Sheep Farm

Ruth's Farm is the childhood home of Prince Charming and where he resided until replacing his twin brother, James, as King George's son.

Before the Curse
Ruth and her husband are very poor people and become with child. Ruth gives birth to twins, however, she has nothing to raise them with, she makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin and gives him one of her boys in exchange for a farm. When David, Ruth's remaining son, was young, she and his father would fight all the time because of his constant drinking. Eventually, he vowed to stop, leaving for two weeks on one of his trades and promising not to touch a drop of alcohol during that time. However, he dies by crashing his family's cart into a ravine after thirteen days of sobriety, both devastating and disappointing his family.

Anna, the princess of Arendelle, adopts the alias of Joan and heads over to David and Ruth's farm, knowing them to be trustworthy because her fiancé, Kristoff, is a good friend of the former. She seeks his help on her secret mission, but she is soon interrupted when Bo Peep, the local warlord, stops by the bully the two shepherds. She tells them to pay them what they owe her or else she will take their farm and force them to work off their debt as slaves. She then "brands" them with her magical shepherd's crook to make sure they are never able to escape, saying that David's father's horse should buy them an extra day. Not liking this one bit, Anna trains David how to fight with swords and he is successfully able to beat Bo Peep and her bodyguards in a fight, winning he and his mother their freedom. Having been given David's horse, Anna sets off on her journey, but before she does, Ruth tells her of a powerful wizard who might be able to help her with what she's doing: Rumplestiltskin. The young princess leaves to find the Dark One.

Prince James, Ruth's given up son, is killed after promising to defend King Midas' kingdom from a dragon. At her farm, Ruth tells Charming, her son, that a girl in the village is available for marriage, however, Charming refuses to marry her as he only ever wants to get married for love, not for riches. Ruth understands and does not persist. Ruth and Charming are visited by King George's men and Charming is taken away to slay the dragon in James' place, so that King Midas does not notice. As a surprise to everyone, Charming actually slays the dragon himself, however, he is then introduced to Princess Abigail, whom King Midas wants him to marry. King George threatens to kill Ruth should Charming not go through with it.

When being attacked by King George's men, Charming sends Snow White to the cabin where his mother is being kept, Snow begins to run but is kidnapped by Lancelot and taken to King George who drugs her with a potion which makes her infertile. Snow is thrown away but incapacitates Lancelot, he tells her he wants to help her and reveals that the king's men are on their way to kill Ruth. Ruth is decorating the cabin and Charming arrives, he tells her that it looks beautiful and she says she wants everything to be perfect when she meets her future daughter-in-law. Charming hears something and tells her to stay inside, she obliges and Charming battles off some knights, however, in the struggle, Ruth is hit in the chest by and arrow. Charming lowers her to the floor just as Snow and Lancelot arrives, the latter explains that the arrow is poisoned and Charming suggests going to Lake Nostos for a cure as its waters have powerful magical properties. Ruth is taken by wagon to the lake, and, in a pause, she shows Snow a necklace that can determine the sex of your first born by the way it swings, however, when used on Snow, it stays still. The girl explains George's curse and Ruth tells her to take some of the water from the lake herself to cure her, however, when they arrive, the lake is empty. Lancelot manages to find a morsel of water and goes to give it to Ruth who pretends to drink it, they are shocked when it does not work and Ruth's final request is to see her son's wedding, Lancelot marries Snow and Charming, and, Snow becomes fertile again when she drinks from the wedding cup which contains the real morsel of lake water. Ruth dies watching this and Charming buries her, he places a candle on her grave and Snow apologizes, saying that she was the only family her had left, he denies this, saying that he has her now. Snow figures out what Ruth and Lancelot did with the water after Ruth's necklace works the second time around, revealing that Snow's first child is to be a girl.