King Helgi

by WeatherViking

ProgressionGrimdarkMale LeadSecret IdentityTragedy

Shadow rank ~227–273 in Tragedy↓28

A dark fantasy novel drawn from the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Before a man becomes truly dangerous, something is taken. A home A family A legacy King Helgi lost it all. From the author of The Dark Cry of Aristid and Middle-Aged Man in a Trash Can.

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Current Rank

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Peak Rank

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Followers

Story Timeline

Started

1mo ago

Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

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Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~45%635

deep field · ~#3518 of 7,628 · 3468 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.1

vs #50 follower pace-74/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters

Views

584

12.4 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 95% of similar stories

Followers

–

not enough data yet

Favorites

–

Traffic (last 30d)16 views/day

beats 14% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Improvingrecent 12.4/1k vs lifetime 10.3/1k

Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck

Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.

At this conversion, the Tragedy Rising Stars bar (≈0 new followers/day) costs about 29 views/day — the story currently gets ~16.

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.