by BellaRed
Isaac Althem knows three things for certain: the eyes staring back from broken glass are red, his mother's prayers to a goddess go unanswered, and the holy city of Meltican decided what he is before he could talk. Now he wants the truth behind his curse. Somewhere beyond the temples and the gods, older powers are already listening for his tune.The story is a bit of a slow-burn, with a planned trajectory.i'll Upload at least once every 3 days. so stay Tuned (hehe get it?).
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, 02:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:49 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
5%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Drama → Mystery → Romance → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Drama + Mystery + 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
#7495 of 12,412 · 7445 below RS #50
By genre
beats 98% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 32% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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