Arc 4: Pitter Patter

## Episodes

* Episode 15 - Grandma's House
* Episode 16 - Some Soul To Spare
* Episode 17 - Attack of the Killer Vines!
* Episode 18 - The Welcome Wagon
* Episode 19 - Well, Well, Well
* Episode 20 - It's A Revolution, I Suppose
* Episode 21- The Cook and the Goldsmith
* Episode 22 - Please Stay on the Line
* Episode 23 - What's the Plan Again?
* Episode 24 - Closet Elves
* Episode 25 - Imperial Assault
* Episode 26 - It All Comes Crashing Down

## Synopsis

The Pitter Patter Arc centred around the students visiting the Plane of Isathil for the first time. The plane is a vibrant, larger than life realm of bright colours, talking animals, and untamed magics. They first explored the small settlement of Pitter, meeting some talking bees, a rock person whose job it is to smash the roots of fast-growing vines, and Seltie, a grandmotherly like witch of dubious intentions. The students purchased some magical items from Seltie in exchange for knick-knacks from their past. Most notably, Winsler traded 1/17th of his soul, to be made available to Seltie after Winsler's death, in exchange for a magical scale. After the students fought off some tree vines, they travelled to the town of Patter, a city built into a hole in the ground made up of several layers.

They were quickly separated from their mentor Artis Artisian by their tour guide Yona, a rock woman who brought them to a small carnival to play some games. Yona repeatedly spoke of their Emperor Chief Corka, a grand leader who was supposedly 'the coolest'. After traveling throughout the empty streets with Yona, they were stopped by a blue newt named Blub, who covertly informed them that Corka was evil and that Blub's groups, a team of Root Newts, were traveling revolutionaries who aimed to bring Corka down. The students agreed to team up with Blub and the Root Newts to defeat Corka, the students themselves noting that the town seemed strange.

Blub explained to them that their leader, a newt woman named Crezka, was trapped in a holding cell in the detention layer. The students quickly deceived the rock guards, infiltrating the layer, where they split up. Serinepth and Integrity encountered a scarred woman with a ratlike appearance in the detention layer; the woman attacked them and was defeated by the pair. Meanwhile, Mira and Winsler rescued Crezka, Corka's young daughter Kat, and a mysterious man named Ferimel, who was trapped in a freezing cell and claimed to have been imprisoned in the detention layer for seven years. Notably, Ferimel possessed a spellbook that looked strikingly similar to Winsler's.

Ferimel and Crezka directed the students to travel to the end of the layer to recover their things, including Ferimel's staff. Mira and Winsler headed through the layer, where they encountered a torturer named Har who appeared to torture people with molten gold. After defeating Har, the group reunited and found an injured and bloodied Artis, with two of his fingers coated in gold.

After meeting up, Mira and Integrity quickly realized that 'Ferimel' was 'Rime', who had left a note at the trial for the Orb of Power; this meant that he was 'The Cold One' who appeared in Integrity's vision and possessed the orb. The two of them planned to steal Ferimel's staff at the earliest opportunity. The group recovered their stolen objects, including Artis' orbs, and called for Root Newt backup before exiting the detention layer, using invisibility to steal Ferimel's purple orb-powered staff. They dropped off Artis at a bar for root newts for safekeeping. The remaining root newts informed them that other newts were imprisoned in the Inquisition Outpost by the palace, along with their propaganda posters; the students headed to the outpost to recover them.

After sneaking into the outpost and deceiving a guard named Rock Jerry in order to recover the posters and the newts, the group was intercepted by Inquisitor Yelm, the brother of Yona. Yelm invited them into his office, speaking with a friendly tone and making pleasantries about killing revolutionaries. At one point, he reached into his desk to retrieve a sign-in sheet for the students; interpreting the gesture as a sign of attack, Serinepth cast Scorching Ray at Yelm, killing him immediately. The students fled back to the tavern in panic, where Ferimel was waiting for them. He implied to Mira that he was, like her, in contact with Empress Terrasis; the group returned his staff to him sheepishly. In exchange, Ferimel informed the group of how to heal Artis; their mentor needed immediate physical contact with the orbs to remain healthy.

After regrouping, the students prepared to fight Corka, whom they learned was in possession of a powerful weapon known as the Heart of Gold. With the help of Ferimel, Crezka's root newts, and the backup newts, they stormed the palace, confronting Corka and Yona, standing by a recaptured Crezka. Corka made them an offer; that he would let them leave safely provided that they left Artis behind. The students refused, fighting the pair. Corka, in possession of the Heart of Gold, began to reshape the terrain around them in dangerous ways. During the fight, Ferimel dragged Crezka away, out of sight. Integrity defeated Yona by disguising herself as the inquisitor. Corka, unable to tell which was Integrity and which was Yona, threw Yona into a river of lava, killing her. The students worked together to kill Corka, escaping from Patter with their injured mentor in tow.