by Friendlyghost4444
Our sky, the sky of those who live underground, had never brought us fear. Then metal began falling from it. Not the kind we, who live in the depths, are familiar with. It was a strange metal, drilled through and assembled into terrifying humanoid shapes. Some spoke to us in human voices, begging us to end their suffering, while others were already falling apart. Panic broke out among the citizens. What on earth is going on? Who is sending us this weird steel, with an aura as if it didn't come from this world? Who is poisoning our homeland and the minds of my people? As a general, I will have to find out. I cannot let my homeland or my queen down. Whoever is responsible for my country's suffering will pay for it, even if I have to go to hell with them.
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, 03:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 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
7%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Mystery → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (4%).
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
#11131 of 12,407 · 11081 below RS #50
By genre
beats 92% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 1% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
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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.
