Permafrost

Despite the fact it is the name of the entire series, THIS Permafrost is the first arc within the whole series.

A name may be added later to avoid confusion.

It is mostly Ryn and Corrin centered.

## History and Creation

The story was created around August 2019, and was (as the whole series is) inspired by the story of "Shockwave" by Olive Waffles. While it shares some similarities with the story, is also has plenty more differences, though it has been called a "copy" of it before (despite credit being given on the title page)

It has taken nearly three years to finish (ending April 20 2021), because of slow production, the fact there were 80 chapters, and because of the slow post date (originally updated one chapter per week, but was later sped up once the whole book was completed). This got the creator to realize that the Permafrost arcs should be shortened, and shortened the rest of the arcs to around 30 chapters instead.

It originally was not put in a "Season" system, but was later made to be Season 1 Arc 1 to help the sorting of arcs go better.

## Brief

"*When a young inkling discovers their ink is fire-charged, they want to embark on a journey to find out what they really are, but an incident happens and all of the people in their town are taken by a strange but familiar force. Along their adventure to rescue their people, they will meet the Ice kingdom, a place that worships an old ice spirit named Misty. Will they be able to find the help they need, or will this kingdom see them as an enemy and attack?*" - Book Description

When Ryn finds out her ink is boiling hot to a group of X-rank bullies one day, it spikes interest in her team. Upon doing research, they discover she is more than what she seems, but soon an old force from the past comes to take the villagers away...without a reason at an oddly coincidental time? Looks like it's up to Ryn and her friends to save their home and figure out just what the heck is going on.

## Plot

Note: This does not cover ALL the information in the story, read it on Wattpad for extra info.

The prologue introduces the history of Pyrolings and Rinklings, as well as Misty and her deal with the Skylings.

Throughout the first half of the story, Corrin's perspective is told in short bits at the ends of some chapters.

Ryn starts out her day in Laocrah Town as normal, going to turf with her friends Silvia, Jack and Cosmo. They notice the team they're going against is mostly matching with dark purple vests, but think nothing of it. The map chosen is Fangtooth Fortress, and the team readies to go. Early into the match, the opposite team introduces themselves as Thrash, Thorne, Spyke, and Fang. About halfway through the match, Thrash is pushed onto a puddle of Ryn's ink from her splattershot. he exclaims that it's burning hot, which sparks some confusion and curiosity in the other members. They test the ink around them to see if it is only Ryn's ink, and find that it is. They resume the turf war nonetheless, and continue uninterrupted. At the end, they are judged by a 6 limbed salamander named George (their version of Judd), and Ryn's team wins. The enemy team turns out to be named "The Wave Crashers" as Thrash goes up to Ryn's group and insists she cheated. George confirms that it is allowed to pass, since Ryn is not abusing the power and it overall does not matter. Both teams eventually leave, and Ryn's team gets drinks before heading to the Charred Book Library. There, they find out that she is a Pyroling, a species of squid that has burning hot ink. It mentions they were fighting something, but the book is burnt. The group finds no more info as time goes on, and they eventually leave for their homes.

The next day, Ryn and her team meet up with some allies/friends of theirs, The Thistlins. They have a brief discussion before the Thistlins go to turf war. When they come out, they explain that they've lost to The Wave Crashers, which angers Ryn and her friends. Jack is about to start up a fight with the Crashers as they exit as well, but him and the Crashers are stopped when snow suddenly starts falling. The 3 turf teams quickly split to get their winter coats and such, then meet back up. Soon though, an army of Rinklings shows up, named "The Frost Army". They capture many people in the village, including the Thistlins and *seemingly* the Wave Crashers. A general finds Ryn and her group, and she tries to get him off her and her friends by going to her house to fake getting something. The general soon becomes impatient, but Ryn's friends hold him back before he can attack her. Ryn is forced to flee into the woods by taking the back door of her house.

In the woods, she comes across a house. Within this house seemingly resides an Osprey named Talon (and an insectoid named Stag), who take her in for a bit until she later finds her teammates. They have also escaped from the Frost Army, and after a bit of planning, they decide to adventure onwards to rescue their people. They also come up with their team name, "The Infernos". On their adventure, they encounter Thrash, who has been revealed to have escaped the Frost Army somehow. After a bit of a fight, they keep going, with Thrash going the other way. The group later comes across a tavern and decide to get food there. They meet a crane named Tide and notice there are other people there, as their homes were attacked by the Frost Army too. As the other citizens leave, Cosmo notices a familiar figure at the bar area, who is revealed to be Fang.

Fang explains Thorne sacrificed himself so he could escape, then angrily shuts up. Tide gives the group some snacks for the journey and suggests they head to a place by Frostcap Mountain, though she does not say the name of the place. The Infernos head out after an angered Fang leaves, only to find a group of mutant fangteeth have surrounded the place. They fight, with Fang even gaining a fangtooth fang as a weapon, and ask Fang if he wants to join them. Fang declines, and the two groups head their separate ways.

The Infernos continue their journey and encounter more things, such as a group of mutant fish of the ice variant. They get around them as night falls, and are later ambushed by Thrash again, though he leaves after they put up a fight. They find a group of viperfish by a bridge, who attack them after Cosmo and Ryn crash into them on accident. After that, they find a house belonging to an eel named Elias, and decide to stay the night. However, Jack finds out he secretly plans to eat the group, and everyone flees before Elias can attack. They keep travelling for a while without being attacked, but a mutant stargazer suddenly attacks them and knocks them all out.

