by Ishan Sengupta
At Blackthorn Academy of Magic, students are trained in a world where magic is not simply a gift—it is a dangerous force that demands strength, discipline, and sacrifice. Among them is a calm, rude, and ruthless young wizard whose abilities appear merely average at first. He keeps his distance from others, follows his own rules, and refuses to be intimidated by those around him. But as strange incidents begin occurring within the academy, rivalries turn dangerous, friendships are tested, and secrets buried beneath Blackthorn slowly begin to surface. Caught between magic, mystery, romance, betrayal, and increasingly deadly conflicts, he finds himself drawn into events far beyond ordinary academy life. And as his abilities continue to evolve, one question becomes impossible to ignore: How far will he go to become the strongest? BLACKTHORN: DARK ASCENSION is a dark fantasy saga of magic, ambition, relationships, mystery, and power—where every choice has a price.
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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Romance → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Romance + Action (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
#6015 of 12,157 · 5965 below RS #50
By genre
beats 43% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 38% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
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.
