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* LockedIntoStrangeness: A variant: Jake ends up with a ''purple'' streak in his hair after reaching the twenty-fifth floor of the mines and taking the Lightning Stone.
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* MacGuffin: The Crystal Shard you get after clearing the twenty-fifth floor of the mines. While its exact properties are unknown, it does grant Jake the ability to use magic and brings back some of his memories. It also [[LockedIntoStrangeness turns part of his hair purple]].
* ManaMeter: One unlocks after defeating the first boss, allowing you to use magic. Unlike health and energy, mana replenishes over time, albeit veryslowly, and slowly. Like the aforementioned two, It regenerates in full if you go to bed.
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* AndYourRewardIsParenthood: After you get married, you're asked how you feel about children. If you say you're interested, your chosen wife will become pregnant and give birth a few months later. You can also say "not right now", [[ButThouMust but you'll be asked again at the start of each month until you say yes]].
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* FamilyEyeResemblance: [[AndYourRewardIsParenthood Aster]] inherits Jake's [[TechnicolorEyes violet eyes]].
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* VagueAge: {{Averted}}; [[NotAllowedToGrowUp the characters might not get any older]], but they ''do'' have defined ages. Jake and the bachelorettes, for example, are 22.
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* BackgroundMagicField: Wild magic leaks into Altaevia through portals to [[LandOfFaerie Tír na nÓg]], and can be used to cast spells. Estelara has [[PlaceOfPower a much greater concentration of wild magic than usual]], explaining both its unique appearance and the redcap infestation in the surrounding area.
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* BackgroundMagicField: Wild magic leaks into Altaevia through portals to [[LandOfFaerie Tír na nÓg]], and can be used to cast spells. Estelara has [[PlaceOfPower a much greater concentration of wild magic than usual]], explaining both its unique appearance and the redcap chimera infestation in the surrounding area.area.
* BadMoonRising: Altaevia has two moons, and while the Pearl Moon is a regular moon, the ''Red'' Moon has a magical effect that sends the chimeras into a frenzy. Worse, portals to [[LandOfFaerie Tír na nÓg]] open and [[EliteMook redcaps]] (a type of fae) come through, intent on wrecking things and hurting people until the night's over. Suffice to say, there's a ''very'' good reason the people of Estelara stay indoors whenever the Red Moon is full.
* BadMoonRising: Altaevia has two moons, and while the Pearl Moon is a regular moon, the ''Red'' Moon has a magical effect that sends the chimeras into a frenzy. Worse, portals to [[LandOfFaerie Tír na nÓg]] open and [[EliteMook redcaps]] (a type of fae) come through, intent on wrecking things and hurting people until the night's over. Suffice to say, there's a ''very'' good reason the people of Estelara stay indoors whenever the Red Moon is full.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Not ''quite'' to the degree of other examples, but Estelara, despite its bright colors and fairytale aesthetic, is plagued by wild magic that has caused wicked spirits called redcaps to run amok, making venturing into the surrounding wilderness incredibly hazardous. Part of the plot is about figuring out where the wild magic is coming from.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Not ''quite'' to the degree of other examples, but Estelara, despite its bright colors and fairytale aesthetic, is plagued by wild magic that has caused wicked spirits called redcaps chimeras to run amok, making venturing into the surrounding wilderness incredibly hazardous. Part of the plot is about figuring out where the wild magic is coming from.
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* PamphletShelf: {{Justified}}; what you read in-game is a snippet of a longer book, but Jake gets bored and doesn't bother reading any further.
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* LockedIntoStrangeness: A variant: Jake ends up with a ''purple'' streak in his hair after reaching the twenty-fifth floor of the mines and taking the Lightning Stone.
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* LoveInterest: As is standard for the genre, ''Estelara'' has several to choose from. In order: [[NiceGirl Aurora]], [[MysteriousWaif Vesper]], [[LadyOfWar Rena]], [[ShrinkingViolet Lapis]], [[PluckyGirl Charm]], [[DeadpanSnarker Sophia]], [[{{Workaholic}} Xinying]], [[HotBlooded Kemarin]], [[{{Ojou}} Juliet]], [[GenkiGirl Daphne]], and [[IntrepidMerchant Yumi]].