The Infernos wake up and find out they're being taken care of by Rudy and Vance, an argoling and a vampire squid respectively. After taking care of the poison and injury, Rudy explains they are in Cryos Town, the place by Frostcap Mountain Tide was talking about. Once they rest a bit more, they leave the place and head to the Bobbit Path, where they encounter the bobbit worms and Tempest. After using her cold ink and other methods to get around the worms, the Infernos (though Silvia labels them as "Boilink" to hide their identity) trick Tempest into searching for something while they sneak around her to go up the mountain. A little later, they encounter Fang again, who was resting on the side of the mountain. Fang initially rejects joining the group, but decides to tag along later for the sake of being with more people. After getting into a fight amongst group members, the Infernos and Fang encounter a mutant stonefish sleeping on the path (therefore blocking their way). Fang rids of it to allow the group to pass.

Corrin decides to leave the kingdom for a bit, and escapes with the help of his friend Rehl, who disguises as a guard to let him free. However, he slips and falls, allowing him to meet the Infernos and Fang. Corrin uses the name "Nyroc" to see if he can trust the group at first, as they too are also very suspicious of him. The group later finds a cave on the side of the mountain, where a sea dragon named Kagayaku resides. He gives them puzzles to solve to see if they are worthy of staying in the warm cave for a while, and Ryn manages to pass with the help of the others. Corrin later reveals his real name as the group rests, and explains a prophecy Misty told his dad: a creature of fire would overthrow his reign.

When they wake up, Corrin requests that Kagayaku fly the group up to the top of the mountain, in exchange for treasure. The others are skeptical, but Kagayaku agrees and Fang rides atop his back while holding the others in cephalopod form. The Infernos ask Corrin for help in navigating around the Ice Kingdom, and Corrin believes that this could bring the change he wanted, so he agrees. Kagayaku lands on the side of a ledge, and the group makes their way in via slipping through prison bars. Once in, they all head towards Corrin's room to figure out a plan, though Corrin's friend Zane (who was wandering the dungeons) nearly figures them out. They get a good look at the kingdom before resting while Corrin goes off to find some food. Corrin's childhood friend Jay also accompanies him, but Corrin manages to dissuade him from entering his room and finding the Infernos, stating he should wait an hour or so.

Fang decides to explore the place more, and finds a storage room with the other Wave Crashers in it (as Thrash had seemingly gotten there earlier and freed Thorne and Spyke). Corrin and the Infernos notice Fang's absence, and decide to look for him because they don't want to be found out. They enter a ballroom and find The Wave Crashers equipped with Rinkling weapons and uniforms. Deciding to fight it out, the group does a 5v4 battle, though the Infernos lose the battle while Corrin is knocked out. The Infernos are then dragged to the castle's prison area, and get their weapons taken away.

Corrin wakes up a while later, and is found by Jay and Rehl (as Jay remembered Corrin saying to "wait an hour"). He quickly explains the situation, and the trio get healed before heading off to free the Infernos. Corrin also grabs the Nitro Blade in the process, as well as several crystals that function as weapon pins for the Infernos. The trio is halted by Zane guarding the prison cells, but they manage to persuade him to join them and let them through. The group, IceStar, then finds Fang, and Corrin gives him a stern talk about what he did. Fang tries to shug it off and appear unfazed, but it fails and Corrin eventually convinces him to let the Infernos go.

The Infernos and IceStar reunite, and split up to do different things. Jay and Cosmo confront the imprisoned Thistlins to tell them everything is okay before leaving to regroup. Fang, Rehl, and Zane recover the Infernos' weapons and put them into the crystal pins, though the Wave Crashers are under the impression that Fang is going to destroy them. The other Infernos and Corrin are headed to Misty's ritual room, though the other two groups catch up to them eventually. The Wave Crashers soon find them and start a fight, though Corrin manages to freeze them all with the Nitro Blade and get them imprisoned. The guards nearby the throne room notice the group as they attempt to get to Misty's room, and demand that they all see King Chion. Chion is initially hostile, but Corrin gets him to instead test the group instead of immediately killing or re-imprisoning them.

The Infernos, Fang, and IceStar have to fight Korikuma and Enaz as the challenge (though Zane sits out), and are victorious but tired. King Chion then reveals he moved Misty's stone to Tempest's tower room, though the group is now free to go there. After distracting Tempest and lockpicking the door, the group enter and find the stone in no time. They summon her and battle her, though she uses Zane to restore her health while also putting him under her control. Once defeated, she still insists on not giving up, and flees after enchanting the ice-rock ground mixture on the top of the mountain. Corrin reveals Frostcap Mountain is actually a volcano, and the Infernos and IceStar rush to both rid of Misty's stone and get everyone off the volcano in case it erupts.

King Chion and some others then walk out and start to re-freeze the top with magic ice, hoping to chill the volcano before it can properly erupt. The Infernos and everyone else are led away on an ice slide by Enaz, and all the freed citizens that were before prisoners in the castle are sent back to their respective towns (though proper criminals in the kingdom do not get out of jail so easily). Once back in Laocrah Town, the snow and cold the Frost Army spread before starts to disappear, and the Ice Kingdom group receives word that Chion is okay and the volcano won't erupt. Corrin, the Infernos, and the others all say goodbye before parting, and everything soon returns to normal.