by Q.Y. Katan
Every life taken grants him a day of life. Qalan was raised in an Abbey and taught to preach love, forgiveness, and the teachings of the Lord. But everything changes when he is bound to a curse that will consume him unless he obeys its only command: kill or die. Clinging to his monastic upbringing, he vows to only use his cursed power to protect the innocent and defend the weak while searching for a way to break free. Will he hold to his noble ideals…or become the very evil he swore to oppose? What To Expect: ◈ Power Fueled By Murder (Heavy Consequences) ◈ Creative skill usage instead of flat stat inflation ◈ Starts Fast. Stays Fast ◈ Weakest to Strongest ◈ Earned Growth
#9
9/15/2026
Peak #49
0d
#8
9/10/2026
Peak #49
0d
#7
9/9/2026
Peak #47
0d
#6
8/11/2026
Peak #27
28d
#5
7/3/2026
Peak #2
38d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:49 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
54%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Historical → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Historical (53%).
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
#11251 of 12,148 · 11201 below RS #50
By genre
beats 3% of similar stories
beats 48% 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.
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