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* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: A good chunk of the cast has natural hair colors that aren't seen in normal humans. In this case, it's [[JustifiedTrope given a proper explanation]]--Altaevia's WildMagic, and the sheer amount of it compared to other continents, caused several of its earliest residents to be born with vibrant hair and eye colors not usually seen in their species, which passed down to their descendants. Indeed, the characters not born in Altaevia have normal hair and eye colors.
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Set in the fantasy realm of Altaevia, a young man is found in a river near the village of Estelara, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the town clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
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Set in the fantasy realm of Altaevia, a young man is found in a river near the village of Estelara, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the town clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in Estelara, in the village's old abandoned farm.
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Set in the fantasy realm of Altaevia, a young man is found in a river near the village of Estelara, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the town clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
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* AlternativeCalendar: The Altaevian calendar is split into eight months[[note]]High Spring, Low Spring, High Summer, Low Summer, High Autumn, Low Autumn, High Winter, and Low Winter[[/note]], each spanning thirty days.
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* SweetTooth: Several characters, including Jake, Charm, and Celica, have a strong love of sweets and sugary food. Saito ''[[RealMenHateSugar claims]]'' [[RealMenHateSugar he doesn't]], [[BlatantLies but sweets are among his Loved gifts]].
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Set in the fantasy realm of Altaevia, a young man is found in a river near the river, village of Estelara, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the town clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the village of Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
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* HelloInsertNameHere: As Jake [[NameAmnesia can't remember his real name]], Aurora (who found him in the river) offers to help him come up with a new one; Jake is the default, but it can be changed to whatever the player likes.
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* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Interestingly {{averted}}; before the baby is born, there will be a cutscene where Jake and his chosen wife are trying to come up with names. A few options are brought up, but the one Jake comes up with is Aster, which his wife also likes; sure enough, when the baby is born, that's their default name.
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Fae are the inhabitants of [[LandOfFaerie Tír na nÓg]], a realm of wild magic that exists parallel to Terra. They're partially MadeOfMagic, and thus potent mages, but they're also more susceptible to [[AntiMagic anti-magical substances]], like [[ColdIron iron]]. While none are seen in-game, they can [[InterspeciesRomance cross-breed with other races]] to produce {{Half Human Hybrid}}s (or [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid half-elf/dwarf/whatever]]) called changelings, whose children in turn inherit faerie blood; these descendants are called faeblooded.
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* UnevenHybrid: Aster's appearance remains the same even if you marry a non-human like Charm.
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Set in the fantasy world of Celenia, a young man is found in the river, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the village of Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
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Set in the fantasy world realm of Celenia, Altaevia, a young man is found in the river, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the village of Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Not ''quite'' to the degree of other examples, but Estelara is plagued by wild magic that has caused wicked spirits called geists to run amok, making venturing into the surrounding wilderness incredibly hazardous. Part of the plot is about figuring out where the wild magic is coming from.
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* ShiningCity: Alcryst, the capital of Celenia. We don't see it in-game, but some of the characters have visited and a few come from there. The reason the farm is abandoned at the start of the game is because the previous farmer's son left town to live in Alcryst, and after the farmer died, no one was left to take care of it.
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* ShiningCity: Alcryst, the capital of Celenia.Altaevia. We don't see it in-game, but some of the characters have visited and a few come from there. The reason the farm is abandoned at the start of the game is because the previous farmer's son left town to live in Alcryst, and after the farmer died, no one was left to take care of it.
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* BlueBlood: Demetrius and Juliet Diamanté are quite wealthy and live in the largest house in town. Frederick works for them as their butler.
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''Estelara'' is a FarmLifeSim inspired by ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' (and actually started out as a ''Rune Factory'' fan game) and as soon as Lily figures out how to program, she'll set about actually making it.
Set in the fantasy world of Celenia, a young man is found in the river, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the village of Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
From there, the game is relatively standard: you grow crops, tend to animals, befriend the townsfolk, and can marry one of the eligible bachelorettes in town.
