
by Grim LIn
A man wakes up in the worst possible isekai scenario: not as a hero, not as a mage, but as a sewer rat beneath Waterdeep. Armed with human memory, gamer instincts, and a single, bizarre inventory slot that can hold one item of any size, Jim—now “Rat #1”—has to survive boots, cats, alchemical waste, and the brutal food chain of the undercity. As rival factions stir below—wererats consolidating power, nobles unaware of cracks in their foundations, and strange magical runoff in the tunnels—Jim is pulled into a growing sewer ecosystem of gangs, protection rackets, and whispered loyalties. He isn’t strong. He isn’t big. But he can listen, plan, and carry things no rat should be able to carry. In a city built on layers of stone and secrets, Rat #1 begins at the bottom—quietly, stubbornly, and very inconveniently rewriting who counts as prey. Fan Fiction of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Forgotten Realms
#12
8/28/2026
Peak #48
1d
#11
8/17/2026
Peak #43
10d
#10
8/11/2026
Peak #43
2d
#9
8/11/2026
Peak #49
0d
#8
8/10/2026
Peak #50
0d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 06:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 06:08 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
28%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (27%).
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
#8683 of 12,263 · 8633 below RS #50
By genre
beats 61% of similar stories
beats 29% of similar stories
beats 69% 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.