
by Of Rantings and Ramblings
Some destinies are big enough for even death to keep its distance. Reggie was not an important person, quite the opposite. He was the town lunatic, hated by all and less than an afterthought to the elves ruling over his people. That changed when he was killed to keep a secret, and his death didn't stick. Returning from the grave as a vampire, he scrambles to keep himself fed and living while trying to make sense of his new place in the world. But the fear of dying again quickly becomes secondary. It will take all of Reggie's will to maintain his humanity in a world that already thinks he's lost it. What to expect: - Weak to powerful MC- Slow burn- Heavy character writing and world-building- Kingdom building (EVENTUALLY)- A moral decline as our hero adjusts more and more to his new existence... Schedule: - Saturday- Sunday- Monday
#1
1/25/2026
Peak #28
16d
Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#6681 of 6,880 · 6631 below #50
By genre
beats 60% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 84% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Psychological Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 1.1k views/day — the story currently gets ~562.
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.