![Necromancer for Mayor [LitRPG • Town Builder • Strong Mage]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F149375-necromancer-for-mayor.jpg%3Ftime%3D1768933235&w=640&q=75)
by Jonco
[Book 1 Complete] [Book 2 Ongoing] === He just wants to raise a family in a quiet town. After escaping the Cult of Dread, Jevrick sought a peaceful life in the quiet town of Maplebrook. So what if he looked a little evil? Sure, he might have killed a few peasants, but that was an accident! Oh well—guess he’ll become the mayor. As he works to get this town to love him, or at least stop hiring adventurers to kill him, he’ll discover that running a village of living people is much harder than one of the dead. Rock worshipping paladins, cook-out daemons, and disgruntled old colleagues keep finding their way to his door—and he’d very much like it to stop. Well, he’ll get all of the blood out of the flower beds eventually. === What to expect: - A story in which there are many conflicts at the start, but the hero finds ways to address them in due time. (Book 1 stands on its on, and finds resolutions, both good and bad). - A magic system with clear restrictions and mechanics (sure, the protagonist is very powerful, but even he has rules he must mechanically follow). - Systems are explained over the course of the first and second act as they become relevant. - Not a murder hobo… on purpose, anyway. Whoops. - Some set up: First act is about unlocking the town, second act onward is about restoring/building/advancing the town. (Level up the peasants!) === Release days: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:12pm CST --- Reddit Rank Verification
#5
2/23/2026
Peak #50
0d
#4
2/22/2026
Peak #49
0d
#3
2/5/2026
Peak #21
16d
#2
2/4/2026
Peak #18
18d
#1
2/4/2026
Peak #20
18d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:19 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:19 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: Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Adventure + Fantasy (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
#8700 of 12,167 · 8650 below RS #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.
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.
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