Fernando Cortez dragged the Dust Decree into the Dead Sea's humidity and somehow clawed +19 spots, from #25 to #6 — a ranking swing that would make a ghost town jealous. But here's the brine-stained truth: his 897 round rating sits a full 36 points below his 933 PDGA rating, meaning he survived the scramble for high ground while the Great Salt Lake's preservation protocol pickled his actual game. The 'Names Etched in Iron' aspect is working overtime, because the scorecard reads like a man who barely outran the tide, not one who conquered it. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright cruel.
Dust Decree
The Dead Sea @ Roots·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Fernando Cortez
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · The Dead Sea @ Roots
19
#6Now
#6Best
#7Started
23Weeks
All-In league: Dust Decree stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptIron Law Etched in Dust and Score
TroubleEvery Score etches Another Link
Names Etched in Iron
Fresh Meat, Salted Chains
Brine Preserves, Then Betrays
The Dust Decree was forged in the first culling, when the Deadlands' cursed magic coalesced around the first competitor to survive against impossible odds. Their victory was so complete, their worth so definitively proven, that the frontier itself inscribed their survival into permanent law - creating an entity that would judge all who came after.
The Dust Decree manifests as a set of iron plates fused together in a rough book form, perpetually surrounded by a vortex of red-tinted dust. The plates bear numbers that shift and reform with each throw, never settling until the final score is tallied. A spectral voice emanates from within, pronouncing verdicts in a language that sounds like wind through a ghost town. Chains of iron hang from the plates, bearing the names of all who have faced the Decree.
The Dust Decree binds all competitors to the frontier's law - those who survive bear its mark upon their soul, those who are culled dissolve into its dust, becoming part of the eternal record. It serves as the final authority across all leagues, its verdict determining which competitors are remembered and which are forgotten.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDue to absence from Week 1 (Redwood Road Rising), tag number moved from 7 to 12. (Week 1 of 9)
The Dust Decree is taking a detour. Iron plates and red dust are manifesting at The Dead Sea @ Roots. Fernando Cortez just accepted the side quest. It’s a spinoff arc, folks—same spectral judgment, new humidity. The main timeline pauses while the verdict gets rewritten in local mud.
See where Fernando Cortez sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
League Ladder