#rf frey

[covehearted]

"Mother... mother I crave shenanigans."

Noel with Leon's skin, hair, and eye color! Because when I marry Leon, this is what I hc our boy looks like 💙

#rune factory #rune factory 4 #leon #rf leon #noel #rf noel #frey #rf frey #rf4 #sprite edit #I would add Leon's ears and tail but I don't have the drawing or sprite editing ability to make that look good so #just ~imagine~ they're there

[hysterical-ryu]

I’m restarting a project I began back in 2018: redesigning the children Frey & Lest have with the love interests!

I never liked how none of the children matched the love interests, and the canon children don’t look like Lest at all (unless you marry Amber, or if you headcanon Frey and Lest as siblings, I suppose). So, I went about redesigning them, and then life got in the way and I forgot about this project.

I assigned everyone 1-3 children, gave them names and vague personalities based on how their parents would potentially raise and influence them. Not every family has one boy and one girl, since these are based off what families I envision characters would have (so feel free to disagree lmao).

I’m starting with the bachelors and going from my favorite to least favorite, and then moving onto the bachelorettes in the same fashion. Since RF4 doesn’t have same sex marriage, all bachelors will only be paired with Frey and all bachelorettes will only be paired with Lest. I also had an idea for potential extras (like Bado, Venti, etc).

Their clothes will mostly match the canon clothes of Noel and Luna, but I redesigned them to have different colors, and sometimes a slightly different look. But I did try to keep common motifs (diamond shapes, little flower shapes, etc), and some colors. Also they’re simplified because holy shit I am not drawing all those goddamn details 12+ times. I’m not even sure how some of those clothes function!

But anyways!

For Leon we have Noel and Estella!

Noel is the name of the canon male child in the game, and coincidentally Noel is Leon spelled backwards, so it was perfect!

Estella means “star”. Maria would’ve been a reasonable choice, but I wanted a name that still meant something and connected to her while not being her literal name. A star is the symbol that Maria draws on her letters to Leon, so I thought that was a cute choice!

Estella and Noel are twins, and I like to think that after being cute, innocent toddlers they would take on their father’s more mischievous nature. While Leon tends to only tease, I think the twins would be full on pranksters. In particular, I think Estella is the mastermind. 

I’m aware that Leon’s fox ears and tail are more than likely magical and not genetic, but I still wanted to add them. These children look a lot like Leon in particular because I love his palette.

Next one will be Arthur!

Feel free to tell me your thoughts, I’d love to hear them!

#rf #rune factory #rune factory 4 #rf4 #rune factory 4 special #rf leon #rf frey #rune factory frey #rune factory leon #my art

[runefactorynonsense]

Spooktober - Day 26 - Kelpie

There's a sound coming from the Water Ruins...

#Spooktober #This is stretching it again but 'water associated' being 'that turns into a horse' is close enough pfft-- #Rune Factory 4 #RF4 #Rune Factory Frey #RF Frey #Rune Factory Thunderbolt #RF Thunderbolt #Showing friends the sketch of this was fun because Thunderbolt's sketch has immense detail and. Frey was bare shapes #it's obvious which species I have more experience in drawing #Frey was supposed to show up earlier in this series but got booted for the RF2 fam on day 14 - so it feels good to finally use her \o/ #Also- I hate Frey's canon design. Immensely. and have been trying to think of my own version for a year now. #I feel like this is a good start. No more garbage 'boob armor' shape. Some strength to the legs. #A good start I'll play with more

[guccisystem]

Hey @drawingthelines !! I’m your secret santa for this year’s rune factory secret santa!! I hope you like this Frey x Dolce! May you have a wonderful festive season! ^^

#rfss2022 #rune factory #rf4 #rf frey #rf dolce #frey x dolce

[kingscribbles]

Happy Holidays @solterrano  ! I was your santa for the @runefactorysecretsanta this year! Looved drawing these for you, esp had a lot of of fun with the girls, I love the idea of Forte having a small selection of people she’s comfortable with relaxing a bit from work <3

#rfss2022 #rune factory #rune factory secret santa #rf barrett #rf forte #rf kyle #rf frey #rf margaret #fanart #digital art #2022

[durotoswrites]

First sentence game!

