
by BadBeaverComics
They survived dungeons, dragons, and certain death.Retirement nearly killed them. The plan was simple: 1) Retire 2) Do absolutely nothing dangerous 3) Definitely do not buy a tavern They failed step three almost immediately. After a night of poor decisions and even worse financial judgment, five retired adventurers wake up as the proud owners of a tavern in the quiet town of Sprite Sprint. Shortly after, they also become the former owners of that tavern. Now broke, in debt, and somehow banned from their own property, the Infernal Five are forced to do the one thing they swore they’d never do again: Take a job. What follows is a spectacular chain of bad choices, questionable heroics, and the growing realization that they may have been better at fighting monsters than managing their own lives. Because saving the world is one thing. Fixing your own mess? That’s a real challenge.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 23 Oct 2026, 22:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 23 Oct 2026, 22:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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