by Dazeli
When the skies burned and the dragon came, Luken lost everything. His family, his home, his faith. Now, years later, the once-holy knight of the Eagle Order walks the scorched earth as a Paladin of vengeance, hunting the creature that destroyed his world. But the war between light and fire is never simple. With each victory, Luken feels the divine light within him fade… replaced by something darker, hungrier. Every oath he swore becomes a chain. Every prayer echoes hollow. In a world where the last embers of faith are dying, he must face a truth no blade can cut through: To destroy monsters, one must become one. Over 200 Chapters available! New chapters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Disclaimer: (Most) Cover Arts generated with AI
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, 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
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Two or more lists
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Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Main → Adventure → Fantasy.
Leading bundle: Drama (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
#8777 of 12,409 · 8727 below RS #50
By genre
beats 92% of similar stories
beats 39% of similar stories
beats 14% of similar stories
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 150+ 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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