Forte and Vishnal shared a nervous look before the knight reached out and knocked on the closed door.

Forte and Vishnal shared a nervous look before the knight reached out and knocked on the closed door.

"You know they're not going to answer - Pico ran too far ahead, and there's no one else who is going to give us a friendly greeting," Vishnal pointed out with a laugh that came out far too shaky to sound playful.

"What's the holdup?" Frey asked, sheathing her weapon and jogging to meet them.

Before they could reply, she opened the door, charging ahead. The room was eerily quiet, and she instinctively held out her hands for her partners to hold as they all looked around the room of the manor frantically.

Forte relaxed a bit, giving Frey's hand a squeeze and letting go, wandering toward an object sitting by the wall. "That's a cute wooly doll..."

Vishnal joined her side, his eyes scanning the room. "It's not covered in dust like everything else here... but... why are there so many gathered in that chandelier ahead?"

Aged wood creaked under Frey's boots as she ran forward.

Her partners' eyes widened in horror.

"Frey, no!"

"P-Princess!"

Send me an ask with the first sentence of a fanfic and I’ll write the next five.

#writing games #ask box game #rf4 #rune factory 4 #rune factory #rune factory frey #rune factory forte #rune factory vishnal #rf frey #rf forte #rf vishnal #frey #forte #vishnal #vishnal x frey x forte #rf4 spoilers #beck-a-leck #thank you for playing! <3 #okay so i went over 5 sentences #but it helped! ^-^

[thegolden]

#rune factory 4 #rf frey #rf4 #fanart #traditional art #des art

[tmntkiseki]

There is something about TMNT 2K3 fandom that has awoken my desire for angst.

Which is hilarious to me because historically, I've avoided angst like the plague and mainly stuck with romantic fluff.

#star's turtle talk #Me in RF fandom: Nuuuuu Frey and Arthur deserve a break let them have a happy and sweet marriage #Me in TMNT 2K3 fandom: I'm gonna put these poor teenage brothers in SITUATIONS

[sketchyspudley]

Arthur wouldn’t have to work the fields if he arrived as normal, but a guy can dream

#rune factory 4 #rf4 #rune factory #rf #rf4 arthur #art #au where arthur is an earthmate pleasee #lest/frey would already be there as selphia's manager but someone from the palace was sent to improve relations #because of selphia's relationship with the royal family they would have a rocky start #but they'd eventually become friends #and maybe more question mark #idk i am not a good writer

[astrobloos]

this game is gayer than I initially thought

#i havent played as frey yet so he probably says the same thing to her #but its still funny he also says that to lest #bi arthur real #arthur d lawrence #rf lest #rune factory #rune factory 4 #rf4 #bloos talks

[lunarcry]

hello have u seen them

#stardust speaking ! #now u have #FREYS SO CUTEEEE.....T_T more frey in pink...........her hair........... #T_^i love rf what the hell #im not gonna write either of them but rf4........aaaaaaaaaaaa #everytime i think about that convo in rf4 about the ones left behind after someones sacrifice i. auughhh #i should finish for realsies. i miss doug <-actually a massive clorica fan #its jsut the fact dougs friendship being capped at 3?? hearts before u finish act1.......2...whichever one.... #rf3s -> back to rf5 -> rf4s...........so....in two yrs maybe<3 #idk a single thing about silent hope but i WILL play the demo. its downloaded. i just havent played it

[kindlystrawberry]

Chapters: 9/10 Fandom: Rune Factory 4 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Arthur/Frey (Rune Factory) Characters: Arthur (Rune Factory), Frey (Rune Factory), Arthur's mother, Nancy (Rune Factory), Margaret (Rune Factory), Blossom (Rune Factory), Porcoline De Sainte-Coquille, Villagers of Selphia, Rune Factory 4 Ensemble Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, colorblind soulmates, Minor Original Character(s), Spoilers, Character Study, Alcohol, Fluff, Light Angst, Backstory, Mutual Pining, Developing Relationship, Love Confessions, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Background Doug/Dylas, Background Margaret/Forte, Angst with a Happy Ending, Marriage Event, Hurt/Comfort, POV Multiple, Mostly Arthur POV but still!

