
by puddles4263
Kirkland Albion cheats, bullies, and boozes his way across the Lor Kingdom with the intensity of a resentful child. When his golden good looks and bluster fail, the Albion Family name gets him out of trouble. But that name also suffocates him. He must become a Conduit. If he is not a Conduit, he may as well be dead. The ceremony is successful, but the resulting Archetype is a disappointment: a common Spark Mage. Plus, the expectations for an Albion never cease: he must now go to a backwater Hold and prove himself. Desperate and drunk, Kirkland strolls into his first Rift sneering. He experiences a miracle, but with a steep cost. Kirk wakes up to the smell of blood and not the faintest memory of who he once was. With fresh eyes, Kirk discovers Peakhold around him. He experiences the alien energies and dangers of the Rift. He witnesses the might of Archetypes, the powers wielded by Conduits. And he discovers that he didn't only lose his memory during the accident. He has earned a second Archetype. Yet no one believes him; they've all heard the rumors about the disappointment of the Albion Family. Alone and misunderstood, Kirk Albion will endeavor to find his place in the Lor Kingdom. And in the end, he will discover that, sometimes, all you need to make the world a better place is the willingness to try something new. ****** Release Schedule: Two a day, Monday/Wednesday/Friday
#8
9/4/2026
Peak #49
2d
#7
9/3/2026
Peak #49
0d
#6
8/11/2026
Peak #5
23d
#5
8/11/2026
Peak #5
27d
#4
8/11/2026
Peak #5
22d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 23:38 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (1%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#5071 of 12,489 · 5021 below RS #50
By genre
beats 53% of similar stories
beats 4% of similar stories
beats 95% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.