
by Nowgames
The stars have whispered of a traveler untouched by the hands of gods. But what are gods to Aurora, whose purpose lies beyond them? With a body built for combat and a mind cold as ice— spear pointed at Heaven— Aurora will blaze her own path. Be it gods, monsters, machines beyond comprehension, the mystical Iter infesting the galaxy, or abominations from a different plane of reality— she shall pierce them all. Her blood may burn. Her bones may turn to dust. Yet the path forward still stands. As the dawn of a new age approaches, Aurora sets out on a journey to recover an enigmatic artifact. And once she grasps the crown that holds the origin of all things— what shall she do? But the galaxy is more than it's battles. And Aurora is more than a weapon. The Crown she seeks may hold answers she's been running from— answers about what she is, where she came from, and why she can't touch the power everyone else commands. I'd like to clarify my AI usage. I mostly use it to organize my ideas (Not in any creative way), and to a limited extent to fix grammar. However, even that is limited, as I don't like AI influencing or mutating my ideas. As English is not my first language, there will be mistakes. This also isn't my first story. I have already published a story on the internet before; however, I experienced burnout and abandoned it. I want to be clear: I will try to finish this story, but if I abandon it halfway through, I'm sorry. Now onto the fun part—this story is inspired by a few games, stories, and mythologies. It also explores aspects of low fantasy and low sci-fi; however, there may be elements that would be more common in high fantasy and high sci-fi.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 03:38 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
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Mystery → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (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
#3236 of 12,407 · 3186 below RS #50
By genre
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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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.