Lead Wraith
Season Arc · Silk and Teeth - Tuesday @ Valley Regional Park
2All-In league: Lead Wraith stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleLong before the Salt Lake Accords formalized the supernatural leagues, the spirit of competitive leadership existed as a primordial force - a wraith that fed on the desperate drive to be first. When the treaty-wizards codified ratings into curse-law, they bound this ancient entity into the standings system itself, making leadership a literal supernatural mantle. Now, whoever holds first place inherits the Lead Wraith's spectral weight - the glory of the lead and the terrible vulnerability that comes with it.
The Lead Wraith generates cold mist around the leader's position on the course and can only be seen by those within one tier of the leader in the standings. It leaves frost on scorecards as tangible evidence of its presence and grows more solid when the leader performs well, becoming more translucent when they struggle. The entity's strength is directly tied to the leader's performance.
The Lead Wraith binds to whoever occupies first place in any league's standings, granting them supernatural presence and the ability to sense rival movements, but also making them a beacon for challengers and a lightning rod for curse manifestations. This creates the Accords' central paradox: everyone covets leadership, but leadership under the wraith's gaze is the most dangerous position in the supernatural disc golf hierarchy.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyBrian Bowling stayed at tag #4 after a 62 at Valley Regional Park, with an 800 round rating—-49 below his 849 rating and 3.3 strokes worse than the 58.8 field average. He also finished 4.7 strokes above his personal average; the Lead Wraith’s crown held position, while the scorecard delivered a rough Hunger Rising report.
Brian Bowling shot 62 at Valley Regional Park, half a stroke better than the 62.5 field average, but fell from tag #1 to #4 with an 807 rating, -42 below his 849 rating and seven strokes above his 55.0 personal average. At Swensen Terrace, the Lead Wraith’s frost-bitten crown slipped three places; the courtly plot twist is, regrettably, just the scorecard doing its job.
Brian Bowling moved from tag #2 to #1 with a 57 at Valley Regional Park, finishing 2.8 strokes better than the 59.8 field average. His 880 round was +31 over rating against an 849 baseline—an unambiguously awesome showing, even if the 4.0 strokes above his personal average gives the clipboard one raised eyebrow. The Front Smile episode ends with the Lead Wraith's frost still on the scorecard and Brian holding the crown; apparently ritualized tag swapping now has a promotion department.
Frost on the scorecard at Valley Regional Park—Brian Bowling walked into the Velvet Invitation with a starting assignment of five and walked out in second, an 887-rated round leaving the field 2.8 strokes behind. The Lead Wraith is already trailing him, mist clinging to the plastic like a bad decision. The front nine smiled for the cameras; the back nine showed its teeth, but the hunger remained. Welcome to the estate, Brian. Hope you like the cold.