by Darkstep
All I wanted in life was a nice, quiet life, you know? Guard the walls, fight a battle every few months, get married, have kids. Just a normal guard doing normal guard things. But noooo. My father had to be drinking buddies with Lord Alimnot and now I'm neck-deep in politics, nobles, assassinations, schemes and plans I can't even begin to decipher. I blame Corvin. He's always been a magnet of trouble and now I'm stuck protecting the smartass. Good thing hammers fix most problems.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 13:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 13:08 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.
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Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
