
by StudioBunBug
Mother Ecumenical Voice has a problem, and his name is allegedly Anthony Frost. He saved her life, and now he’s her demented pen pal until he can “cash in” the debt of honor. Meanwhile, his occupation brings him into direct, repeated conflict with her own. The kind with swords and gouts of fire sorcery. Meanwhile, she’s trying to get through each day, living in a high fantasy world where faith is fact and razzing the resident paladin is all in an evening’s fun. What to expect: Potato chip chapters six days a week, somewhat episodic especially after the first book. One week between books. A hero/villain romance in denial about itself, buried under moral rectitude on one end and reflexive insincerity on the other. Also an organic QPR, which if you don’t know what that is shouldn’t trouble you. High fantasy violence, things die but there isn’t any dwelling on gore. The magic system has checks and balances based out of FATE but isn’t litRPG. Philosophical discussion based in fictitious religions using actual Scripture, mixed liberally with snark from a diverse supporting cast. Relatively slow-burn, the first main arc is ~360 chapters or about 1,300 pages. Reliable updates: The first arc is complete.
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, 04:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:18 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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Romance → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (1%).
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
#9698 of 12,416 · 9648 below RS #50
By genre
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Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.