by Kevin Heller
In the 2nd century AD fierce, brutal and brilliant Roman General Marcus Statius Priscus serves the Empire in a way like no other general does. He travels from province to province and confronts demons, ghouls, vampires and other creatures that have been summoned by locals to defy Roman rule. Partly based on the actual history of Marcus Statius Priscus this story is told from the perspective of his diaries and letters sent to his father and wife. The creatures and demons Priscus deals with are from myths and legends of the Roman provinces he served in and would have been known in those times.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 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
11%
Two or more lists
7%
Likely threshold order: Historical → Horror → Fantasy → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Historical + Horror (6%).
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
#7831 of 12,356 · 7781 below RS #50
By genre
beats 18% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 12% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
