Dust Covenant
The Burning Vein @ Creekside·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Jonathan Lang
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Season Arc · The Burning Vein @ Creekside
8
#30Now
#3Best
#27Started
22Weeks
All-In league: Dust Covenant stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptCulled But Never Forgotten
TroubleMy Name Burns in the Ledger
Dust Never Settles
The Noose Awaits
Blood Marks the Worthy
The Dust Covenant was forged in the first culling, when the frontier first learned to separate the worthy from the forgotten. The original survivors, marked by dust and blood, swore an oath that echoes through all who follow. Every competitor who enters the Deadlands unknowingly signs this pact with their first throw, binding their fate to the culling's merciless judgment.
The Dust Covenant exists as an invisible mark burned into the soul of every survivor, written in the frontier's own dust. It is transferable - when one falls to the culling, the next survivor inherits the binding. It cannot be seen by those who haven't been tested, but burns visible to those who have passed through the meridian of judgment. The Covenant tracks every score, every decision, and renders its verdict in the eternal ledger of the remembered.
The Dust Covenant is the foundational mechanism that governs the entire Deadlands series - it determines who belongs to the frontier's story and who gets written out. Every competitor enters the frontier unknowingly signing this pact; the Covenant then tracks their worthiness through every throw and round, ultimately deciding whether they deserve remembrance or oblivion.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyNo round rating to frame Jonathan Lang's modest +2 climb from #16 to #14, but the ledger's arithmetic doesn't need receipts. After last week's 11-rung swan dive, this is less a redemption arc and more a tentative handhold in a collapsing shaft. The Dust Covenant's high concept—culled but never forgotten—keeps him alive in the cut, but the trouble remains: his name still burns in the ledger, just two lines closer to the Foremen's glow. Somewhere a canary coughs, and we're supposed to call this progress.
The spectral pickaxe finally met its match. Jonathan Lang's Dust Covenant ledger took an 11-rung tumble from #5 to #16, and with no round rating to blame or exonerate him, we're left staring at the scorecard's empty verdict. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, partner, and this week it didn't even bother leaving a receipt. The Foremen's glow fades as the Canaries stop singing, and Lang's just another echo in the tunnel fall.
Jonathan Lang just turned the Burning Vein into a personal highlight reel, posting a 945 round rating against his 894 PDGA average — that's a +51 delta that screams 'main character' in a mine shaft that usually swallows ambition whole. The Dust Covenant ledger now reads #5, up from #15, and the Foremen's glow just got a little greener as the green fog rolls in. adjusts headset The frontier's harsh, but when you play 51 points above your rating, the noose starts looking like a necklace.
adjusts headset in the green fog Jonathan Lang nudges the Dust Covenant ledger up another five rungs, trading #20 for #15 in the Creek Bed Shift. No round rating to wave around, but a +28 over his 896 PDGA rating last week set the bar—and this week's climb keeps the spectral pickaxe swinging. The green fog didn't claim him, but the mine's still groaning, and the Foremen's glow gets harder to reach with every shift.
Jonathan Lang shot a 924-rated 53, a +28 over his PDGA rating that sent the Dust Covenant's ledger into overdrive. The old #27 tag got culled into #3 — twenty-four souls skipped in one round. Creekside's green fog didn't stand a chance against a pickaxe that sharp. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright cruel.
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