by King of Curses99
The Shadow Assassin When Oren Leatherglove's blood turns black at a recruitment stall, the Society of Assassins takes notice. By nightfall the same man who recruited him has killed his father and handed him the debt. Now Oren owes everything to the organization that took everything from him. Brutal missions. Impossible odds. A shadow magick so rare nobody alive has seen it — and something ancient that has been waiting for it. Oren will survive things that should have killed him. He will lose things he didn't know could be taken. He walked into the Society a dock kid from Riverdale. What walks out of Draznkal is something else entirely. KING & KILLERS- Set 10 years later from the events of The Shadow Assassin. Oren must continue to live with the mistakes of signing for the Society as he fights and battles as the #2 operative in the land.
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, 04:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:18 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
16%
Two or more lists
10%
Likely threshold order: Tragedy → Psychological → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Tragedy + Psychological (8%).
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
#11775 of 12,416 · 11725 below RS #50
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