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by MadsGM
Every System has a flaw. Every ambition, a cost. The System decreed that Vincent be born a Blacksmith, a simple NPC. But Vincent dreams of being a Hero. With little more than the nerve to pull off the biggest bluff in history, he infiltrates Runehaven Academy, the most prestigious school for the Combat Classes of the kingdom, pretending to be a Knight. The price of entry is the infamous initiation trial: a deadly forest teeming with monsters and ruthless fellow aspirants. To achieve the future he desires, Vincent can only rely on the Skills of a Blacksmith, the sword, shield, and armor he forged with his own hands, and, above all, his cunning. Will his gamble against the System become his last mistake? Updated every Tuesday Currently around 8 months ahead on Patreon.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 15 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 15 Oct 2026, 23:28 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
4%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (4%).
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
#3677 of 3,779 · 3627 below RS #50
By genre
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Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
