by KaelAndVex
Kael is an 18 year old boy, who has found a curious baby earth dragon, tagged, Vex. Feeling sorry for Vex, he takes him in, traveling the world together as an adventurer. One day, they find themselves face to face with a mysterious ghostly black dragon with red eyes. After the frightening encounter, Kael finds himself gifted with the power of the dragon, in exchange, every time he used the powers, he loses himself more and more. Meanwhile, the duo come across a town where people have mysteriously been disappearing, never to be seen again. Kael and Vex vow to solve the mystery. But can he save the town and himself or will he have to chose the townsfolk's safety over his own?
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 21 Oct 2026, 12:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 21 Oct 2026, 12:58 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 54% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
