by The Wayfaring Scribe
On the eve of his baptism, a village boy is torn from the only life he has ever known and thrust into a hidden world of secrets, conspiracies, and forbidden truths. Here, the gods are nothing like the hymns proclaim. The earth itself still bleeds from an ancient wound, and every prayer may be a thread in a much darker design. Hunted by ruthless factions and confronted with the primal forces that shaped his world, he must choose: cling to the comforting lie he was raised to believe, or risk everything to uncover the real truth — a truth powerful enough to remake his world… or destroy it.
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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, 07:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 23 Oct 2026, 07:18 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 62% of similar stories
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needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
