The Journal of Radu Ardelean (Noctis 6.5)

by rkgoff

FantasyHistoricalLow FantasyMale LeadShort Story

Rising Stars:Historical #37 Short story #5

On Rising Stars: Historical #37

Banned from fighting by the Torr, the refugee known as Radu Laine must find another way to serve the Allies in World War I. He volunteers at a British Red Cross hospital in France, but when the position becomes too dangerous for him, he retreats into the chaos of the Western Front. This novella, set in the Noctis universe, follows Radu’s painful journey as he’s forced to calculate the cost of war and doing what he believes is right.

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Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

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Rating Breakdown

Overall4.96

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Streak History

Current

9/4/2026

Peak #26

27d

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #3

51d

#24

8/11/2026

Peak #26

18d

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8/8/2026

Peak #30

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8/7/2026

Peak #50

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

~#4255687

#4255 of 12,417 · 4205 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-66/wk

Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%

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By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 5–9 chapters

Views

6.5k

11.5 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 89% of similar stories

Followers

0.51 favs / follower

beats 83% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)15 views/day

beats 71% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Improvingrecent 11.5/1k vs lifetime 9.4/1k

Firing on all cylinders

Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.