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by elektrik.star
Magic is a death sentence. Lavender has survived by hiding hers. That stops working the day a dragon finds her. Now hunted and dragged into a conflict far bigger than herself, Lavender must grow stronger fast or lose everything. But power in the ashes of a ruined world never comes freely. The more she reaches for it, the less human surviving becomes. What To Expect: An emotional rollercoaster with a talking dog set against a post apocalyptic backdrop that allows little hope to grow. Updated as new chapters are written on Mondays, always available on Patreon first! Discord Patreon
#16
9/23/2026
Peak #49
0d
#15
8/28/2026
Peak #33
21d
#14
8/25/2026
Peak #46
2d
#13
8/24/2026
Peak #50
0d
#12
8/22/2026
Peak #49
1d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:18 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
49%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Horror → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror (48%).
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
#10962 of 12,176 · 10912 below RS #50
By genre
beats 96% of similar stories
beats 30% of similar stories
beats 51% 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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
