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by Joroboros
I am the strongest creature in these tunnels… at least, that’s what I believed until something beyond my comprehension destroyed my territory. I am a serpent at the top of the food chain. A master at threading through the rifts of distorted space. So now that sapience forces its way into my mind, why am I facing so many problems? It is worse than the lack of proper challenge given by other predators of the warped tunnels in recent memory.No longer do I have a territory to waste away time; destroyed by a spaceless being. All I can do now, is search for an escape from the distorted caverns before the world collapses on them. Is there anything beyond? Will I find a challenge? I will have to see. What to Expect:- Snake protagonist. (non-human/non-humanoid. And will not gain a human form)- Inhuman mindset. (but not totally monstrous/evil)- Strong MC. (but emotionally inexperienced)- Spatial distortions and manipulation. (The snake swims through portals) Note: This is a project I’ve wanted to work on for a while now. A progression fantasy xenofiction following an actual monster gaining sapience, rather than a human reincarnating, which are much more common. I want to explore the truly inhuman mindset of a creature that is given the same breadth of emotions as people. This is not a story of blind action and slaughter (though there is some of that), this is a story focusing on the personal growth of a character that is by all definitions monstrous. Cover Art by Misty (@lil_mistake): IG Fiverr
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:18 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
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Adventure (0%).
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
#5667 of 12,409 · 5617 below RS #50
By genre
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Readers arrive, few stick
Traffic is strong, but conversion trails comparable stories. The usual suspects are the blurb, the cover and the opening chapters — fixing the hook multiplies everything the existing traffic brings.
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.
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