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by theonewhoisodd
Surviving in a world that runs on mana is not easy for someone without a drop of magic. For Finn Stradis, that’s just everyday life. Born without mana, Finn has struggled all his life with simple tasks. Despite the challenges, he’s managed to get by. But in order to thrive, there is only one path to get there: become an adventurer. The Kingdom of Tellus is dangerous outside of the cities; dungeons spawn in packed with monsters, and their sole instinct is to break out and slaughter everything they come across. It will be even more perilous for someone who can only use half-forgotten, non-magical medicine. Doubly so, because Tellus’s elderly king has allowed the Province of Athos’s Adventuring Guild to run rampant with corruption. When his first dungeon dive goes wrong, Finn finds himself badly injured and bonded to a sentient sword whose origins are myth. Worst of all, the Guild uses his injury to expel him from their ranks. Cut off from their resources, Finn must team up with his father, his childhood friend, and a chaotic artificer who can’t seem to avoid explosions. Together they’ll break the corrupt Guild’s stranglehold on the province or die trying. Updates Monday Wednesday and Friday! Average 2,500 word chapters.This story is only available on Royal Road, if you find it anywhere else it has been pirated. Please send me a private message if you find it anywhere else.
#7
9/13/2026
Peak #50
0d
#6
9/12/2026
Peak #48
0d
#5
9/2/2026
Peak #43
9d
#4
9/1/2026
Peak #50
0d
#3
8/24/2026
Peak #50
0d
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
41%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (39%).
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
#6023 of 12,167 · 5973 below RS #50
By genre
beats 95% of similar stories
beats 66% of similar stories
beats 56% 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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