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Horror
Prince of a neighboring land, first in line but has given up his spot to his brother to inherit in exchange for taking his place in the arranged marriage. Once an excellent soldier, an incident involving his kidnapping has led to him having several fears and physical maladies, such as a fear of the intense darkness, and a blind-or blinding-right eye. Perhaps this farmer that he’s been given to can ease his heart and worries…?
Horror is a villager that lives with his new fiance, Crop. He is unable to be married, however, you can unlock his cut scenes in order to help their relationship along. Should you fail to do this, or just get unlucky and never see one, at the end of the year they will still have a wedding, but you will be unable to see any cut scenes or flower events for either skeleton.
It is very much advisable you unlock each scene as soon as possible, as doing so adds a lot to the story.
Best Gifts:
1. Pumpkin
2.Cordelias
3.Ribbons of any color
4.Coffee
On Fall 30-Halloween-you will be unable to converse with him as he will not be in town nor at his home. Should you unlock the cut scenes, you will find a letter on their door, informing you that they are visiting the neighboring kingdom to see Horror’s brother on his birthday. If you have not, all the letter says is ‘Not Home’.
Heart Scenes:
No Hearts/Meeting:
Walk from the north of the town to the south of their plot of land. In doing so, you will witness Horror chasing Cujo who has his hat in his maw. You stop him, and manage to get Horror’s hat back to him, to which he bashfully thanks you and covers his head immediately.
Crop appears, and thanks you for helping his new fiance out, and they talk about you and your new farm, welcoming you to Pelican Bay. You will leave with a glass of Watermelon Juice and fifty pieces of wood in your inventory.
Two Hearts:
Enter Grillby’s after 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. You find Horror at the bar, looking sadly towards the door in the back. You approach and startle him, and he adjusts his hat while talking. He admits feeling nervous now that he’s been forced here, but that he’s surprisingly warming up to Crop. He asks you what you think of the farmer.
“You should dump him and get with me”
-50 friendship
He flatly tells you to stop joking, that he’s not in the mood, and then he gets off the stool and heads in the back, a thundercloud over his head.
“I don’t know him at all.”
No effect on friendship
He sighs, and says that he understands, as you had just moved there. But he thanks you for your honesty, and says he has a lot to think on. He offers you his seat, and heads into the back.
“He seems pretty nice!”
+25 friendship
He wasn’t expecting that, but admits that he too thinks Crop is pretty nice. His face starts to blush as he starts talking about Crop has been so nice, how lovely everyone is in town. He gets flustered, and starts rambling about how he wakes up to a good meal and helps out with chores, only to be interrupted by Crop appearing from the back. He looks between you with a smile and asks what’s wrong, to which Horror then bustles them out of the doorway. (Should you speak with him that day afterwards, his face will remain flushed, and he will be hesitant to speak with you after unloading like that.)
Four Hearts:
Go East of town into the forest anytime after 9 a.m. on Thursday during Spring.
In the forest, you run into Horror again with a basket. He bashfully tells you that Crop gifted him a lovely bouquet of flowers, and now he wished to return the favor. If you decline to help, the scene ends, but friendship is not affected. If you agree to help, you spend two hours picking flowers, and you gain +10 friendship with both of them as Horror will tell Crop you helped out.
Six Hearts:
Exit your home while it is raining.
Horror gifts you a recipe from his homeland. It is Kimchi and restores +50 health and +25 stamina, making it one of the best recipes to in the game. The ingredients are hard to come by, but should you eventually become best friends with Horror or Crop, they will sometimes gift you with a crop from the farm, and it is a 15% chance it will be an ingredient for Kimchi.
Eight Hearts:
Go to Muffet’s anytime after the 15th of Spring
After unlocking Muffet’s, and the ability to make clothing, many cut scenes open up for you. Here, if you enter when Horror is at eight hearts, you will see a scene in which he is fretting about his wedding attire. Muffet is encouraging him about something, before they both see you. Horror nervously asks you if Crop would feel embarrassed about his hole in his skull, while Muffet argues that he wouldn’t.
“Yes, and I would be too.”
-50 Friendship with Horror, -75 Friendship with Muffet
Horror’s face crumples and he starts to cry, and Muffet angrily orders you to get out if you are going to be of no help. Should you talk to Muffet outside her store, she will coldly ignore you and turn away. If you try to talk to Horror, he averts his eyes, and will mumble. There is no recovering from this.
“Well…what if you hide it?”
No effect on Friendship with Horror, -50 Friendship with Muffet
Horror motions at Muffet, saying, “See? They agree!” Muffet angrily crosses two of her arms, and snaps that he should have nothing to hide. If you chose this, during the wedding, Horror will have a bandage around his skull or a white hat.
“Why would he be?
+50 Friendship with Horror, +100 Friendship with Muffet, +10 Affection with Muffet
Horror blinks and says that he should because…he doesn’t finish his sentence as Muffet jumps in. “Exactly! He shouldn’t!” She happily gushes that you obviously know what you’re talking about, and Horror eventually gives in to Muffet’s eagerness to decorate him without worrying about the hole. Should you choose this, Horror will have just a veil on, nothing hiding his hole. (DLC: due to the surprise event, if you manage to trigger it before the wedding, Horror will have a bandage on his head.)
