Culling Tally

Forged when the three factions realized that individual league standings meant nothing without a master record of who had been permanently culled from the range. What began as disputed claims and faction-specific scorekeeping evolved into a binding document that transcends allegiance—a single source of truth maintained by all three groups yet owned by none, tracking every elimination across every league with the cold precision of a branding iron counting heads.

A weathered tally book bound in sun-bleached cattle hide stretched over mesquite frame, its pages made from pressed prairie grass that holds brand marks like flesh holds scars. Each elimination burns a notch into the paper, the char never fading, the count never lying. The binding is triple-strand lariat rope, frayed from constant handling but never breaking, and iron rivets mark the corners like the eyes of judgment watching every entry.

Acts as the permanent archive that transforms temporary standings into irrevocable history, ensuring that being culled in any league marks you across the entire series. It appears at every event, passed between factions but belonging to the prairie itself, preventing any competitor from escaping their elimination record and maintaining the integrity of who truly deserves to remain on the range versus who's earned their place in the bone yard.