Summary:

“However, some people,” his mother continues, drawing Arthur out of his thoughts, “spend their entire lives without meeting their soulmate. And plenty marry just fine without needing to meet them, and without seeing in color. You shouldn’t worry about it.”

A/N: Chapter 9 is done! Thank you to everyone who’s been patient!

#rf4 #rf4 special #asafure #rf4 arthur #rf4 frey #arthur d lawrence #arthur x frey #rune factory #rf #rf4s #fanfiction #fanfic #rf4 fanfic #rf4 arthur x frey #blue rf4 #idk how to tag this lol i never do #my writing #mine

[hysterical-ryu]

Part 2 of my RF4 child redesigning project: Arthur!

For Arthur we have Eloise!

Eloise is a cute name, and sounds a bit old. Plus, it comes with a cute nickname (Ellie). There isn’t much thought behind this other than a name that could fit the daughter of a prince, while also being cute (since Arthur likes cute things).

I feel that any of Arthur’s children would be quite similar to the canon children’s demeanor. So, Eloise is a kind-hearted girl, but because of her father I think she’d seem a touch mature for her age (particularly in terms of speech). Eloise loves cute things, especially animals.

I gave her some blunt bangs while not totally taking Arthur’s hairstyle, and glasses! I also took from the orange pieces on Arthur’s clothes since a lot of the bachelors are cool-toned, or wear cool-toned outfits (whole lotta green, blue and everything in between), so I wanted her to stand out a little.

Next will be Vishnal!

#rune factory #rune factory 4 #rune factory 4 special #rf4 #rf #rf arthur #rf frey #rune factory arthur #rune factory frey #my art

[tinylantern]

Actually, the whole "Arthur and Raguna are distantly related" thing is pretty interesting from a lore standpoint because at some point during Act 1 (I can't remember if the conversation happens after Amber or Dylas's rescue), Ventuswill explains that the reason she thought Frey/Lest was a member of the royal family was because of their Earthmate status.

Like even though it doesn't make sense in regards to getting the protagonist mixed up with Arthur specifically (since he is all but stated not to be an Earthmate), thinking Frey/Lest is royalty because of that does make sense because not only is it confirmed that there are Earthmates in the royal family, but one of those Earthmates was the protagonist of the first game in the series as well as one of the spin-offs.

There's also the fact that Frey/Lest ultimately ends up fighting Ethelberd, who is so bitter about his defeat at Raguna's hands that he is attempting a total genocide of all Earthmates while simultaneously trying to obtain their power, and if Frey ends up marrying Arthur, she does become a princess proper. So yeah, it's interesting to make comparisons between Raguna and Frey/Lest just because of how much their stories relate to one another without actually intersecting.

#rune factory #rune factory 4 #rf4 #rf raguna #rf4 arthur #rf4 frey #rf4 lest

[happysyn]

Chapter 27 of Willpower of Generations is FINALLY written and posted!

#rune factory 4 #ashsaysashsays #frey rf #bado rf #frey #bado #rune factory #a03

[my-current-obsession]

Contemplating more Rune Factory “Special” changes/updates I’d like. In this case, things I’d like to see changed/added in a hypothetical, absolutely NEVER going to happen Rune Factory 4 Special+ (or Super Special, or Special 2, etc.)

Obviously since this game already has an updated rerelease, this isn’t happening. But there are still a few ways I think it could be brought even closer to perfection.

