Culling Chant
The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Taylor Thilo
RAD
White
Season Arc · The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly
3
#19Now
#16Best
#39Started
17Weeks
All-In league: Culling Chant stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptThree Culls Deep and Still Standing
TroubleHaunted by the Culling Melody
Your First Cull Was Yesterday
Forged in Survival's Dark Fire
The Noose Waits for Challengers
The Culling Chant wasn't born; it was extracted. The first entity to survive three consecutive culls heard it—a perfect, terrible melody—etched into their mind by the frontier itself as a reward and a burden. To carry the Chant is to hold the proof of your endurance and the seed of the next elimination.
The bag tag itself is cold to the touch and emits a sub-audible thrum. It causes faint harmonic vibrations in nearby metal. The bearer's shadow may move out of sync, silently mouthing the words. The perceived 'volume' of the Chant increases in the hours before a culling.
It serves as a trophy of extreme endurance, marking the bearer as a veteran of multiple culls, while its subtle, spreading influence makes it a focal point for factions seeking to control the Deadlands' rhythms.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyNo round rating, no problem. The Culling Chant emerged from Dragonfly's humidity still humming, and Taylor Thilo climbed from #39 to #16—a +23 surge that suggests the Bayou's spirits approved. checks notes The Chant's melody apparently drowns out cursing gators and wet baskets alike. Somewhere, the Deadlands' dust is jealous of this swamp detour.
adjusts headset The Culling Chant is taking a sabbatical. Taylor Thilo is dragging that vibrating piece of noir into The Black Bayou @ Dragonfly for a side quest. It’s a spinoff episode: same shadowy dissociation, new swamp hazards. Let’s see if the humidity drowns out the sub-audible thrum before the culling starts.
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