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!!Tropes associated with this game include:
* AcheyScars: Jake has a pretty twisted scar on the left side of his chest, and while ''usually'' it's just a normal scar, it tends to flare up in pain whenever he tries to use magic. [[TheMedic Roland]] theorizes the scar has something to do with Jake's memory loss.
* AfraidOfBlood: Matthew tends to faint whenever confronted by blood. Which would be less of a problem if he weren't [[{{Irony}} the son of the town doctor]].
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Jake, by and large, ''looks'' human...sans the PointyEars and [[TechnicolorEyes violet eyes]], neither of which are normal for humans.
* AmnesiacHero: As befitting a ''VideoGame/RuneFactory''-inspired game, Jake can't remember anything about his past, even [[NameAmnesia his own name]].
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you try to give a townsperson a gift they dislike or hate, they'll reject it and the item will remain in your inventory, preventing you from wasting it.
* BabiesEverAfter: Once you get married, you'll end up having a kid, either a son or a daughter.
* BlueBlood: Demetrius and Juliet Diamanté are quite wealthy and live in the largest house in town. Frederick works for them as their butler.
* ButThouMust: Some time after getting married, your wife will ask if you want kids now. You can say no, but you'll be asked again at the start of each season until you say yes.
* CanonName: The protagonist is nameable, but the default is Jake; similarly, the default name of his child, regardless of gender, is Aster.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Not ''quite'' to the degree of other examples, but Estelara is plagued by wild magic that has caused
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Befitting a FarmLifeSim, everyone has at least one food they don't enjoy.
** Funnily enough, the game gives the ''PlayerCharacter'' one. Jake ''hates'' seafood, which comes up in a few events.
* {{Expy}}: As something of a remnant of when the game was a ''Rune Factory'' fangame, the Diamanté family is this to the de Saint-Coquilles.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: The bachelorettes sprout quite nice ones when getting married. In one event, while discussing her own wedding, Agate mentions the traditional white dress originated from the wedding of St. Brynhildr's daughter Nanna.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Pops up here and there.
** Incanta (''incantation'') and her grandchildren Ward and Charm are named for kinds of spells.
** Rose and her daughters Daphne and Celica have FloralThemeNaming.
** [[RockThemeNaming The blacksmith Agate and her children Lapis and Jasper]]. Roy, their father, is the OddNameOut.
** Juliet is named after one of the title characters of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', while her father Demetrius is named for a character in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' (his [[TheLostLenore late wife]] Helena is named after that character's LoveInterest).
* FeelingTheirAge: Incanta's grandchildren have to help out a lot in the store, as Incanta's age makes it difficult for her to maintain it on her own. Ward and Charm are constantly worried for her, and also scared for when she dies and they'll be on their own.
* IneptMage: While a skilled potion brewer, Charm's actual ''magical'' skills are...lacking.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Averted where Xinying and Saito are concerned, who hail from {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s to China and Japan respectively; a distinction is drawn between both countries.
* InterspeciesRomance: Jake is ([[AmbiguouslyHuman probably)]] human, and can potentially marry Charm (a half-elf).
* LethalChef: Jake can make simple dishes like Toast just fine. Anything more complicated than that? Expect fire, a trashed kitchen, and a taste like eating every poison in the known universe simultaneously.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Aurora and Vesper, where Aurora is the Light Feminine and Vesper is the Dark Feminine.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: As is usual for a FarmLifeSim, the three children in town--Celica, Jasper, and Marian--will never grow older no matter how much in-game time passes.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Usually, Jake is an OnlySaneMan, albeit a more resigned one than most. Whenever magic comes up, however, he'll gleefully demand more information, talk to himself, and generally act a lot more ''manic'' than usual. Lapis even admits that she gets scared whenever he's like this.
** In general, a lot of the humor in the heart events comes from Jake being just as weird as the people around him. Possibly more.
* ParentalAbandonment: Most characters don't have both their parents.
** Vesper lives with Cole and Irene in the bakery, but is explicitly noted to not be their daughter. She doesn't talk about what happened to her parents.
