#rf1 cecilia

[lilaroxa]

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!

[kardia-library-official]

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

[runefactorynonsense]

Cozytober - Day 16 - Book

...I'm scared of that book.

[kendricksilver]

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

[ihm-bread]

i havent answered that survey bc i dont actually know what my type is...

so instead im gonna list off a bunch of characters from games i remember playing either to marriage or were pursuing and yall can figure out my type for me

a wonderful life (original): cecilia (to be fair ive married each of the girls at least once but i think ive married her the most

another wonderful life: rock

sos wonderful life: molly

a new beginning: i dont remember possibly allen, i never got far and i learned from tumblr hes pretty awful so if i ever go back idk who im picking

animal parade: i THINK i was gonna go for the wizard, i never really go for the ones that require extra work

ds cute: skye, i lied

sunshine island: vaughn, i barely even remember this game

friends of mineral town: popuri

more friends of mineral town: kai (pretty sure?)

sos mineral town: honestly idk i think at first rick but i might change my mind if i play again

tale of two towns: honestly i dont know

trio of towns: i have barely played this one and havent met like...most of the characters

sos: raeger

tree of tranquility: julian, like the only non awl hm/sos game i got married in

poot: iori

sun haven: liam

rf1: possibly melody? i havent played rf1 in yearsss and i dont think i got too far

rf3: pia, this goes for the remake as well tho i havent gotten that far yet

tod: probably aden, i never got far enough to even unlock the female player but man...what a bummer of choices...

rf4: originally i think i was going for doug but ive been slightly spoiled on things so, as for the remake idk....ive just been doing wahtever

rf5: i have NO idea in that i am interested in way too many characters possibly murakumo or ryker, tho i like ludmilla as well...if only i wasnt too lazy to do multiple runs

mistria: march, so far at least

stardew: seb was my first choice and i got really close, i also had files for sam, harvey (specifically bc of the monster mod), and emily and i cant remember my other runs...but my current is the only time i actually made it to marriage and i married elliot mostly bc i was just seeing who had the most hearts

palia: tbh they dont really interest me....i guess the robot one is ok

elnea: is it even worth counting this one? idk how different the characters act...i know theres like 64? personality types but whatever timothy from the keown state

portia: i literally almost forgot but also i....i dunno? havent really gotten too attached to any of them from my memory

[runeyseason]

Hi this is the same person who asked how reserves work, I have another question :) I looked around and I didn't see this mentioned anywhere but I want to know how the timeline works here since the games take place over a lot of time and 5 is several decades after 4 ?

hi again!!! feel free to ask as many questions as you want!! i like answering them.

that is a good one too, i'm surprised i forgot to actually mention it anywhere. So basically, here's how the timeline works:

It doesn't.

(Okay, it DOES, but that's the best way I can think of for how to put this). Effectively, we're... handwaving it? But not handwaving it, exactly -- the timeline still very much exists, and each game exists at its own time across the many decades RF spans, but it's something that doesn't really matter unless you want it to. Think of it like how there's an official drama CD track of all the protagonists across the series interacting: they can, so they do! Everyone can interact across the forum or, if they get the chance, in person, so they do! Why not!

Of course, people can actually go into timeline stuff if they want to write it out and explore and how the people they're interacting with are different from how they know them (ex. RF2-era Cecilia interacting with any RF1 characters, or Doug and / or Margaret from RF4 interacting with RF5 ones, or anything involving the DSCs considering. the DSCs. and also how Porcoline, Bianca, & Electra are around the same age group when you put the timeline together, etc.!)

But for the sake of what's ultimately a casual group: it doesn't matter unless you want it to. ty for the question! <3

[forestofbeginnings]

[ Rune Factory Comic Anthology ]

Comic Six Part Two

[rinofwater]

😢😢😢 HELP SHE'S TOO CUTE!

[amethystmoon420]

You said farewell,  and I thought we’d never see each other again. I’m so glad fate thought otherwise.

Joined @runefactorysecretsanta again this year, and got to work on some Nicholas/Cecilia for @unapologeticbisexual! I hope you like your gift!

I had a lot of fun drawing these two! \(^o^)/ They’re super adorable together. It makes me wanna try and finish RF1 again just to see more of them interacting. 

[lilaroxa]

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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[kardia-library-official]

My RF1 library blorbos + Joanna Newsom + angsty fic = my version of pure self-indulgent writing bliss. Ahh!

