
by The Silent Snail
The world died in 2092.A decade of civil war turned the cities to ash. The sky became a permanent, bruised purple ceiling. In a final act of desperation, a collapsing empire opened a sealed bunker. They unleashed dark monsters. The absolute shadows slaughtered indiscriminately and left behind a grey-ash wasteland.Now, survival belongs to the ruthless.An ancient, emerald forest oasis defies the frozen plains. Here, the remnants of humanity are divided. Heavy mercenaries hoard concrete bunkers. An elite, powerful forest faction rules the high canopies.A long-buried relic has just been uncovered. An ancient prophecy is waking up. The shadows are beginning to hunt again. Gift or curse, the power takes hold of ordinary sight and crushes it. Few could predict this anomaly. Even fewer will survive it. The world is already on the brink. These survivors won't be normal anymore.
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, 06:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:28 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
3%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Tragedy → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Tragedy (3%).
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
#7281 of 12,157 · 7231 below RS #50
By genre
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