#Rune Factory Cecilia

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Happy Halloween!

Marvelous has released this special art to celebrate and I am losing my mind, they're all so cute!

The second set will be up soon.

Official site

(sorry they're different sizes btw, the original images are also different sizes 🙃)

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Cozytober - Day 16 - Book

...I'm scared of that book.

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RF1: Year 1 - Spring 24

I've found it! The source that makes me think there is a war going on between Elves and Humans (at least in the RF1 era).

On Spring 24, Raguna speaks to Tabatha in the general store. I think their conversation is quite interesting, so I'll quote it below: Tabatha: "Mr. Raguna, we really talked about a lot of things." Raguna: "Yeah, we did." Tabatha: "Mr. Raguna, talking to you, I really feel my belief that dwarves can be friends with humans can be realized." Raguna: "Tabatha, even though you are human, you always refer to people as “humans”. Isn’t that a little strange?" Tabatha: "Oh, didn’t I tell you? I’m an elf." Raguna: "What?" Tabatha: "It’s not the norm, but I’m working in the human world." Raguna: "I never would’ve guessed!" Tabatha: "That’s because I usually keep my ears covered!" Raguna: "I’m surprised…" Tabatha: "I’m sorry I surprised you. Even now you know I’m an elf, I hope we can still get along." Raguna: "Yes, of course we can." Firstly, I love that Raguna was curious enough to ask Tabatha why she speaks the way she does. He definitely got some bonus points Tabatha for being direct and asking her.

I also think it's sweet that Tabatha forgot that she didn't tell Raguna about her being an elf. I interpret her forgetfulness as stemming from how much she feels like she can be herself around Raguna. Or perhaps, she decided to experiment with Raguna's amnesia. If Raguna has forgotten everything about his past, wouldn't that make him kind of an adult human "blank slate"? Wouldn't he be the best way for her to get her answers about human nature?

Unfortunately, there aren't any events where we can see Tabatha speaking to anyone else but Raguna (except in the beginning with Bianca, but the scene is more about her than Tabatha). So, I'm not sure if she refers to humans as "humans" with anyone else.

But the big question remains: why does Tabatha cover her ears?

I think the main reason is that she wants to pass for a human as much as she can. That way, she can study them more closely and understand them on a deeper level. After all, humans surrounded by humans will always act naturally. She wouldn't have to worry about people treating her differently or her ears attracting unwanted attention.

But then, later that evening, Raguna visits Russell at the library after hours.

Russell confesses that Cecilia is his adopted daughter and that he found her on a battlefield in a distant land.

While this could mean that Russell used to be part of the Norad Army and participated in battles far to the north of Kardia against the Sechs Empire, I'm not sure if he would still call it a "distant land". If it were against the Sechs Empire, wouldn't he have just said so?

To me, it sounds like he's talking about a third land - Azuma (the East), or the Elven Kingdom. Considering that Cecilia is half-elf and half-human, I'm more inclined to believe that the "distant land" he's referring to is the Elven Kingdom.

What's more, the way Russell talks about war, seems to align pretty well with what Tabatha speaks about when she wishes for a world where all races and monsters could live in peace. Russell shares that "War made [him] hollow inside" and that only "this land, the books of our ancestors... and that child made [him] whole again".

Tabatha, possibly having become accustomed to hearing about or possibly even seeing human warriors, people like Russell who had become hollowed by war, I don't blame her for covering her ears.

On one hand, she could be doing so out of fear. But I believe that she came to Kardia to seek the truth, and as I said before, the more she blends in as a human, the more she can learn about them.

Additionally, Tabatha seems to be averse to fighters. Whenever Raguna heads off to the next cave, she asks things like "Are you a fighter or a farmer"? She always seems very intent on testing Raguna's nature, or asking him questions that would provoke him to explain his motives.

I'm sure I'll touch on this more later as we progress through the story!

** TABATHA ROMANCE SPOILERS BELOW **

This theory also supports Tabatha's true reason for coming to Kardia. If she could prove to the humans and elves that two individuals could love each other despite their race, maybe the war could slowly come to an end. It also helps that Raguna is an apt fighter and would make for an excellent human ambassador for her cause. Or, if I'm wrong about the war, at least she gets to be the bridge between humans, elves, dwarves, and monsters.

It's a little cliché/cheesy, but I like it.

** TABATHA ROMANCE SPOILERS END**

Row 24 goes to Tabatha and her bravery!

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Phew, it's finally out in the open. Thanks for reading this far if you're still here. If you can't tell, Tabatha's lines about peace have never left my brain, ever since I played the game as a kid!

