The Crusade of Damnation

by Grekuri

ActionAdventureHistorical

On Rising Stars: Historical #45

Hey there friends. I have been writing a historical novel for some time now. A historical fiction novel about the fourth Crusade and it's impact on the Byzantine Empire. I am planning to develop my idea in to a trilogy. It has violence so i will characterize it as mature content.

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Current Rank

#45

Peak Rank

#17

Followers

115

Story Timeline

Started

1y ago

Tracking

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#17 Historical

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Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

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Rating Breakdown

Overall5.00

StyleN/A

StoryN/A

GrammarN/A

CharacterN/A

Streak History

Current

9/30/2026

Peak #45

#35

9/23/2026

Peak #45

#34

8/28/2026

Peak #46

#33

8/25/2026

Peak #47

#32

8/13/2026

Peak #48

Shared RS Climb

Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.

Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank

~#12380690

#12380 of 12,407 · 12330 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-65/wk

Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%

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Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 50–149 chapters

Views

22k

2.6 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 71% of similar stories

Followers

115

0.60 favs / follower

beats 99% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)26 views/day

beats 3% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Coolingrecent 2.6/1k vs lifetime 5.3/1k

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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.