
by Keeper of the Tales
Allister Rose is nobody of importance, much to his dismay. All his life longing for an escape from the shadow that seems cast over his entire existence. A flawed, egotistical, ambitious scion, he would call himself, even then agrandizing his terrible struggle. Though in truth, what drives him, behind walls he puts up even to himself, is far more than glorylust, and he is both not half the tragic figure he would call himself, and simultaneously more than he'd ever admit. At last, then, comes the opportunity for change; Sixteen years of age, like all others, he receives his Class: none other than the Warlock. Things finally picking up, he is swept off to nowhere but an academy of his peers, Greystone. Swiftly embroiled in nefarious plots, he rejoices. For what is a self-described avaricious, lazy, prideful, incredibly good-looking teen to do with nightmarish eldritch powers? Themes and Such: • Flawed, self-aware MC wants to be a main character • Lots of monologuing, MC is not a people person • In-depth magic system • Morally questionable magic powers • Horror of the eldritch and psychological variety • Ocean deep worldbuilding, drip fed through the eye of a needle This is the rewrite of the original story, under the same name. MWF update schedule.
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, 04:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:49 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
43%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (40%).
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
#6657 of 12,127 · 6607 below RS #50
By genre
beats 86% of similar stories
beats 1% of similar stories
beats 72% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.