by L.J.M
Powered by grief, loss, and trauma, a legendary mage who vanished two centuries ago returns to the world — and his return is anything but subtle. For some, it marks the end of an age of peace. For others, the return of a long-forgotten hero. As the legend walks the world once more, he begins a quiet journey not for conquest, but for something he lost long ago: peace.
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, 07:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:08 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
7%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Tragedy → Psychological → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Tragedy (3%).
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
#8449 of 12,163 · 8399 below RS #50
By genre
beats 18% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 45% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
