by Salo_Netzlow
IN A WORLD WHERE MAGIC IS PUNISHABLE BY THE NOOSE, A SERVANT WITH A FORBIDDEN GIFT BECOMES A WEAPON OF REBELLION.Katja, a servant of the prestigious Maiden Tower, hides a lethal secret. In the gritty city of Theed, practicing magic is a death sentence. For years, Katja has kept her head down, using her forbidden kinetic gifts only in secret to manipulate the dust, brooms, and grime of her daily labor.But her carefully ordered world unravels when she is caught in the crossfire of a deadly conspiracy. On one side are the decadent, corrupt nobility she serves. On the other is a secret society of thieves plotting a bloody revolution.As the lines between ally and enemy blur, Katja is dragged into a web of political espionage and intricate magic. To survive, she can no longer just hide in the shadows. She must unlock the true, devastating potential of her power and choose between compliance, freedom, or becoming the ultimate weapon of the rebellion: a Dustmage.In a city that hunts her kind, Katja’s gift could be the key to her survival—or the spark that burns the empire to the ground.
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, 09:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 09:08 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
5%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Adventure + Action + Fantasy (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
#7545 of 12,195 · 7495 below RS #50
By genre
beats 87% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 54% 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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
