by AndrzejGieralt
After decades of war against a powerful demon, newly-crowned King Adacos vows to banish what remains of its dark influence. Though defeated, its corruption still lingers, poisoning hearts in ways few but Adacos can recognize. But in the mind of Duke Taralos, the king’s zeal is just a self-righteous ruse. Forced to bend the knee before another false ruler, he hatches a plan to take what he always believed belonged to his family – the crown. The duke's rebellion thrusts Adacos into a war on two fronts – the uprising of yet another selfish lord, and the spiritual corruption he spent his life holding at bay. The more Adacos fights to defend his kingdom, the greater Taralos’s conviction to free it from his heavy-handed reign becomes. While civil war engulfs the realm, the ancient demon’s prison begins to crack – and what better way to enslave the world than to darken the hearts of kings?
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 08:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 08:08 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
33%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Tragedy → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Tragedy (33%).
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
#1997 of 3,286 · 1947 below RS #50
By genre
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 60% of similar stories
beats 22% of similar stories
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