** Ward and Charm's parents died when they were young, and they have lived with their grandmother ever since.
** Kemarin and Tykorvi have a mother, Elmerra, but no father; it's implied he passed away prior to the events of the game.
** Juliet lives with only her father, and it is explicitly stated her mother died when she was young.
** Matthew's father Roland is the town doctor, but his mother is never mentioned and both refuse to speak of her.
** Averted with Aurora, who has both her parents, and Lapis and Jasper, their mother being the local blacksmith and their father a priest. Rena is also mentioned to have family back in Alcryst, and while Xinying's father is a traveling merchant and thus is rarely home, he does show up for a few of Xinying and Zhenya's heart events and Xinying's wedding.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Kemarin and Tykorvi are twins, but they couldn't be more different; Kemarin is loud, brash, and hotheaded, while Tykorvi is quiet, calm, and quite reserved.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Celica is a child, while her sister Daphne is old enough to get married. The same applies to Jasper and Lapis.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Ward and Charm live with their grandmother Incanta, the owner of the potion ingredient shop.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The [[PrecursorHeroes Five Saints]] are named after mythological deities: St. [[Myth/NorseMythology Brynhildr]], St. [[Myth/CelticMythology Gwydion]], St. [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Panacea]], and St. [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Horus]]. St. Celaeno is the OddNameOut, though hers ties into the StellarThemeNaming (''Celaeno'' is the name of a star).
* ShiningCity: Alcryst, the capital of Celenia. We don't see it in-game, but some of the characters have visited and a few come from there. The reason the farm is abandoned at the start of the game is because the previous farmer's son left town to live in Alcryst, and after the farmer died, no one was left to take care of it.
* StellarName: The town ''Estelara'' derives its name from ''estelle'', which means star. ''Aurora'' and ''Vesper'' are named after the dawn and dusk respectively. And the default name of Jake's child is ''Aster'', which is the Greek word for star.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Averted with Aster. Outside of inheriting Jake's [[TechnicolorEyes violet eyes]] and pointy ears, they look very little like either of their parents, with a darker skin tone, lavender hair[[note]]Jake is brown-haired and none of the bachelorettes have lavender hair[[/note]], and a birthmark resembling a splotch across their left eye.
* SupremeChef: A few of the bachelorettes, such as [[GenkiGirl Daphne]] and [[FeminineWomenCanCook Vesper]].
* TechnicolorEyes:
** Jake has deep violet eyes, which are repeatedly noted by other characters as being unusual.
** Vesper's eyes are [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]].
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Aurora has a knack for sewing and aspires to be a tailor someday. She also happens to be one of the more feminine bachelorettes.
* WizardingSchool: [[ShiningCity Alcryst]] has one: the Hekatia Institute of Magic. Charm admits she used to dream of going there when she was old enough, but unfortunately, [[IneptMage she was never]] ''[[IneptMage quite]]'' [[IneptMage skilled enough to make the cut]] (plus she was always too busy).
!!And now for some trivia.
* InspirationForTheWork: ''Rune Factory'', specifically ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2''.
* PermanentPlaceholder: ''Estelara'' was a placeholder name before the creator got too used to it and just made it official.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Back when it was a ''Rune Factory'' fangame, the name of the game was ''Rune Factory Arcana''.
** Jake's default name was originally Jove, and Aster's default name was dependent on their gender (Altair for a boy and Astrid for a girl).
** Lapis's name got changed a few times: first it was Lazuli, then she was renamed to Lana, then Leila, before finally settling on Lapis.
** Incanta was named [[OddNameOut Margaret]] before it was changed to fit better with her grandchildren. Her original name was given to Aurora's mother instead.
** Originally, the player character could have three children, with the younger two being [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn male-female fraternal twins]]. This ended up being scrapped due to it being too difficult to work with.
Set in the fantasy world of Celenia, a young man is found in the river, unconscious and bleeding. After being rescued and brought to the clinic, he awakens only to find he has [[AmnesiacHero no recollection of his past, or even his name]]. The locals decide to call him [[CanonName Jake]] (or [[HelloInsertNameHere whatever the player inputs]]) and, with nowhere else to go, he ends up staying in the village of Estelara, in the old abandoned farm.
