by deffnote
Sixteen years before the Holy Theocracy prophesied hero, a child is born in the harsh frontier of the Iron Dominion. He should have been nothing more than another commoner in a land ruled by industry, steel, and survival. But the moment he first opens his eyes, memories from another life awaken within him. Now, in a world of monsters, adventurers, and endless frontiers, he is given something he never had before: a body strong enough to fight, run, and live freely. Mercenaries, explorers, and monster hunters carve their legends into the history of the Dominion. Starting from the lowest ranks, he takes on dangerous contracts, ventures into unexplored lands, and slowly earns a reputation among those who survive by the blade. Because in the Iron Dominion, legends are not chosen by prophecy. They are forged in iron. Chapters release every Tuesday @12pm EST
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 15 Oct 2026, 17:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 15 Oct 2026, 17:18 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
3%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (2%).
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
#2238 of 2,704 · 2188 below RS #50
By genre
beats 71% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 1% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
