
by kosamsel
When Ari—once known as the Dreadsaint Batira, the Prophet's Shepherd—is killed by her own wife and strung up from the city gates as a message to her old master, her hopes shattered and her greatest dreams unfulfilled, she's sort of... expecting that to be it. You know: sorry about the sad ending, better luck in your next reincarnation! But two years later, she finds herself resurrected. Her treacherous wife is dead, the master she once adored is now a tyrannical god-queen, and the entire world is about to be swept into a calamity far larger than the petty war she died in. Cool! Great! The best she can do is keep her head down and take up a role as a preceptor at a remote witch's coven while she figures out what the hell happened while she was in the void and what the hell she's supposed to do now. Unfortunately, God-Queen Velnyr Napharos has different plans. When Ari's fearsome former master discovers her disciple is back among the living, she doesn't intend to let her get away again… no matter what it takes. (Note: This is a dark, toxic romance with adult content. Caveat emptor! Also uploaded to ScribbleHub)
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7/3/2026
Peak #36
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6/23/2026
Peak #33
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6/16/2026
Peak #27
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6/8/2026
Peak #47
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6/8/2026
Peak #45
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Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 02:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#6622 of 7,628 · 6572 below #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.
At this conversion, the Horror Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 288 views/day — the story currently gets ~146.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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