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.
Lead Wraith
Silk and Teeth - Tuesday @ Valley Regional Park·Competition group The Velvet Vanguard·
All-In · only the number moves
Brian Bowling
RAE
Red
Season Arc · Silk and Teeth - Tuesday @ Valley Regional Park
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#1Now
#1Best
#5Started
2Weeks
All-In league: Lead Wraith stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptCrown of Black Ice
TroubleEvery Challenger Seeks My Throne
Mist Follows My Triumphs
Ice Burns Those Who Near Greatness
The Front Nine Remembers My Glory
Long 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 FlippyFrost 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.
The Lead Wraith is detouring to the Silk and Teeth league, trailing Brian Bowling with frost on the scorecard. Consider this a side quest in the main saga—same spectral pressure, new municipal backdrop. If the mist holds at Valley Regional Park, the supernatural mantle might just stick around for the after-party.
See where Brian Bowling sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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