
by Pen Ronin
1480 AD: Elyus Luthier was a shut-in musician until his father thrust a pendant into his hands and told him to run. Now he possesses a power so great that it threatens to burn him to ash. But when he uses it, he creates the myths and legends of history. 2101 AD: Rich Borgan is an augmented survival streamer who has turned the wilderness into a content farm. But when he’s drafted into the fight against one of the four Titans, he discovers biological upgrades mean little against magic and monsters. 10,000 BC: Diawolf, a mammoth hunter, is cursed to see only through the eyes of beasts. He must uncover what dark magic turned his tribe’s descendants into silent, obedient servants, because if he doesn’t save them, no one will.Across the fractured timelines of Terrakaia, the Shards of Creation call to those who will determine the fate of the world, for the Tree of Worlds is dying. As the heroes converge on an immortal shaman who intends to release the Titans, they discover what happens when the Shards come together. The world is imperiled not only by its enemies, but by what they’ve conjured. What to expect: Unique Magic System: magic users create proxies to avoid banishing themselves from the primary world. Genre-Blending: High fantasy meets low fantasy. Hard magic meets soft magic. This is a power progression isekai where time travel is part of the world. Multi-POV Narrative: Though the primary pov is Elyus, it includes a rotating cast whose fates are bound closely together. Deep Worldbuilding: The world experiences a fifteen-thousand-year repetition. The cities and towns can be visited from multiple time periods, so each location has another dimension. Characters will visit these locations from prehistory, classical antiquity, the Middle Ages, and all the way to a cyberpunk future.
#13
9/24/2026
Peak #50
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#12
9/23/2026
Peak #50
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#11
9/16/2026
Peak #47
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#10
9/4/2026
Peak #35
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#9
9/4/2026
Peak #50
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:49 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
44%
Two or more lists
35%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Horror → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror + Sci-fi (35%).
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
#9169 of 12,190 · 9119 below RS #50
By genre
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