- So most of my wants for a theoretical “5 Special” came from 4 Special. Similarly there WERE actually several upgrades or quality-of-life changes made in 5 I’d love to see come back to 4 (or more realistically, maybe they’ll show up in 3 Special!).

- PLEASE let me just examine the stone/lumber box and add in all the materials I have instead of manually taking out stacks and putting them in. You can also do this for fodder bins and the fertilizer, which is nice, but the stone/lumber is the BIG one.

- Automatically picking up items as you run over them is great! I’d love to see that in other titles.

- Tabbing between storage options or categories when cooking/forging/crafting is super convenient. Hopefully that comes back, because after getting used to it in 5 I keenly feel its absence and get a smidge annoyed in 4 when I have to make something and then back out entirely to choose to make something else.

- Make Illuminata a romance option! It’s not clear if she was ever intended to be one and then scrapped, but personally I think she was. She is the only character outside the marriage candidates to have a swimsuit model & sprite, and she has several town events where she is a primary focus, similar to the events that are prerequisites for other bachelor/ettes. Plus she has lots of dialogue explicitly pointing out that she’s single and WANTS to find love. There’s really no reason NOT to make her a love interest other than her taking care of Amber, but if Amber is old enough to be romanced/married, then she’s old enough to live alone too. And Illuminata could continue to run her store after marrying the same way that every other love interest continues to do their job.

- I actually prefer the dragons in 5, but I know A LOT of people would love to see Venti as a love interest, and I’m not opposed to that. She’d be locked to a post-game romance, but she does have a human appearance and she seems to be into Lest/Frey (given her conversation where she blushes and starts to ask “If I were a human...”). Narratively she IS the person Lest/Frey cares about most so she’s got the role of a love interest already, kind of. It would be difficult to do since they’d need to add/change the story to allow her to change to her human form, and probably add a few town events for her, but it would be great if it happened. And perhaps including this would help the... abrupt ending to Act 3.

- Make it a little less ridiculous to romance Doug. I understand narratively why his friendship is INITIALLY gated at 3, but I think it’s ridiculous that it stays there until you’ve beaten Act 2 (which is basically the end of the story proper...). I think it would make sense to unlock the initial gate near the end of or after Act 1. After Doug comes around and basically decides to trust you and help Venti, or right after you beat Act 1 (saving Leon), I think you should be able to progress his friendship further. That said, it makes sense to keep his romance gated, so maybe until you’ve beaten Act 2, he stops progressing at LV 6. This way he won’t be SO far behind everyone else and if you want to romance him you’ll be able to do so almost immediately after he becomes available instead of taking several weeks just to get him from 3 to 7. As someone who dated multiple people in a run, Doug is at a HUGE disadvantage due to his late availability combo-ed with his affection almost surely being worse than everyone else. You either have to wait to date ANYONE to try and snag him first at LV 7 or basically give up in favor of dating others because it will only get harder to date him with every subsequent boyfriend and he will probably always lag behind in terms of affection, making any other guy easier to add to the harem by comparison. Literally all of this is mitigated by just raising his gated affection from 3 to 6 partway through the story. Depending on how long it takes you to complete Act 2 and whether you’re plying him with gifts, you might not even HIT the new limit, but even if you do, if you want to romance Doug it would be much quicker and easier now.

- Give players the ability to manipulate town events, at least a little. Technically players can already manipulate town events by determining when one happens and then just save scumming until they get what they want, but I want an in-game method that’s intended to help get the events you want. That said this IS an RNG system and I kind of like that. I wouldn’t want it to give you complete control. But I think something like adding “Orders” to the game at some point that allow you to, say, spawn “only town events involving [name]” would be GREAT. I won’t get into the particulars of how early the feature should be allowed (personally I think end of Act 1, but it could also be after Act 2 or an “Extra Order” reward for beating Act 3 and available from the beginning in any new game) or how much each Order would cost. I just think being able to force the game to only pick from town events involving a specific person (and including any mini-events) would be nice. Once you’ve seen all town events involving that person (excluding the marriage event, which has priority anyway) the order is automatically canceled. You could also cancel it yourself at any time. With this feature it would be MUCH easier to get the prerequisites for your intended spouse, but there is still some element of RNG considering everyone has at least a few events they’re involved in that AREN’T their needed events. This would also be great for trying to get mini events for characters you haven’t seen before.

