by SteffenHenriksen
Fia has been blind for her entire life, and after years of illness, she finally loses consciousness in a hospital bed. When she wakes, she is no longer in the hospital. Cold stone surrounds her. Strange blue streams of energy run through the walls, and for the first time in her life, Fia experiences something she has never known before—a strange sense of...sight? But she soon discovers that she is not alone. Something has awakened inside the labyrinth with her. With no idea where she is, how she got there, or what awaits her. Fia has only one choice: Learn how to survive. And for the first time in her life, being blind may not be her greatest weakness. The Blind Descend is a progression fantasy that centers sensory adaptation, careful skill growth, and the quiet determination of a woman who refuses to remain helpless. It blends LitRPG systems with grounded sensory writing, slow-burn mystery, and a steadily evolving partnership.
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, 15:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 15:58 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
0%
Likely threshold order: Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Fantasy (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
#2536 of 4,421 · 2486 below RS #50
By genre
beats 25% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 49% 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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
