![A Tale of Stone and Vine [Dark Romantasy - Slow Burn]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2Fa-tale-of-stone-and-vine-dark-romantasy-aadax8qoabk.jpg%3Ftime%3D1788127014&w=640&q=75)
by DaisyPickmore
In the crumbling remains of a half-ruined city, once ruled by an organisation called The Order, comprised of beings of inhuman power, a resistance is growing against the tyrannical reign of the mortal Kings who overthrew them. The grim-faced assassin of this resurgence works from the shadows, trusting no one as he works in pursuit of his clandestine goal.. but will the mysterious arrival of a half-dead stranger throw his carefully laid plans into dissaray? Suspicion, lack of resources, and the ever looming present of the Kings cult, The Faithful, threaten to tear the fragile bloom of the reformed Order out by the roots, but can the unlikeliest of loves be the anchor point that saves it from becoming just another tragic saga in the cities bloody history? A Tale of Stone and Vine follows our questionable heroes in their flawed pursuits of justice, of freedom, and through betrayals that no one saw coming.
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, 07:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:58 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
19%
Two or more lists
12%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Romance → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Mystery + Romance (8%).
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
#465 of 12,174 · 415 below RS #50
By genre
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Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.