys. Will he tame the beast or just feed it more tree kicks?