by William Hastings - TGR
Broken Souls. Whole Together. Leo is a boy grieving his twin. Nea is a girl living as a boy to escape her past. Two slaves, each carrying their own scars and secrets journey across a broken archipelago built on human cruelty.Leo becomes apprentice to a vagabond swordsman and together the two set out to find a stolen weapon locked away in a city of the dead. But what is his new teacher hiding? Tormented by a crippling injury, Leo must find the strength within himself to keep going despite all that he has lost.Nea is conscripted by the Captain of the Royal Guard, who ropes her into the search for a group of revolutionaries hunting a boy matching Leo’s description. But to Nea’s dismay, the Captain is a woman and Nea must fight past her own self-hatred if she ever hopes to earn her freedom.As a cataclysmic war looms, Leo and Nea are forced to choose sides. They must confront the horror of their past and fight for the greatest freedom of all, freedom from the fear that rules their hearts.A story about innocence lost and family found. Book One of Vagabond Legacy.
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Rank updated 21 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 21 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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beats 13% of similar stories
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Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
