
by JBGregory
When power chooses a boy, the fate of worlds will depend on what he chooses to become. In a universe scarred by an ancient war between godlike beings of light and shadow, the final breath of a dying king unleashed Vigor across the stars—an invisible power that now chooses human champions to continue a war older than creation itself. For nearly a thousand years, the Sacers held the darkness at bay. But beyond the borders of the United Homeworlds, the brutal Erini have risen, worshiping power above all things and forging warriors through blood and slaughter. As forgotten prophecies awaken and the mysterious power known as the Passing searches for its next heir, young warriors, kings, and monsters alike will discover a terrifying truth: the ancient war between the Lumenus and Noctus never ended… it merely found new hands to wield their weapons.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 06:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 06:58 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
3%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (3%).
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
#7485 of 12,276 · 7435 below RS #50
By genre
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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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.