- Some kind of weather forecast would be nice. With the exception of typhoons, people in town only comment on the weather that is currently happening. And you can still get taken by surprise if no one happens to mention the incoming typhoon or if you don’t talk to everyone. I believe weather is probably RNG as well, but if it was randomized and set like a week in advance, it would be nice if there was a way to check the weather for the next few days. Obviously this is most useful for making sure you KNOW a typhoon or snowstorm is coming and could wreck your farm. It also has other small uses - if you know a thunderstorm is happening you can remind yourself to go to the area that requires that to unlock. You can plan outdoor dates knowing the weather in advance. I don’t know about the airship or observatory but I KNOW there are variations of the lake date depending on the weather, so if you want to see them all you need the weather to comply. This way you’d know ahead of time and be able to plan for it.

- Lastly, either the game needs to be smarter about characters equipping everything they’re “given” or it needs to give players a way to directly, manually change other’s equipment from all the items they have. This is MOSTLY a problem with Kiel specifically since he has a reoccurring quest where he asks you to give him a weak shield and then he equips it EVEN IF IT’S SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE than whatever he had previously (and thus the better shield just DISAPPEARS), but in general I wish characters wouldn’t just automatically equip whatever you give them. If the system checked to be sure it was better than what they already had, that would be ideal. Of course, then you’d have to define what makes it better - which stats matter most, or is it the difficulty level of crafting/forging the item, etc. Alternatively, characters could have a stash of every equipment item you’ve ever given them and you can manually go in and decide what they actually equip (similar to the original .hack games, if anyone’s played those. In that game, characters did automatically equip “stronger” weapons/armor but you could manually change them to whatever you wanted that they had).

Overall I think 4 Special is an AMAZING game and I love it a lot. Most of my complaints are quality-of-life changes, compared to my more substantial issues with 5 (which is still like, but not as much. I like these games mostly for the social/romance aspect and that’s where 4 blows 5 out of the water even despite the RNG of town events making it way harder to actually marry who you want). In both games I long for more love interests, but that can’t be helped. Partly I just crave the extra content that would bring, though I do genuinely like and would want to marry some of those people if I could.

#rune factory #rf4 #rune factory 4 #for the record i will not be doing this kind of post for other rf games. simply because i haven't played any others #i mean i played some Tides of Destiny YEARS ago but i'm not familiar enough with the game now to suggest changes #maybe i'll revisit this topic when we get 3 Special (which will be my introduction to 3) #but anyway if i could make only ONE of these changes happen... i'd pick the town event manipulation #fun fact - i played lest my first run and was into margaret from the start. started dating her as soon as possible #in that file i have played over 2 full years & beaten rune prana. STILL haven't married her since i don't have all her needed events #(i decided i wasn't going to save scum for events. i wanted to get what i got and have relationships feel more organic as a result) #i did eventually cave and start dating other girls... and more girls... and am now literally dating ALL SIX of them #i've seen all but margaret and forte's marriage events. the only reason i DON'T have forte's is because i just recently started dating her #so i haven't gone on enough dates yet. but mark my words once that third date is done i'll get her marriage event immediately #leaving JUST margaret left. the girl i was MOST into as the LAST girl i marry. the RNG was not kind to me #my two frey runs have been much better by comparison but i am similarly struggling to get leon #so yeah as somewhat irritating as the other issues are and as nice as the QoL changes would be... #i would take more control over town events in a heartbeat. no hesitation. trying to get married in this game SUCKS