
by PinkFlavoredLemonade
BACK FROM HIATUS! Bailey Gardiner believed that her biggest issues were dealing with her current murderhobo TTRPG group, especially a rude player named Dylan from the Monsters & Labyrinths game who always managed to get under her skin. However, everything changed after a heated argument with Dylan culminated in both of them being struck by lightning. She woke up thinking that she had ended up in a coma dream when a disembodied voice asked her to make an M&L Character Sheet. But this is no dream. The pain is real… She’s not Bailey anymore. She’s Silas Vander’Bludd, the edgy ‘Grim-Dork’ Demonling Occultist with a tragic backstory, trust issues, and a disgustingly high charisma stat. A character she made as a joke. Armed with her deep rules knowledge from a decade of GMing, a borrowed body full of unresolved trauma, and the lingering hope that Dylan might’ve been dragged here too, Bailey has no choice but to play along. Teaming up with a no-nonsense Elf, a way too eager to get into a fight Dragonkin, and a not-so-goody-two-shoes Paladin, they fight their way through Goblins, Corrupt Businessmen, and Pirates, trying to not only find Dylan for Bailey, but find a mythical treasure. But the deeper she gets into the story, the more she starts to question the reality around her. Who really created this campaign? Why do certain things glitch when she tries to dig deeper? And who is the mysterious GM pulling the strings behind the scenes? Whoever they are, they’re rewriting fate. And they might not be playing fair. What to expect: • Action • Violence (Fights, etc) • Adventure • D&D and Pop Culture • Female Lead -> NB Lead (masc-nonbinairy) • Romance: F->NB/M (main) & F/F (side) ARCS:1-3: Welcome Traveler4-10: Goblin Camp 11-?: Map Quest?-?: ? Written By: PinkFlavoredLemonadeArt By: @veilofmorn Chapters will now release on Thursday
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, 13:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 13:08 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
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Romance → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Romance (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
#9749 of 12,225 · 9699 below RS #50
By genre
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