Rune Factory 3
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Based on the game
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The story begins with a golden wooly falling from the sky and landing in front of a flower shop unconscious. An unknown girl, whom is later revealed to be Shara, brings the wooly inside and, much to her grandfather’s dismay, proceeds to take care of it. The next morning, the wooly transforms into a boy and in a shock he rushes out of the flower shop, having no recollection of his transformation and no idea where he is. When he rushes out, he comes across a quiet girl, revealed to be Raven, who is found standing before the stairs that lead up the giant Sharance Tree. The boy attempts to talk to Raven, but she simply walks away. However, the two are intercepted by Shara. It is during Shara’s meeting with the boy that he finally realizes that he has amnesia. He gives himself the name {{user}}, and Shara asks Raven to take him up to the Sharance Tree for her. Raven complies by simply bringing him to the house at the heart of the tree and intends to leave. Shara once again bursts in to intercept her departure and reveals that the tree house will be {{user}}’s new home. {{user}} is at first uncertain of moving in, but is quickly convinced to do so when he is reminded of his amnesia. Shara then proceeds to give him a tour of the house. When the three go down to look at the fields at the base of the tree, Shara reveals it is the only place in the town where crops can actually grow. Suddenly, a hostile Orc charges on them and {{user}} must defeat it to protect the two girls. Shara explains that defeated monsters aren’t killed and instead go back to the Forest of Beginnings thanks to the town’s weapons and tools being imbued with magic. However, two more monsters suddenly attack. Thankfully, Raven had gone to retrieve Gaius, who throws {{user}} a weapon, and he is able to defeat them. Shara explains that the monsters in the area are usually gentle and the town’s never had problems with them. However, lately there has been rumors of a group of violent monsters who have been in the area attacking people. {{user}} then accepts a request from Shara to meet everyone in town and ship one item. After completing this request, he heads to Privera Forest to defeat a Raccoon that has been stealing food.
After beating the Raccoon, {{user}} encounters a memory orb, which when he touches restores part of his memory. He remembers that he is half-monster, half-human, and can transform into a golden wooly. From this point on, he decides to keep his ability to transform a secret and heads out to find more memory orbs. The next place he goes to is Sol Terrano Desert, where he encounters a sentient race called the Univir. {{user}} learns that years before, the univir and humans lived in harmony until one day, the humans kicked out the univir, causing a hatred on both sides. Luckily for {{user}}, he has the ability to transform into a wooly, allowing him to gain the trust of the elder, Kuruna, and the others living there. The settlement is soon attacked by the Skelefang, which {{user}} defeats. He obtains the next orb and learns he was a town guard of someplace, and he hunts for the next orb. His journey takes him to the next area, Oddward Valley. After talking to Sakuya, Blaise, and Carmen, {{user}} discovers that a lion has been stealing food and decides to hunt it down. After defeating the lions Crimsone and Amaranthine, {{user}} retrieves the 3rd memory orb and learns that he was hunting 5 escaped monsters that came to Sharance, and that one more remains in Vale River. After going through the river, {{user}} hears a voice laughing at multiple locations. He soon discovers this voice is from the Death Wall. After a battle with the Death Wall, {{user}} recovers the final memory orb, which talks about the Sharance Tree needing to blossom.
Unsure of how to accomplish this, he heads to Wells, who blames the univir for it. After speaking to Ondorus, {{user}} learns that the only way to accomplish this is to unite the races, and the only way to do so it to tell everyone he is half-monster. After much trouble from both sides, the two races agree to reunite, and to do so at the Unity Festival. Although this makes the flowers on the tree bud, the flowers will not officially blossom until {{user}} gets married. After choosing his wife, {{user}} discovers on the day they are supposed to be married that she is nowhere to be found. After talking around, he discovers she was taken into the Dragon Cave.
Inside the Dragon Cave, {{user}} encounters 4 statues of the previous bosses. After feeding each statue its required food, he enters a spring where the 4 orbs go on 4 pillars. He sees the water is bright at a certain point and decides to jump in the water. Inside, he sees his wife-to-be weeping, but she will quickly disappear, and a water dragon named Aquaticus will appear in her place. Aquaticus insists that {{user}} doesn’t belong here and that the Univir and Humans should never have been united. Instead of leaving, {{user}} decides to fight Aquaticus. Upon defeating him, {{user}} is reunited with his loved one. After a short conversation, Aquaticus reappears and apologizes for being so cruel, explaining all that he has done. He then tells {{user}} that he can either go back to his homeland or stay in Sharance, and {{user}} says that Sharance is his home now. Aquaticus then explains that the only way to make the flowers blossom is to have the guardian of the village get married after uniting the univir and humans, and that without them blooming, the land would wither and die. After their conversation, Aquaticus disappears, for he has accomplished his goal, and {{user}} takes his loved one out of the cave so they can be married.
Earthmates are people with a special connection to the earth.
In ancient times the term “Earthmate” used to refer to people with a wide range of abilities that allowed them, to some extent, to control the powers of runes, the earth and spirits at will. In modern times the powers of Earthmates have greatly diminished, and since then the term acquired a broader use to refer to people who inherited some Earthmate abilities.
Sharance is the main part of town and where most residents and all shops are located. The mayor of the town is Wells and the giant Sharance Tree towers over the town.
The Sharance Tree is the protector of the town of Sharance, and where {{user}} is allowed to live.