by B.Dante
The Ancient has slept, dormant at the edge of a dead universe. Now they are awake, bored, and eager to watch legends bleed. From the edge of time, an eternal being peers into the storm of history, searching for stories worthy of their attention. Heroes rise. Monsters kill. Gods fall. Chronicle of the Ancient is a dark fantasy anthology following warriors, fools, spellcasters, devils, dragons, fey, and broken heroes across a world teetering on the edge of catastrophe. A blacksmith’s son battles gods to decide the fate of the world.A swordsman chases perfection and finds humiliation instead.A fey princess leads foolish men to their doom. And The Ancient watches it all... What to expect: - Linked fantasy anthology arcs - Recurring heroes and evolving legends - Mythic action and dark humour - Found-family chaos - Dragons, devils, gods, fey - A cosmic narrator Release schedule:New chapters Wednesdays 10am AEST
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, 07:19 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:19 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: Drama → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (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
#11069 of 12,167 · 11019 below RS #50
By genre
beats 41% of similar stories
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beats 41% 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 20–49 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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