The Chaos Protocol | Arc Four | E26: for worlds we lost

About this episode

The episode explores themes of grief and loss as characters navigate a tragic mistake and personal struggles.

Xainan makes a tragic mistake. Lumièra convinces herself it can be done. Seir resonates with the grief of the Tears. And Zinnia sings a familiar song. Guest starring Dare Hickman. Content warnings: environmental collapse, apocalypse, grief, mourning, death of loved ones, and references to guns as weaponry and the loss 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 Doyley and we are playing Force of Extinction: an upcoming mutation survival game from 12…

People in this episode

Hosts: Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, Cai K.

Guest: Dare Hickman

Topics covered

• grief
• apocalypse
• environmental collapse
• loss
• mourning
• fandom

Keywords

• grief
• apocalypse
• environmental collapse
• loss of children
• fandom
• mutation survival

Sponsors

Working Families Party, ExplainTrade

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Force of Extinction

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