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by arturspatuzzi
The corrupt empire didn't listen to her. The Witch will build her own.Katarina swore she'd never serve again after the Dominion of Vesmeria destroyed itself despite her pleas.The North had bigger plans for her, however.What started as a quiet retirement among the region's poorest creatures became a crown she never asked for—thousands of monster subjects, a fragile peace with werewolf tribes, and a war she can't afford to lose. Every treaty is a two-edged blade, and every ally comes with a price tag she's about to discover. The Witch of Winter rises—this time as Queen!New chapters: Wednesday and Saturday. - No AI was used in the writing of this story.- If you’re a professional digital artist and my work resonates with you, please contact me—I’m looking to commission illustrations and covers for the trilogy.
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, 05:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:09 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
79%
Two or more lists
72%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Drama → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy + Drama + Action (27%).
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
#1856 of 12,138 · 1806 below RS #50
By genre
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 4% of similar stories
beats 93% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.
