by tchan
In the year 2070, Europe has fallen under the absolute control of a radical, sweeping regime that enforces strict religious decrees through military force, reducing the native population to a disenfranchised minority forced to pay crushing, discriminatory taxes and practice their ancient faith in absolute secrecy within the shadows of their homes. As the light of the old world threatens to extinguish entirely, the primordial aspects of the Creator—Justice and Judgement—descend upon the restricted ruins of Stonehenge to shatter an ancient magical seal, awakening humanity's ultimate contingency plan: Merlin. Reawakened in the absolute prime of his power, the legendary magus wields a raw, old-world magic that fundamentally defies modern military machinery, turning him into an unstoppable phantom to the ruling tyrants and a beacon of hope to the underground resistance. Guided by this divine mandate, Merlin launches a systematic campaign across Britain and the European mainland to rally the faithful, forcing him to tap into the terrifying apex of his magical reservoir to save a dying world.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 05:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 05:08 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
22%
Two or more lists
12%
Likely threshold order: Contemporary → Comedy → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Contemporary (10%).
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
#5579 of 12,238 · 5529 below RS #50
By genre
beats 13% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 2% of similar stories
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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
