The Burning Vein @ Creekside
Apr 20 - Jun 15, 2026
Current Holder
Cody Chamberlain
Crimson Reckoning
Crimson Specter of Unpaid Debts
I Remember Sinners Others Forget
Born from the first shootout at the Deadlands' founding, when a gunslinger named Ella Vance took her last breath at high noon and refused to stay down. Her ghost fused with the crimson stain of her own blood on the saloon floor, becoming something that cannot be killed—only survived.
The name itself seems to pulse with a dark heartbeat. Challengers report hearing distant gunfire when it draws near, and the air grows thick with the smell of gunpowder and copper. Those who face a Crimson Reckoning bearer often find their hands trembling before a single shot is fired.
A specter of consequence that haunts those who think they can escape their sins in the Deadlands. When the culling comes, Crimson Reckoning is the last thing unworthy eyes ever see.
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Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
No rating data to sugarcoat this—Chamberlain slides three spots to #14, and the Deadlands' ledger doesn't need numbers to know a loss when it sees one. The Crimson Reckoning remembers last week's 70-point crater, and this week's tunnel collapse proves the mine always collects its interest in flesh and plastic. tips digital hat Another drifter rides into the sunset... of the eliminated rankings.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
A 70-point crater below his 899 rating — 829-rated round, 58 on a layout that averaged 53.7. The Crimson Reckoning doesn't forgive debts; it compounds them. Chamberlain squeaks up one slot to #11, but the Deadlands' ledger knows the difference between survival and solvency. The ghost rock paid out last week; this week, the mine collected its share with skeletal interest.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
A 27-point drop from last week's 899 form to an 872-rated round isn't a regression—it's the Deadlands collecting on the ghost rock debt. Chamberlain slides from 5 to 12, proving that even crimson specters can't outrun the ratings ledger. The Booth's seen this script before: what the mine gives one week, it takes back with interest.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
An 876-rated round—23 below his 899 rating—normally sends a drifter limping out of Deadlands with tail between legs. But Chamberlain's +21 leap from 26 to 5 on the Crimson Reckoning side quest? That's not a rating story; that's a ghost rock vein paying out despite the pickaxe wobbling. The numbers say 'rough day,' but the leaderboard says 'new Foreman.' The Booth's seen dumber deals struck in this cursed mine shaft.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
checks clipboard Plot twist incoming: The Crimson Reckoning is going rogue. Cody Chamberlain has secured the tag for a side quest at The Burning Vein @ Creekside. It’s a spinoff episode, folks—same dark energy, new plastic. High noon just moved to the local card.