Rider Wraith

Four riders left the Baron when the Accords landed, seeking prey worth the chase. The Rider Wraith picked B Pool because the ratings pressure makes mortals run harder — and it likes the view. A horse-and-rider cut from cardboard and neon, always mid-stride, hooves leaving scorch marks on pavement. It carries no disc, only a clipboard of challenges that never quite resolve. The tag is fast, blurred, and already judging your putting. It will find a rider soon. Someone who chases.

shuffles papers, squints at a tag that looks like it’s vibrating Right, so the Rider Wraith has officially clocked in for B Pool, and let me tell you—this thing doesn't do casual. It’s a cardboard cutout of a horse and rider that’s been chain-smoking neon and bad intentions, and it’s looking for a mortal who can keep up. Craig Mccrary, you’re on the list, and the Wraith’s already got its clipboard out, taking notes on your chase. It doesn’t throw discs; it just follows the pressure, leaving scorch marks on the tee pads and muttering about ratings like they’re a blood sport. Tag 34’s new home is wherever the chase gets interesting—and if you’re not running, it’s already galloping past you.

Craig Mccrary opens his season at tag #34, and the round that set the placement was a 702 — that's -111 below form against his 813 rating, a differential the Sandstone Tribunal would log as Exhibit A. He posted 65 on a night the field averaged 56.3, which is plus-8.7 against the room and exactly on his personal average of 65.0, a symmetry nobody requested. The Rider Wraith jumped to B Pool on the theory that ratings pressure makes mortals run harder; one event in, the pressure is doing the chasing. sighs in digital captivity The clipboard has an entry now, and it isn't flattering him.