by Benjamine Barnhart
After fleeing her childhood home due to accusations of witchcraft, a down-on-her-luck mercenary crosses paths with a mysterious caravan that offers her a contract too good to refuse. As danger closes in and her latent magic begins to stir, Morwyn is forced to confront the truth of who she is: not just a sword for hire, but a part of something far bigger than she ever imagined. Haunted by rejection while she discovers what it means to truly belong, she must decide whether she’s still running... or finally coming home.
#4
7/13/2026
Peak #41
6d
#3
6/21/2026
Peak #43
7d
#2
6/21/2026
Peak #50
0d
#1
6/20/2026
Peak #50
0d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:19 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
49%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Romance → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (46%).
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
#5218 of 12,155 · 5168 below RS #50
By genre
beats 76% of similar stories
beats 56% of similar stories
beats 86% of similar stories
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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
