by Faultymind
Welcome to the continent of Atenna, a tenuous peace between the two major nations being threatened by war and schemes.this story follows Athénais, a Grand mage of Azurenth as she navigates the growing conflict. Athénais is a hermit, hiding away in her estate, practicing magics and doing medical research until she's called up by the royal family to solve any number of issues that arise. namely military incursions from the Empire of Benti. during one of her missions she comes across a team of scouts from the army and saves them and asks them to be her team.Will surrounding herself with friends and a team relieve her quiet misery? will solving her issues make her happy? is it all just hopeless in the end?(no probably not)This story has a bit of everything. it's very focused on interpersonal relationships. it has moments of intense action and drama. it has romance and found family.releasing every M/W/F
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, 08:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:09 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
5%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Romance → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama + Romance (1%).
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
#10248 of 12,176 · 10198 below RS #50
By genre
beats 91% of similar stories
beats 3% of similar stories
beats 27% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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.
