by MPoulloin
Exiled for a crime he didn't commit, Blue has spent three years forgotten in a remote western castle, drowning his past in wine and sarcasm. But when the King begins to die and the heir to the throne vanishes, Blue is summoned back into a kingdom that betrayed him to undertake a mission that could change the fate of an empire. Far from the shores of Damansia, the Aurelian siblings Maya and Arlo have become prisoners in a foreign land. Exiles from their home, they must fight to survive as their lives become entangled with the same conflict threatening to tear the empire apart. An epic fantasy of loyalty, betrayal, war, and the search for home.
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Rank updated 22 Oct 2026, 23:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 22 Oct 2026, 23:58 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
