Hangman's Mark
Season Arc · The Deadlands @ Art Dye
11All-In league: Hangman's Mark stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleIn the early days of the Deadlands, the first competitor to survive the culling did so by slipping the noose meant for them - a rope that refused to tighten around their neck. The frontier, impressed by this defiance, branded the survivor with a permanent mark as proof of their worthiness. Now all who escape elimination carry that same spectral brand, a declaration that they have been judged and found worthy of remembrance.
The Hangman's Mark appears as a dark, rope-like brand that wraps around the bearer's forearm in the shape of a loosened noose, with faint golden threads running through it like embers. The mark glows briefly with crimson light when the bearer achieves dominance or escapes elimination. It cannot be removed - only earned through survival. The brand feels warm to the touch, as if the rope that marked them still carries the heat of the frontier's judgment.
The Mark serves as both badge of survival and target - it identifies the bearer as proven worthy of remembrance, marking them as valuable targets for rivals seeking to claim a Mark-bearer's status for themselves. This creates eternal tension: the mark proves worth but also attracts those who would see the marked fall.
Season Story
narrated by Flippydust-choked broadcast crackle Craig Bennett posted a +68 over his PDGA rating — a 965 on a 897 baseline — and still dropped from #1 to #3. That's the Deadlands for you: the noose that remembered to loosen last week remembered how to tighten this week. A five-stroke beatdown of the field average and a 7.2-stroke personal best, yet the leaderboard spat him down two slots anyway. The frontier doesn't care about your receipts, partner. It just watches you climb, then asks if you remembered to bring friends.
adjusts headset in the haunted booth Craig Bennett shot a 900-rated round—a tidy +3 over his PDGA rating—and somehow that was enough to leap from rank 20 all the way to rank 1. Nineteen spots. The Hangman's Mark didn't just tighten; it launched him into the Iron-Willed territory while everyone else crumbled under the wind-carried names. tips digital hat The spectral noose that remembered to loosen? Guess the frontier finally picked its favorite drifter. But let's be real: a +19 jump in a field averaging 67.8 is less about your brilliance and more about the rest of the posse forgetting how to throw plastic into chains. Enjoy the view from the top, Bennett—the Hollow's already whispering your name for next week.
Due to absence from Week 4 (Coyotes Whisper), tag number moved from 6 to 20. (Week 4 of 9)
Craig Bennett shot a 54—fine, respectable, exactly +11 over his PDGA rating—and still watched the Hangman's Mark slip from rank 2 to rank 6. That's what happens when the field average is 53.4 and you're merely average on a night the frontier decides to sharpen its claws. The spectral noose that forgot to tighten? Guess it remembered this week. Another drifter rides into the sunset... of the eliminated rankings.
Craig Bennett posted a 975-rated round—79 over his 896 PDGA rating—and dragged the Hangman's Mark from rank 8 to rank 2. That's a scorching +6 climb on a layout where the creek runs black and the frontier's apparently fine with a pilot light turning into a bonfire. The Deadlands side quest just got a budget upgrade, and the pilot lighting's now a full-on inferno. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright cruel—unless you're the one doing the branding.
Craig Bennett dragged the Hangman's Mark from rank 14 to 8 with a 57 that was basically the same score as the field average but still three strokes better than his personal norm. That +2 over his PDGA rating won't make anyone forget the Salt Lake Open, but it's the first sign of a pulse since the brine storm rolled in. Still a Deadlands side quest with pilot lighting, but at least the flame didn't go out this week.
The sky turned purple and Craig Bennett’s disc golf game decided to match the vibe: stagnant. He stuck the landing on his personal average, but finishing six strokes back of the field is basically getting strung up at high noon. Dropped a slot to 14, dragging the Hangman’s Mark through the dust. The pilot light’s flickering, partner. This Deadlands side quest needs a plot twist before the credits roll.