
by AidanHally
[Updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.] Have you ever considered your own death? One night George, venerable and very certain that he is not for the world much longer, wakes as a Returned - a living skeleton, embodying the death he was so sure of. Ryan, a young man uncertain of his place in the world or if he even has one, wakes as a Shifter - uncertain of true form, but with myriad potential ones. These two unconnected men who have lived oddly parallel lives found themselves on the internet for similar reasons. Neither of them were connected to the world of an old, cult online game with brutally realistic travel and a merciless, high-mortality setting, but both find themselves embroiled in an incident where millions of people find themselves waking up in the world of that game, and true to form, that world is trying to kill them. Even as both have at some time considered their own demise, here, in Memoria, death is not the end. What to expect: - 3x weekly updates - Tabletop-inspired portal fantasy GameLit -A fully designed, carefully crafted character sheet for the PoV characters -A story about memories and self-actualisation -A lovable ensemble cast
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 03:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 03:28 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 58% of similar stories
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beats 41% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.