
by Maradina
They say death is a curse that cannot be treated by any priest, saint, or doctor in the City of Plagues. Gael Halloway would beg to differ. Gael is a brilliant but unlicensed doctor practicing medicine in the slums of the lower city, and he has never seen a good death. Toxic mist smothers the air, magic parasites turn people into foul monsters, and the upper city barons hoard all the symbiotic systems and bioarcanic weapons for themselves, leaving the lower city unable to fend for itself. How is he supposed to make a living if his patients die before reaching his clinic? But when a young parasite-hunting exorcist stumbles onto his doorstep, half-dead and missing a partner to link up with her symbiotic system, Gael sees an opportunity to make a difference. Limb-worshipping gangs, mad plague doctors, and flesh-hungry ghoul cults? Screw all of them. Gael will rid his district of the wretched parasites, upgrade his clinic, and carve out a sanctuary in a city that has long forgotten the taste of fresh air. He’ll be the best damn doctor there is—and he won’t be able to do it alone. Update Schedule: Every Thursday and Saturday
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, 03:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 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
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Two or more lists
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Likely threshold order: Mystery → Romance → Action → Main → Adventure → Fantasy.
Leading bundle: Mystery (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
#3771 of 12,407 · 3721 below RS #50
By genre
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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.