
by Veri Merri
Is there a better way to spend an evening than gaming with your best friends? With their new gaming obsession finally adding some actual end game content, Marissa and Kieran find themselves in a position where they need to gather a group of friends together if they want to truly give it a go. Together with some friends they already have and some new additions to their little group, they put together a new Clan with one simple mission; clear the new content and have fun doing it. While the newly minted "Clan Nettle Tea" might not be full of professional gamers or cutting-edge raiders, they're determined to fight their way through any new content that comes their way while having a blast together. They may wipe a bunch or accidentally kill each other with a poorly placed AoE, but they're determined to have a good time while they fight to overcome that next wall. Afterall, can you really lose as long as you have a good time? You can expect to see: + Silly Gaming and LitRPG Shenanigans + Fun Slice-of-Life Stuff + Gaming Progression + Relaxed, Easy Romance (Book 2+) + Lots of Friendly Shit-Talking
#2
1/29/2026
Peak #50
0d
#1
1/24/2026
Peak #43
2d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:08 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
28%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Contemporary → Romance → Action → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Contemporary (27%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#8817 of 12,163 · 8767 below RS #50
By genre
beats 90% of similar stories
beats 6% of similar stories
beats 39% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.