Xainan sings a lullaby. Lumièra reads a terrible book. Ying He deepens their bond with the time mage. And Seir makes the worst decision of his life. Content warnings: environmental collapse, climate disaster, apocalypse, survival and scarcity, death of loved ones, grief, complex relationships, anxiety and paranoia, fantasy violence, blood and gore, body horror, and references to child death. 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 Sided Studios. Transplanar RPG is sponsored by ExplainTrade, a negotiation skills training consultancy that wants you to pledge to Transplanar's Patreon for a patron-only aftershow, early podcast episodes, GM notes, and even the chance for your OC to cameo in our show. Special thanks to our Hands of Fate: aldebrn, Astor, Astrid, Casper, D. Crash, E Gardner, Faebelle, Homebrew Human, Jade, Koregame, Kyubi, Lamda H., Milo, Nathaniel S., Rachel H., Seth, Spanzor, streetlights, Summer, Tabbet, Tyrahnon, Unverified Goose, and Z. And an extra special thanks to our Precepts: Azra, Brooke, Elvira, ManeMan13, Mark J., Nullcessity, Robert Burke, Rose, SergeantDaynes, Spectra, Spencer, Taylor, Travis L., The Bow System, and Zoe.