The Crusade of Damnation

by Grekuri

Action Adventure HistoricalActionAdventureHistorical

Shadow rank ~251–297 in Historical↑5

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

#48

Peak Rank

#17

Followers

112

+22

Story Timeline

Started

1y ago

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Entered Historical RS

6mo ago

#17 Historical

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Entered Historical RS

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#50 Historical

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#39 Historical

4mo ago

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Ranking History

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Overall5.00

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Streak History

#32

8/13/2026

Peak #48

#31

7/30/2026

Peak #48

#30

7/24/2026

Peak #43

#29

7/16/2026

Peak #47

#28

7/15/2026

Peak #50

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 01:18 UTC

Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 01:18 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~98%539

deep field · ~#7440 of 7,531 · 7390 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.1

vs #50 follower pace-68/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

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

Views

20k

4.2 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 84% of similar stories

Followers

112

0.62 favs / follower

beats 99% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)16 views/day

beats 1% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Coolingrecent 4.2/1k vs lifetime 5.5/1k

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.

At this conversion, the Historical Rising Stars bar (≈0 new followers/day) costs about 34 views/day — the story currently gets ~16.

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.