by King Dad
Ivan is alone and lost in the Arctic. That is not usually a problem for his species. Polar bear kin are loners, and the Arctic is their home. However, he is pretty sure his mother has just been killed, and he is only six years old, which is barely a teenager for polar bear kin. He doesn't even have his first class yet. The story follows Ivan as he grows and learns about the world. This is set in the Triple Strength World, but you don't have to have read Triple Strength to read this. What to expect? Who knows. My stories often surprise me, and I am supposed to be the author. It will probably be more "Slice of life" than "save the world". I have to balance work and writing. One chapter a week has been sustainable in the past, so that is what we will be doing. My Patreon is 15 chapters ahead if you want to support the story. You don't need to support the story, as it will be free here. I write for fun, not to make a living. I put aside the support I am given and use it to learn to write better. I have no training in writing, so I need all the help I can get. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. King Dad
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 14:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 14:58 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
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Adventure + Action (0%).
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
#8994 of 12,304 · 8944 below RS #50
By genre
beats 38% of similar stories
beats 57% of similar stories
beats 70% 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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
