by Trevor89
Nicolas Watson never asked to be a hero. One moment, he was living an ordinary life on Earth. The next, he awoke in another world surrounded by the bodies of 171 people who had sacrificed themselves to summon him. The people of Aeraya call Nicolas a Chosen—one of the few humans capable of standing against the Darkness, the ancient enemy that returns to plague Velanthar once a century. Nicolas calls it kidnapping. Trapped in a world he barely understands, Nicolas must decide what—if anything—he owes the people who stole his old life to save their own. Then he meets Meredith. Powerful, mysterious, she offers what his summoners refused: A choice. Her only question is simple. What do you desire?
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:08 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
5%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Drama → Fantasy → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Drama (2%).
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
#4331 of 4,806 · 4281 below RS #50
By genre
beats 36% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 77% 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.