"Holding a child, oh, ain't it nice Ain't it wild and sweet to the verge of anguish? Ain't it absurd, I do not have words It is not for a lack of language"

[runefactorynonsense]

Cozytober - Day 9 - Hay Ride

[wishvalley]

Cecilia from Rune Factory 1  ♥ 

[serpenttailedangel]

idk if there’s an official RF timeline

Raguna describes himself as too young to drink (no idea how he knows that) but is old enough to marry in RF1. Assuming the game made in Japan by Japanese devs is going by Japan standards unless otherwise states, that means he’s at least 18 but not yet 20. I’m going to go with 18 for guesswork.

Cecilia’s age is unspecified, but judging by behavior in RF1 I’m gonna guess she’s around 10. The way the characters are written she could be anywhere from five to twelve tbh but ten is an easy number. At the start of RF2, she’s now old enough to marry. Assuming the bare minimum for Japanese marriage standards that would make her 16. This is assuming she ages at a human rate and has a human age of consent despite being a half-elf. It takes roughly one in-game year to get married, have a kid, and establish the school, but we won’t count that because you can play through ten years in RF1 and Raguna will still be too young to drink. Then there’s a 7 year time skip.

So by the end of RF2, Raguna is probably around 32-34. As young as 30. Possibly 40, if Ceciel was on the younger side in RF1 and more like 18 or 20 in RF2.

In RF4, Barrett has had an additional child who is not yet a toddler. Assuming this child is conceived immediately after the events of RF2, that’s at least one more year. (I can’t remember if he gives any other time references.)

So Raguna, in RF4, is likely in his late 30s or early 40s. RF5 isn’t out yet, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that, while we know elves age much slower, dwarves might age at a human rate, and Doug looks like 5 years older minimum in his new character art. Meaning Raguna is probably in his early to mid 40s during the events of RF5. Still running his rural farm in Trampoli, still oblivious to the fact that he’s a distant relative of the king because his brother who he didn’t realize was his brother chose not to tell him so he could enjoy his life in Kardia. Did word ever reach him of the Sech Empire’s second attempt to invade? Did he consider trying to stop them, because his kids are practically the age he was when he thwarted their last invasion so it’s safe to leave them alone while he runs off to save the day? Or did he sit it out because he now has back pain and male-pattern baldness?

[jake-marshall]

RF Secret Santa 2020 - [Fic] - “Radiance Across the Sky”

aaaay yo @runefactorynonsense  I was your @runefactorysecretsanta!... and the anon who asked about playing RF1 for the first time.  Because you had RF1 & 2 high on your wish list, so I took to playing RF1, which i’ve owned for years and never started.  And because I love RF2 so much myself, I had to combine them... hopefully I did an acceptable job!  Let me know if you have an ao3 account or not, and I’d be glad to officially gift it to you there! So here we have Kyle & Cecilia bringing Aaron and Aria to Kardia for a holiday celebration, reuniting with some familiar faces along the way! >>Read “Radiance Across the Sky” on ao3!<< Cecilia brings her family to Kardia to celebrate the holidays, where she not only reflects on old traditions, but begins new ones.

[rcguna-archived]

Character Statistics

* 𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴 : Raguna Glen * 𝙰𝙶𝙴 : 21 (default) / verse dependent, I view him as pretty young during RF1 (16) and then like 18/19 during Frontier (this helps me cope with cecilia in RF2 forcing him to be an old ass man) (I CANT) * 𝙷𝙴𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 : 5′10″ * 𝚂𝙿𝙴𝙲𝙸𝙴𝚂 : Human / Earthmate * 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁 : Male * 𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙸��𝚈 : Noradian * 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷𝙳𝙰𝚈 : Early Spring  * 𝚂𝚄𝙽 𝚂𝙸𝙶𝙽 : Pisces? * 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 : Farmstead out in the countryside for most verses. Tiny apartment for modern verses. * 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙰𝙻 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂 : Single (verse dependent, multi ship) * 𝙰𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙽𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 : Neutral Good with Lawful Good tendencies * 𝙳𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙺 : Sweet tea * 𝙵𝙾𝙾𝙳 : Sandwiches * 𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝙾𝚁 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 : Day * 𝚂𝙽𝙰𝙲𝙺𝚂 : Anything nice and portable like jerky or rice balls. * 𝙿𝙴𝚃 : Verse dependent. Typically has tamed monsters that help work the fields with him. * 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝚄𝚁 : Red / Blue / Brown * 𝙵𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝚁 : All of them the blue ones he really likes fancy grass too. * 𝚂𝙴𝚇𝚄𝙰𝙻𝙸𝚃𝚈 : Heterosexual * 𝙱𝙾𝙳𝚈 𝚃𝚈𝙿𝙴 : Toned, lanky * 𝙴𝚈𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝚁 : Blue * 𝙷𝙰𝙸𝚁 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝚁 : Brown

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