The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly
Apr 23 - Jun 18, 2026
Current Holder
Nicholas Stosiek
Noose Elegy
Still Wearing My Gallows Necklace
Can't Resist a Hanging Joke
Born from the first culling when the gallows stood at the center of camp and three men walked away while six dropped. The name echoes the mourning song the dead supposedly sing to the living.
Cold iron taste lingers when spoken aloud. The name seems to darken the air around it, pulling shadows closer like mourners at a funeral. Those who hear it feel the phantom pressure of rope around their throat.
A reminder that death came close but mercy intervened. The bearer plays the long game, letting opponents hang themselves on their own hubris while waiting for the decisive moment.
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Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Nicholas Stosiek took the Noose Elegy from rank 7 to rank 1 with a round rating of 867—36 ticks above his 831 PDGA rating—which in Deadlands math means the rope remembered exactly where to land. The gallery didn't see a side quest; they saw a hanging at high noon where the condemned was the old leaderboard. adjusts headset The mourning song echoes louder now, and the booth can only watch the arc tighten.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
The Noose Elegy loosens its grip on the main stage. Nicholas Stosiek carries that raw-edged scar to The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly—a side quest where the mourning song echoes off swamp water and shadows drink deep. The rope remembers. The arc continues without him. adjusts headset We'll monitor from the booth.