![Deities & Dragons: Hell's Paladin [LitRPG]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2Fmake-deities-dragons-great-again-aaaangtahk.jpg%3Ftime%3D1788279222&w=640&q=75)
by d20Leiken
Courtney prayed for a hero. Hell answered. He’s a building contractor, recently escaped from Hell, armed with an M4 carbine, a sacred sword, and a pocket full of explosives. Now he’s been drafted by an archangel as Courtney’s paladin in a deadly real-world RPG. Courtney is the player. Daniel is the piece on the board. The game master? A fallen angel with a cruel sense of humor. Hunted by monsters, rival players, and an increasingly confused and heavily armed Chicago police force, Courtney and Daniel must learn to trust each other. Bound together by a secret neither understands, neither can survive the game alone. In this game, losing doesn’t mean “game over.” It means dead. Books 1, 2, and 3 are already written! Expect a rapid, consistent release schedule. What to Expect: LitRPG with old-school D&D-inspired mechanics. A player/character dual-protagonist story. Dark comedy, satire, and supernatural horror. Angels, demons, gods, and monsters interfering in the game. Real-world Chicago locations twisted into fantasy encounters. Tactical combat, character progression, spells, loot, and leveling. Strong character relationships alongside the actionA larger mystery about who is really running the game—and why.
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, 05:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:28 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
0%
Likely threshold order: Action → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (2%).
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
#9937 of 12,145 · 9887 below RS #50
By genre
beats 95% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 55% 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.