by toomuchdog2
In defiance of gods, a would-be missionary turns to the arcane to mend a broken world. A thousand years ago, fire fell from the sky and shattered the world. Civilization never recovered. Cassian studies magic under the Church’s wary eye in a society that views wizards with contempt at best, open hostility at worst. Now he leaves his remaining family behind to journey with his fellow missionaries, charged with preaching the teachings of a Goddess that killed his parents. If you're looking for a darker, character-driven progression fantasy with real emotional weight, Arc 1 is complete and over 500 pages are ready to binge. You can expect: • In‑depth worldbuilding • Slow‑burn progression (Class, Skills, Rifts, Levels) • Novel‑paced storytelling • Themes of faith, trauma, survival, and identity • A consistent update schedule Update Schedule: Monday / Wednesday / Friday
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, 04:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:49 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
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Romance → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Romance (2%).
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
#10765 of 12,127 · 10715 below RS #50
By genre
beats 79% of similar stories
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beats 33% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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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