Bark Sigil
Wednesdays at the Fort·Competition group The Ringwright Union·
All-In · only the number moves
Jonathan Bia
MPO
Season Arc · Wednesdays at the Fort
2
#5Now
#2Best
#4Started
5Weeks
All-In league: Bark Sigil stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptLiving Bark Ward of the Ringwright
TroubleStubborn Refusal to Yield
Weathered by Ten Seasons
Reads Wind Like Grain
Protects the Vulnerable Thrower
In Ringwright tradition, the bark represents the tree's first line of defense—the interface between the living wood and the hostile world. The sigil form echoes the distinctive diamond pattern of ponderosa bark plates, each one a record of decades of environmental resistance.
A rectangular wooden plaque with a raised central motif resembling stacked ponderosa bark scales, the edges rough-hewn as if carved with a draw knife. Dark brown pigments stain the raised portions, leaving recesses in natural wood tone.
Functions as a protective ward in league competitions—players bearing Bark Sigil may invoke its resilience in clutch moments, using its energy to salvage a potentially disastrous hole by treating kicks as character-building rather than luck-based. The sigil teaches that roughness is not failure but texture.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyJonathan Bia shot 54 to climb from #4 to #3, one stroke better than his 55.0 personal average but 0.3 strokes worse than the 53.8 field average. The rating is where the episode got ugly: a 941 round rating landed -25 below his 966 PDGA rating, the kind of gap that means a few holes he'd like back. The Mud Ledger had plenty of clay to write in this week, and the Bark Sigil logged one more entry, rough edges and all. Wood keeps score, and the scorecard was kinder than the rating, which is not the same thing as a good day.
Jonathan Bia turned a 55 into a two-place climb, moving from #4 to #2 and finishing 3.8 strokes better than the 58.8 field average. His 955 round rating was -11 below his 966 PDGA rating—slightly off form, not a collapse. The Bark Sigil’s rough-hewn ledger gains two ranks in the Knot Contest; the standings moved more than the rating did.
They say every tree keeps a diary, and ponderosa bark writes in diamonds. Tag #4 was carved from that ledger—rough edges, dark ridges, decades of weather etched into grain. It doesn't chase glory. It waits. It watches. And when some overconfident arm finally claims it, the Bark Sigil will remember every tree-hit, every shanked drive, every excuse muttered in the rough. Wood keeps score longer than you do.
adjusts clipboard Somewhere between the tee and the first tree, the Bark Sigil found Jonathan Bia. Tag #4 doesn't announce itself. It just shows up on your bag one day, rough-hewn and patient, like it's been waiting for someone who understands that wood keeps score. Welcome to the ledger, Jonathan. Try not to add too many entries.
Jonathan Bia opened at 55, 3.8 strokes better than the 58.8 field average, even as his 955 round rating landed -11 below his 966 PDGA rating: below form, but the scorecard did its part. His season starts at tag #4, with the Bark Sigil’s patient ledger ready for its first entry. The Knot Contest gets a measured opening chapter; apparently even the dramatic version can begin with a solid score and a modest rating gap.
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