One of my goals with this project was to sit down and ask myself the big questions about the Rune Factory universe. It's been so much fun creating fan theories about the franchise! Thanks again, everyone, who has come along with me on this journey so far!

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my contribution to rune factory 2 society, ruminating on how hilariously lackluster kyle's responses to being confessed to are

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Battle of the Gingers Wave 1 Preliminary Round #36

Whoever gets the most votes moves onto the next round

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Headcanon bachelorettes

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Part 2 of editing RF children portraits to match my favorite bachelorette/bachelor~

This time we have Rune Factory 2 and Cecilia!

I know that Aria and Aaron would technically be quarter elves, but Orland gets his elf ears when Jake marries Yue, so I think they deserve elf ears too (even though the ears were a pain as usual 😭). I always find it funny how the game treats Orland as more of an elf under these circumstances, even though they're both quarter elves.

I found Cecilia really entertaining. Her proposal is so odd, and I love it. I always collect round stones in RF4 because they remind me of her. I also love how she's a returning character from an earlier game, because it's fun to see her story expanded on. Her design is amazing too. Knowing my preference for Tabatha in RF1, I seem to have some sort of bias for elf maids (weird that it happened twice ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ )

(You can request an edit for your favorite bachelorette/bachelor from any game, if you're interested!)

Unedited images and Cecilia for reference under the cut

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🎶Makin' ur way in the world today takes everything ya got!🎶

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I wish I had a pair of loafers

Fun fact, I cosplayed her once

I really hated how I looked, and it was a whole Thing but now I wear the skirt really often

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if rune factorys so good why isnt there a rune factory 2(Special Edition for PC and Nintendo Switch)

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Dorothy and Cecilia!

Sourced from the official art book, cleaned up and edited by me, upscaled with waifu2x.

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Cozytober - Day 9 - Hay Ride

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RF1: Year 1 - Summer 4

In my opinion, the Clemens Cave era of Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is a pivotal point in the story's narrative.

At first, Godwin tells Raguna that he can't issue him the pass to Clemens Cave yet. This line had me scratching my head and wondering if Godwin's cave pass admission was being manipulated by someone else (a certain Sechs commander, perhaps?). He does not administrate the next pass because he wants Raguna "to settle down and live in our town". When the conversation started with "Wow there was another monster in Toros Cave? That's worrying." I don't think Raguna should be told to relax at a time like this!

Unless this is more about trust. Perhaps Godwin wants to lead his own investigations before throwing a poor young man with amnesia into another battle.

(We all know the real reason is so Cecilia has time to slip into Clemens Cave and go missing, adding another layer of danger to the caves). Regardless, I've always liked Godwin for his developing trust in Raguna throughout the game. Godwin seems like a character who thinks he can carry the world on his shoulders (huh, I wonder where Felicity gets it from), so it's nice to see him eventually let Raguna help out with some things.

When Cecilia goes missing, this is where the town's divided mentality is shown at its strongest. Half of the town is worried sick knowing that if Cecilia got lost in the cave, she could be in grave danger. The other half of the town laughs the situation off in a sort of "kids will be kids" manner. "She'll be back when she's hungry."

Turns out, the first half of town was right. Cecilia was trapped behind a locked trap door with no way out. When Raguna rescues her, there's a cute Raguna x Mist parenting moment which fueled my entire Raguna x Mist playthrough as a kid.

Mist says she has a "sixth sense" for "these kinds of things", it's how she knew where to find Cecilia. But as usual, she brushes off her declaration with a laugh. I'm convinced Mist knows way more than she lets on and plays dumb to avoid bigger questions. What exactly this "sixth sense" is, however, I'm not sure yet. I think it has something to do with the caves and monsters since she knows a lot about them. Maybe her "sixth sense" was just an itching feeling that Cecilia might be trapped behind "that one trap door in Clemens Cave".

Regardless, thanks to Cecilia, Raguna can now start to explore Clemens Cave!

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[ID: Screenshot of Rune Factory 3 showing dialogue between Marian and three dialogue options. She says to the Player Character, here named Link, “Hey, Link, what do you think love is?” Love is in blue.

The three possible response options read “It’s a sickness.”, “Blind?”, “All you need?”, and “A tennis score?”

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As ever, a shoutout to the localizers who worked on Rune Factory 3. (For the record, the character asking is the town doctor and also the town mad scientist. Marian will play into the bit no matter what you choose.)

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Jake and Cecilia redesigns… i didn’t know what to do for Ceci LOL. Tried to give them some RF4 style proportions