From there, the game is relatively standard: you grow crops, tend to animals, befriend the townsfolk, and can marry one of the eligible bachelorettes in town.
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!!Tropes associated with this game include:
* AcheyScars: Jake has a pretty twisted scar on the left side of his chest, and while ''usually'' it's just a normal scar, it tends to flare up in pain whenever he tries to use magic. [[TheMedic Roland]] theorizes the scar has something to do with Jake's memory loss.
* AfraidOfBlood: Matthew tends to faint whenever confronted by blood. Which would be less of a problem if he weren't [[{{Irony}} the son of the town doctor]].
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Jake, by and large, ''looks'' human...sans the PointyEars and [[TechnicolorEyes violet eyes]], neither of which are normal for humans.
* AmnesiacHero: As befitting a ''VideoGame/RuneFactory''-inspired game, Jake can't remember anything about his past, even [[NameAmnesia his own name]].
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you try to give a townsperson a gift they dislike or hate, they'll reject it and the item will remain in your inventory, preventing you from wasting it.
* BabiesEverAfter: Once you get married, you'll end up having a kid, either a son or a daughter.
* BlueBlood: Demetrius and Juliet Diamanté are quite wealthy and live in the largest house in town. Frederick works for them as their butler.
* ButThouMust: Some time after getting married, your wife will ask if you want kids now. You can say no, but you'll be asked again at the start of each season until you say yes.
* CanonName: The protagonist is nameable, but the default is Jake; similarly, the default name of his child, regardless of gender, is Aster.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Not ''quite'' to the degree of other examples, but Estelara is plagued by wild magic that has caused
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Befitting a FarmLifeSim, everyone has at least one food they don't enjoy.
** Funnily enough, the game gives the ''PlayerCharacter'' one. Jake ''hates'' seafood, which comes up in a few events.
* {{Expy}}: As something of a remnant of when the game was a ''Rune Factory'' fangame, the Diamanté family is this to the de Saint-Coquilles.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: The bachelorettes sprout quite nice ones when getting married. In one event, while discussing her own wedding, Agate mentions the traditional white dress originated from the wedding of St. Brynhildr's daughter Nanna.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Pops up here and there.
** Incanta (''incantation'') and her grandchildren Ward and Charm are named for kinds of spells.
** Rose and her daughters Daphne and Celica have FloralThemeNaming.
** [[RockThemeNaming The blacksmith Agate and her children Lapis and Jasper]]. Roy, their father, is the OddNameOut.
** Juliet is named after one of the title characters of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', while her father Demetrius is named for a character in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' (his [[TheLostLenore late wife]] Helena is named after that character's LoveInterest).
* FeelingTheirAge: Incanta's grandchildren have to help out a lot in the store, as Incanta's age makes it difficult for her to maintain it on her own. Ward and Charm are constantly worried for her, and also scared for when she dies and they'll be on their own.
* IneptMage: While a skilled potion brewer, Charm's actual ''magical'' skills are...lacking.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Averted where Xinying and Saito are concerned, who hail from {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s to China and Japan respectively; a distinction is drawn between both countries.
* InterspeciesRomance: Jake is ([[AmbiguouslyHuman probably)]] human, and can potentially marry Charm (a half-elf).
* LethalChef: Jake can make simple dishes like Toast just fine. Anything more complicated than that? Expect fire, a trashed kitchen, and a taste like eating every poison in the known universe simultaneously.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Aurora and Vesper, where Aurora is the Light Feminine and Vesper is the Dark Feminine.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: As is usual for a FarmLifeSim, the three children in town--Celica, Jasper, and Marian--will never grow older no matter how much in-game time passes.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Usually, Jake is an OnlySaneMan, albeit a more resigned one than most. Whenever magic comes up, however, he'll gleefully demand more information, talk to himself, and generally act a lot more ''manic'' than usual. Lapis even admits that she gets scared whenever he's like this.
