by SHADOW RANK
At Noctis Vale Academy, every student is assigned a rank. A number that determines opportunity.A number that shapes reputation.A number that can decide a person's future. When Kael Ardyn arrives, he receives the impossible designation: Rank #999. The lowest rank in the academy's history. With no past records, no entrance evaluation, and no explanation for his admission, Kael quickly becomes the center of quiet suspicion. While classmates dismiss him as a failure, hidden observers buried beneath the academy begin watching his every move. Because Kael was never meant to be here. As psychological evaluations, strategic competitions, and dangerous secrets unfold, Kael discovers that Noctis Vale Academy is more than a school—it is an experiment where every decision is recorded, every choice has consequences, and someone is always watching. Not every mystery deserves an answer. Not every truth should be uncovered. Welcome to Shadow Rank. Genres:Psychological Mystery • Academy Fantasy • Strategy • Slow Burn • Action
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 19:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 19:38 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
9%
Two or more lists
6%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Mystery → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Mystery + Action + Fantasy (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
#1407 of 4,358 · 1357 below RS #50
By genre
beats 44% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 9% 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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
