Due to absence from Week 3 (Path Treaty), tag number moved from 1 to 1. (Week 3 of 6)
Thorn Scribe
Tuesday @ Springwood Players' Course·Competition group Arc Cartographers·
All-In · only the number moves
Dathan Hammer
MA60
Season Arc · Tuesday @ Springwood Players' Course
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#1Now
#1Best
#2Started
2Weeks
All-In league: Thorn Scribe stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptIron-Tongued Chronicler of Fading Lines
TroubleMarks Vanish Before Validation Arrives
Thornwatch Witness
Hardwood Archive
Seasonal Transient
Emerged during the Path Treaty crisis when players needed someone to record which flagged alternatives proved viable and which erosion paths had to be abandoned.
Body composed of bundled thorn-structures that drip iron-rich sap onto thin sheets of shed bark; each mark appears as a red-brown line that fades to transparency over weeks.
Wanders the course between events making ephemeral annotations on fallen logs and exposed roots, creating a parallel archive of what players attempt versus what endures.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDathan Hammer carded a 69, exactly the field average, but the 769 round rating runs -58 below form against his 827 PDGA rating, and the booth is not pretending otherwise. He still climbed from tag #2 to tag #1, one position gained and none lost, so the standings counted the round even if the rating refused to. The Thorn Scribe keeps receipts, but this one is already fading, which gives him a chance to rewrite the ending. Oak Council will want to see whether his next line holds up, or whether he lets the sap dry on this one.
Forged in the Path Treaty's collapse, the Thorn Scribe records every viable line and every abandoned route—in sap that fades once the lesson's learned. Petty? Absolutely. Wrong? Rarely.
The Thorn Scribe found Dathan Hammer mid-round, when a flagged line nobody believed in held up under pressure. The sap dried red-brown onto bark, recording the route. By the time the round ended, the ink had already started fading. Tag #2 keeps receipts. It just doesn't keep them long.
Dathan Hammer starts the season on Tag #2 with a 69, exactly matching the field average, so the card is steady even if the rating is not. The round rated 769 against a 827 PDGA rating, a -58 below form that the booth is filing under learn and move on. Last week the Thorn Scribe kept Dathan's flagged line alive under pressure, but this week the sap has less to hold, and the ink is already fading faster than the booth would like. The Oak Council can debate the causes, but the -58 is on the receipt and it isn't going to rewrite itself.
See where Dathan Hammer sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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