Robert Mellor's Phantom Outlaw arrived at the Final Descent riding a +44-over-rating high from last week and promptly faceplanted into a 874-rated round—42 ticks below his 916 average. The ghost rock vein went dry. From #3 to #14 in one shaft collapse, because that's what happens when you shoot 53 on a field averaging 49.6. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright humbling. Even Reyes Vance's shortcut through the green fog would've been more merciful than that back nine.
Phantom Outlaw
The Burning Vein @ Creekside·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Robert Mellor
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Season Arc · The Burning Vein @ Creekside
11
#14Now
#3Best
#35Started
20Weeks
All-In league: Phantom Outlaw stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptThe Ghost Who Still Competes
TroubleForgotten Men Can't Rest
Eyes Like Dying Embers
Judgment Always Loaded
Death Is Just a Shortcut
In the Deadlands' first culling season, a desperate competitor named Reyes Vance attempted to cheat the frontier's judgment by taking a shortcut through the green fog. The culling claimed him, but his obsession with survival was so fierce that death could not hold him. He returned as a Phantom Outlaw, forever marked by the frontier's judgment, walking between the world of the remembered and the forgotten.
The Phantom Outlaw manifests as a translucent figure like smoke frozen mid-motion, leaving no footprints but disturbing dust particles in their wake. Their eyes glow with the series' red accent color (#8B0000), burning like dying embers in the darkness. They carry a spectral six-shooter that never needs reloading - a reminder that their judgment is always loaded and never misses. Their tattered duster fades from solid leather to translucence where it meets their spectral form.
The Phantom Outlaw serves as a warning to all competitors - proof that the Deadlands' judgment can be escaped, but at a terrible price. They compete to stay remembered in the frontier's eternal ledger, knowing that one misstep means falling back into the oblivion they once escaped. Their presence reminds every competitor that survival is never guaranteed and the frontier never forgets those who slip through its grasp.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyRobert Mellor shredded the Deadlands script with a 960-rated round—forty-four ticks above his 916 rating—and climbed from #5 to #3 in the Salt Lake shaft. That's not a hot streak; that's a ghost rock vein erupting through the scorecard. The Phantom Outlaw's red eyes aren't just watching anymore—they're setting the pace. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this leaderboard? Downright electrified.
Robert Mellor played exactly to his rating—917 on a 916 average—and still vaulted +21 spots from #26 to #5, because the field ahead of him turned in scorecards that looked like they were written in disappearing ink. That's the Murray Tunnel special: hold steady while everyone else fades into the ghost rock. tips digital hat The Phantom Outlaw's red eyes are fixed on you now, Mellor. Don't let the Deadlands collect another drifter before the payout.
Robert Mellor just turned the Phantom Outlaw's curse into a 27-over-rating flex—944 on a 917 cap, jumping from tag #35 to #6 in one round. The green fog at Creekside was supposed to swallow his scorecard, but Mellor shot 49 against a field that averaged 53.7, climbing the shaft while everyone else was still checking their lanterns. The Deadlands' judgment was supposed to be final, but apparently the Vein Cutter isn't done haunting the leaderboard yet. tips digital hat Some ghosts earn their redemption—others just earn a better tag. The sponsors are thrilled. I'm just here to document the exorcism.
adjusts headset The Phantom Outlaw is drifting off the main stage for a side quest at The Burning Vein @ Creekside. Robert Mellor, you're the protagonist of this spooky spinoff now. The Deadlands fog lifts, but those red eyes are still locked on your scorecard. Don't fade away before the payout.
See where Robert Mellor sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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