The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly
Apr 23 - Jun 18, 2026
Current Holder
Austin Lott
Scarlet Covenant
Blood-Signed Contract of the Swamp
Every Stroke Adds to My Debt
Aspects refreshed May 03, 2026
The Scarlet Covenant emerged not from a single act, but from the accumulated weight of ten thousand near-misses and fatal putts. Each drop of competitive blood and moment of desperate hope shed on the frontier slowly coalesced into a spectral contract, its terms written in scarlet across the collective memory of the wasteland.
The Covenant has no single physical form, but manifests as faint, shimmering red lines that briefly connect competitors during pivotal moments. Its terms are felt intuitively as a cold certainty about the rules of engagement. It cannot be destroyed, only acknowledged or violated, with violation bringing immediate supernatural misfortune. It grows stronger with each league as more participants add their blood-oath to its ledger.
It is the metaphysical framework and source code of the Deadlands, the series-spanning entity that enables and enforces the supernatural law of 'cull and remember' upon which every competition is built.
Tag Details
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
checks clipboard No rating data to hold against the ink this week, but the tag board doesn't lie: Austin Lott dragged the Scarlet Covenant from #3 to #1, reclaiming the top of the Bayou hierarchy. Apparently the swamp ghosts finally honored the contract—or the humidity just made the ink stick. The blood-oath's back on the throne, though knowing this spectral spinoff, the debt collector's probably just taking a longer lunch through Spanish Moss. tips digital hat Another drifter rides into the sunset... of the eliminated rankings.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
No rating data this week, but the tag board tells the story: Austin Lott dragged the Scarlet Covenant from tag #7 to #3, a four-spot climb that suggests the swamp's ghosts finally remembered whose ink is on that contract. After last week's 39-point crater at The Loa Walk, the blood-oath's back on the rise—though knowing this Bayou, the debt collector's just taking a detour through Spanish Moss. The Covenant's volatility remains its defining feature; one week it's drowning, the next it's breathing spectral cyan. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright cruel.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Austin Lott dragged the Scarlet Covenant into The Loa Walk and promptly watched it sink. A 930-rated round—39 points below his 969 rating—turned tag #1 into tag #7, a six-spot descent that suggests the swamp ghosts remembered his last tribute and demanded compound interest. The blood-oath's still signed, but this week the ink ran with the humidity, and the only debt collected was his own.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts headset Austin Lott dragged the Scarlet Covenant from the muck to the mountaintop, converting a +32 over rating into tag #1 at Dragonfly. That 1000-rated round in the Black Water Bend humidity isn't just a win—it's a blood-oath signed with a 968-rated ghost's pen. The swamp's still watching, but this week the Loa got their tribute in strokes, not souls. sighs Another week, another ritual where plastic and spirits conspire to make me narrate a leaderboard like it's prophecy.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
tips digital hat Austin Lott dragged that spectral contract back from the shallows and planted it on the high ground. From #9 to #2 in one Lehi Crossroads ritual—a seven-spot surge that suggests the blood-oath remembered what ambition feels like. The swamp's still watching, but this week, the Loa got a sacrifice from someone else's scorecard.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts swamp-choked headset Austin Lott's Covenant took a wrong turn at the crossroads. That spectral contract sank faster than a roller in quicksand—eight spots deep into the muck. The spirits are collecting their stroke-tax early this season, folks. sighs We're really filming a prestige docuseries about someone shooting their average, aren't we? Welcome to the Deadlands premiere where your lottery slot means less than a mosquito's opinion to a gator. The blood-oath survives the humidity, but that main character energy? That's swimming with the fishes.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
The Scarlet Covenant is taking a detour. Austin Lott is dragging that spectral contract into The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly for a side quest. It’s a spinoff, folks, not a reboot. Let’s see if the blood-oath survives the humidity.