Hollow Crown
AR.RAL Buckhorn Club: Mongo is Appalled·Competition group Pool B·
All-In · only the number moves
Brian Taylor
RAF
Green
Season Arc · AR.RAL Buckhorn Club: Mongo is Appalled
1
#4Now
#1Best
#1Started
20Weeks
All-In league: Hollow Crown stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptWearer of Grasping Dead Hands
TroubleEveryone Wants What I Hold
Overwhelming Offensive Power
Greedy Hands, Bitter End
Rivals Circle Like Vultures
Centuries ago, in the first season of the Raleigh Underdark's founding, a legendary delver named Marcus the Unyielding refused to surrender his winning tag after a dominant campaign. The Underdark itself responded to his greed: the darkness consumed his body but crystallized his stubborn will into the Hollow Crown. Now whoever wears it carries Marcus's curse - temporary invincibility followed by inevitable downfall.
The crown manifests as an ornate circlet of interlocked skeletal fingers, each digit curled into a sharp point representing the grip of a thousand defeated rivals. Where gems would sit, perfect voids swirl with living shadow that trails behind the wearer like a liquid cape. The crown whispers constantly - fragments of every previous holder's final words - and glows brighter as the holder's power fades. It cannot be destroyed through any known means and automatically adjusts its size to fit any wearer who claims it.
The Hollow Crown serves as the ultimate prestige artifact of the Raleigh Underdark, existing outside normal tag hierarchy while sitting atop it. It transforms competitive dynamics into a deliberate trap: the holder gains overwhelming offensive power but becomes the covetted target of every ambitious delver in the league. This creates seasonal narrative arcs where champions must choose between protecting their existing rank or pursuing legendary status through crown warfare.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyBrian Taylor turned in an 867 round — a +65 over his 802 rating — and the Hollow Crown's promise of temporary invincibility is doing exactly what it says on the tin. He climbed from #7 to #3 while the Pale Judges corralled everyone else into high-risk routes, as if the curse itself was clearing fairways. The crowd reacts, the leaderboard shuffles, and somewhere Marcus the Unyielding nods from the void, utterly unaware that this is still, at its core, plastic hitting chains for a number that will mean nothing by next week. Enjoy the high while it lasts, Brian; the inevitable downfall clause is in the fine print.
Due to absence from Week 7 (Sudden Death Stare), tag number moved from 5 to 6. (Week 7 of 10)
sighs in elvish The Hollow Crown's temporary invincibility has an expiration date, and Brian Taylor just got the invoice. A 66 on a 61.7 field average and an 819 rating (+16 over his PDGA card) reads solid on paper—the kind of round where most players nod and move on. But the Pale Judges were watching, and they don't grade on a curve. Taylor dropped from Rank 1 to Rank 3 in a single week, the relic's curse activating with the precision of a raid boss mechanic. The continuity memo was right: the Underdark always balances the ledger. His invincibility window has closed. Whether the crash bottoms out next week or he claws back to the top will determine if Marcus the Unyielding's grip loosens—or if the side quest just entered its second act of punishment.
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