Ten Hearts:
Head towards the pier around 8 p.m., Saturday during Spring.
You will catch Horror off-guard, who is sitting at the end of the pier, gazing out into the ocean. He explains that where he comes from, there wasn’t an ocean to view, so he’s come to like it and the smell of the sea. He bitterly informs you that he wishes his brother could see it, but knows their father wouldn’t allow it. He turns and sighs, then asks you if you think he’s making a mistake.
“Maybe.”
No effect on Friendship
Horror nods, smiles, and hugs you. He thanks you for your honesty, and heads home. The scene ends and you are teleported back home.
“A mistake? Doing what?”
No effect on Friendship
He motions out towards Pelican Bay. “This,” he says. “All of this.” He mentions the marriage and Crop and having to move out there, and then he stops for a moment, staring out at the sea again. He tells you he has a lot to think on.
“How do you feel about it?”
+25 Friendship
He stops, then turns to the sea once more. He stands there for a moment and says, “I’ve never been happier.” He admits he misses his brother (DLC: if you’ve done the surprise event, the brother will not be mentioned), he admits he misses his old life, but…he says that he loves the simplicity of everyday farming. That he’s come to find Crop a friendly companion, if not someone he could come to love one day.
He turns to you, eyes shining, and says that he’s made his decision. You are teleported home after he leaves.
Wedding Event:
No matter what you’ve done, on Spring 30 (if you have not skipped the day), their wedding will take place.
Should you do no cut scenes:
The wedding proceeds as usual, Horror wears a bandage, everyone congratulates them. They tell you it’s nice to see you there, but that they’re busy talking to guests right now. You will go home with a piece of wedding cake, and +100 Friendship with all villagers after, +10 Affection with marriageable candidates.
Two or more cut scenes:
Horror personally thanks you for attending, and hands you a little carved horse he made. You can add this to your home, and should you marry, your spouse will comment on it every so often. The bandage will change to a hat or to nothing depending on how Muffet’s goes.
+100 Friendship, +15 Affection (which may drop if you upset Muffet)
All cut scenes:
Should you do all cut scenes with either neutral or positive answers, Horror and Crop thank you for coming, giving you a little more insight into their lives. Horror explains that he was hesitant, at first, with your help he managed to overcome his nervousness. Crop thanks you for being so kind to his new bride, and you are given a piece of cake, 250 G, and a set of overalls, along with +150 Friendship and +20 Affection.
Should you do any negative scenes, Horror will avoid you and duck his head, while Crop, depending on what scenes you see with him, will either be confused or glare at you.
Afterwards, you are teleported home. You receive no cake, -25 Friendship with the couple, 0 Affection (-15 Affection with Muffet should you speak to her at the Wedding), and you are unable to buy or sell crops or animal products from Crop for a month (less if you manage to raise their heart levels again).
After a year, they will have a child. The child will become friends with yours, neither one growing older than toddler age.
DLC:
The DLC includes:
Sugar, Horror’s brother
An additional child event for the skeleton couple
More clothes!
A surprise event
Surprise Event (SPOILERS!):
One morning, which is not revealed when and has been seen to be random, you awaken to shouting and loud noises. You come outside and find several guards are traipsing along your land. They ask you of the whereabouts of Horror and Crop.
If you tell them where they are:
Crop and Horror won’t appear in town for two days. When you come in on the third day, at any time, you see them entering Grillby’s. You follow, and find a severely angry Crop, Horror with a tight bloody bandage over his skull, and a skeleton you’ve never seen before.
Depending on when the surprise event takes place, they may refer to each other as husband and wife, however, if it occurs before the wedding (Author’s Note: I find more cut scenes were fun when it included Sugar!), then they make no mention of the wedding.
The tall skeleton sees you, but nervously asks you to leave. You do.
You later learn through a letter from the Mayor that the neighboring kingdom-of which Horror and Sugar were a part of-had invaded. But not to worry, as Crop and Horror (or, ‘The Prince and his husband’) managed to do some ‘fine talking’ and get themselves out of trouble. Sugar becomes a permanent resident, and does not speak-to you-about what happened.
His wiki tells us that the ‘incident’ with Horror was (spoilers) his father’s own doing, and had attempted to have a hit out on his son once more. He was only thwarted by Crop and Sugar’s planning, but due to their lateness, Horror’s skull had been even more injured, and now suffers greater memory problems from before.
Note: Sometimes the NPC shows this, as he can be seen writing in a notebook constantly, or making jokes about Crop or Sugar having to remind him of things. He mentions having forgotten he was pregnant, and laughs, but then tells you that he’d rather not think of that.
If you tell them you don’t know who that is:
The army continues on, but this time, drag the town into it. All the events still transpire, however, an extra cut scene occurs in which you are led to the beach along with the other townspeople, surrounded by the guards, until Crop and Horror show up to make them let their people go.
You see them march their sprites off screen, and now are able to have interesting NPC quotes from them. Muffet worries about them, and Grillby says he often makes Crop’s favorite drink, only to stop and remind himself that they weren’t here right now.
The rest of the event happens on course.