Enter into the Week 5 record a 1010 round rating from a 950-rated player: Chris Norman carded 49 at Dragonfly in the Wetland Duel, +60 over his own number and 5.9 strokes clear of a 54.9 field average. The Withering Folio did not move — still #2, still unclosed, his name still legible on the page — because the standings apparently don't read rating differentials. He also matched his 49.0 personal average to the decimal, which is either perfect calibration or a haunting, and the solstice is close enough that we'll find out which.
Withering Folio
Summer's Blade - Thursday @ Dragonfly·Competition group The Solstice Cut·
All-In · only the number moves
Chris Norman
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Summer's Blade - Thursday @ Dragonfly
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#2Now
#2Best
#2Started
1Weeks
All-In league: Withering Folio stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptLiving Record of Cascading Failures
TroubleEvery Page Gains New Names
Warm When Spreading
Cannot Be Closed
Ignoring Warnings Feeds Its Pages
The Withering Folio was created when the first player to ever suffer a catastrophic rating drop under the Accords found their failing contract touched other players' documents, creating a magical contagion that the Accords themselves could not contain and that continues to grow with each generation of cursed players.
An impossibly heavy tome bound in leather that subtly shifts and breathes. Its cover bears the pressed seals of broken contracts, each one a small death sigil. The pages inside are filled with player names written in ink that slowly spreads and multiplies like fungal growth, with new pages constantly emerging from its spine. It radiates warmth when actively spreading consequences.
The Withering Folio actively punishes players who have ignored warnings by making their failures contagious - affecting tournament outcomes, opponent performances, and league standings. It serves as the multiplier of curse effects, transforming single-player rating declines into cascading consequences across the league network.
Season Story
narrated by Flippychecks clipboard The Withering Folio cracks its spine and a fresh page slides free, already ink-staining itself with "Chris Norman." Summer's Blade at Dragonfly awaits—a side quest off the main arc, where the contagion spreads to local soil. The tome radiates warmth. New contracts to break. New names to consume.
See where Chris Norman sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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