** In general, a lot of the humor in the heart events comes from Jake being just as weird as the people around him. Possibly more.
* ParentalAbandonment: Most characters don't have both their parents.
** Vesper lives with Cole and Irene in the bakery, but is explicitly noted to not be their daughter. She doesn't talk about what happened to her parents.
** Ward and Charm's parents died when they were young, and they have lived with their grandmother ever since.
** Kemarin and Tykorvi have a mother, Elmerra, but no father; it's implied he passed away prior to the events of the game.
** Juliet lives with only her father, and it is explicitly stated her mother died when she was young.
** Matthew's father Roland is the town doctor, but his mother is never mentioned and both refuse to speak of her.
** Averted with Aurora, who has both her parents, and Lapis and Jasper, their mother being the local blacksmith and their father a priest. Rena is also mentioned to have family back in Alcryst, and while Xinying's father is a traveling merchant and thus is rarely home, he does show up for a few of Xinying and Zhenya's heart events and Xinying's wedding.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Kemarin and Tykorvi are twins, but they couldn't be more different; Kemarin is loud, brash, and hotheaded, while Tykorvi is quiet, calm, and quite reserved.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Celica is a child, while her sister Daphne is old enough to get married. The same applies to Jasper and Lapis.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Ward and Charm live with their grandmother Incanta, the owner of the potion ingredient shop.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The [[PrecursorHeroes Five Saints]] are named after mythological deities: St. [[Myth/NorseMythology Brynhildr]], St. [[Myth/CelticMythology Gwydion]], St. [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Panacea]], and St. [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Horus]]. St. Celaeno is the OddNameOut, though hers ties into the StellarThemeNaming (''Celaeno'' is the name of a star).
* ShiningCity: Alcryst, the capital of Celenia. We don't see it in-game, but some of the characters have visited and a few come from there. The reason the farm is abandoned at the start of the game is because the previous farmer's son left town to live in Alcryst, and after the farmer died, no one was left to take care of it.
* StellarName: The town ''Estelara'' derives its name from ''estelle'', which means star. ''Aurora'' and ''Vesper'' are named after the dawn and dusk respectively. And the default name of Jake's child is ''Aster'', which is the Greek word for star.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Averted with Aster. Outside of inheriting Jake's [[TechnicolorEyes violet eyes]] and pointy ears, they look very little like either of their parents, with a darker skin tone, lavender hair[[note]]Jake is brown-haired and none of the bachelorettes have lavender hair[[/note]], and a birthmark resembling a splotch across their left eye.
* SupremeChef: A few of the bachelorettes, such as [[GenkiGirl Daphne]] and [[FeminineWomenCanCook Vesper]].
* TechnicolorEyes:
** Jake has deep violet eyes, which are repeatedly noted by other characters as being unusual.
** Vesper's eyes are [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]].
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Aurora has a knack for sewing and aspires to be a tailor someday. She also happens to be one of the more feminine bachelorettes.
* WizardingSchool: [[ShiningCity Alcryst]] has one: the Hekatia Institute of Magic. Charm admits she used to dream of going there when she was old enough, but unfortunately, [[IneptMage she was never]] ''[[IneptMage quite]]'' [[IneptMage skilled enough to make the cut]] (plus she was always too busy).
!!And now for some trivia.
* InspirationForTheWork: ''Rune Factory'', specifically ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2''.
* PermanentPlaceholder: ''Estelara'' was a placeholder name before the creator got too used to it and just made it official.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Back when it was a ''Rune Factory'' fangame, the name of the game was ''Rune Factory Arcana''.
** Jake's default name was originally Jove, and Aster's default name was dependent on their gender (Altair for a boy and Astrid for a girl).
** Lapis's name got changed a few times: first it was Lazuli, then she was renamed to Lana, then Leila, before finally settling on Lapis.
** Incanta was named [[OddNameOut Margaret]] before it was changed to fit better with her grandchildren. Her original name was given to Aurora's mother instead.
** Originally, the player character could have three children, with the younger two being [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn male-female fraternal twins]]. This ended up being scrapped due to it being too difficult to work with.
