The Chaos Protocol | Arc Four | E22: of burden found

About this episode

The episode features characters navigating personal challenges while exploring themes of survival and complex relationships.

Seir tries to find the perfect weapon for Bug. Lumièra learns about the Galactic Lords. Xainan cooks breakfast. And Zinnia dodges questions from Libra. Guest starring Dare Hickman. Content warnings: nightmares, death of loved ones, grief, complex relationships, food and eating, survival and scarcity, fantasy violence, environmental collapse, climate change, romance, sex, classism, and references to the death of children. Arc Four is proudly sponsored by the Working Families Party, a progressive third party in the United States building a multiracial coalition of working class people to make our communities a better place to live for everyone. The WFP believes in the power of fandom to take action, so let’s do something tangible together right now: sign their petition to break up big media companies and join their mailing list at https://bit.ly/WFPTrans. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's main campaign that stars Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, and Cai K. as the players with Sea Thomas as the producer and Connie Chang as the Game Master. This podcast episode is edited by Hemlock Creek Productions. Our original intro music is by Jonathan Charles. For Arc Four, our artist is Alecia…

People in this episode

Hosts: Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, Cai K.

Guest: Dare Hickman

Topics covered

• weapon finding
• Galactic Lords
• cooking
• dodging questions
• nightmares
• grief
• survival

Keywords

• fantasy
• violence
• climate change
• romance
• classism
• nightmares
• grief
• survival

Sponsors

Working Families Party, ExplainTrade

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hemlock Creek Productions, 12 Sided Studios

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