by mister 0
In a world governed by ancient laws, power always comes at a price, and empires hide secrets that were never written in any record.Oren is an ordinary archivist living a quiet life, until he discovers a mysterious document that leads him to something he cannot explain.As war breaks out, he finds himself drawn into a world of magic, secret organizations, ancient artifacts, and conflicts that go far beyond what people know about their world.The further Oren goes, the more he realizes that the history he knew was never complete—and that there are things hidden behind the order governing the world that no one was ever meant to discover.In a world like this, the truth itself may be the most dangerous thing you can find.
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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Mystery → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (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
#11781 of 12,174 · 11731 below RS #50
By genre
beats 76% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 28% 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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
