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Before the clouds even rolled in, the weather channels called it the storm of the century. The city had been warned of massive gales, sheets of rain and endless amounts of lightening. As the black clouds boiled across the sky, the predictions of a tornado were quickly taken as truth. People barricaded themselves in their homes, businesses closed early and the populace fled to whatever safety they could find. The sun was lost in the blackened sky, creating a darkness that could have been mistaken for night. The winds struck first, a great howl ripping through the streets. The rain quickly followed, dropping so hard that it hurt. The heavens rumbled and growled like a beast waiting to be released from its cage. Then, as soon as it had started, it stopped. The rain shrank away to a trickle, and the wind seemed to shy away. For a few minutes, all was calm. Had it not been for the black sky above, people would have thought it was all over. Even with that, people crept out to see the bizarre calmness. Small crowds formed in the streets, as they stared at the silent clouds that churned above. Though the storm had rolled in like a tsunami, it seemed to have stalled itself above the metropolis. People began to talk and question the odd behavior when the storm released a massive bellow.

The roar that ripped through the air was like that of thunder, but within it was the sound of primal rage. No lightening had announced it, nor a flash of light. The heavens seemed to shout in anger, right before the sky split in half. The obsidian clouds cleaved open as if struck by an invisible blade. From the darkened wound fell a gray form, like a meteor falling to earth. There was no time for panic as the massive missile struck the land. A shockwave shot its way through the city. Billboards collapsed, the roads cracked and every building swayed as if shaken by a giant. A cloud of debris hid the fallen object for a moment, but movement quickly tore it away. Emerging from the fading cloud was a beast of enormous size. Its grey hide was stretched across a massive frame that was packed with muscle. It sported huge arms that ended with spiked claws. Its head was fully consumed by a giant maw that could have swallowed a parking garage. Sharp horns emerged from its skull, and small yellow eyes looked out at the city before it. For a brief moment, no one moved or spoke. For the humans, no one could believe what they were seeing. Many must have been wondering if they had walked onto a movie set, or were in some kind of dream. The beast, however, seemed intent on surveying the land before it. Its eyes scoured the city, as if searching for something. What it wanted was unknown to everyone. Its goal was a question that no one would have the chance to answer.

Opening its great maw, the beast sucked in a mighty breath. The vortex created by this inhale pulled in vehicles, light posts, debris and even people. With air in its lungs it threw its head up towards the sky and let out a deafening roar. Its mouth unhinged as a column of dark clouds blasted from its jaws. The darkness struck the black sky above and unleashed the terrors it had caged within. As if by signal, two more entities dropped from the skies, each one sending another quake through the metropolis. They slammed down on each side of the roaring titan, flanking it like comrades in a war zone. To one side stood a lankier creature, its limbs thin and elongated. Spiraling horns stuck out from its gray hide, and a pair of whip-like tails coiled themselves like snakes. Its maw was long and thin like a crocodile's, and held the same cruel smile. On the other side was beast covered in curved spines. The black horns bent towards each other to create a row of arches along its back and head. These spikes crackled with energy, with sparks and electricity arcing between them. Small bolts shot off of it and struck nearby buildings and structures. The city had no time to recover from this arrival when the duo joined their brother in its cry towards the heavens. The thin one raised a long arm towards the sky and shot a churning column of wind into the clouds. The other raised its own hand and fired off a mighty lance of lightening upward. Storm, lightening and cyclone struck the black sky above, and the waiting typhoon gave its reply.

From the clouds came a wall of rain that struck like stones, and the great howling wind returned to scour the streets. Mighty bolts of lightening began to light up the sky, slithering and striking like electrical serpents. This devastation was not all the city had to face. The three great beasts ceased their skyward ceremony and began to tear their way through the city. The largest one began to barrel through buildings like an organic battering ram. Its giant fists swatted aside buildings as if they were made of wooden blocks. The creature covered in electricity wasted no time in targeting a nearby power station. The field of antennas and poles must have been the perfect set up for its powers, as it locked sights on the area and stalked forth. The arching spines on its back lit up with electricity and generated a powerful bolt of lightening. Like a warrior pulling an arrow from its quiver, the beast reached back and plucked the prepared weapon. With the grace of a spear thrower, it flung the crackling missile and struck the power station with perfect accuracy. The whole place exploded in a shower of sparks and charred metal. Even before the explosion could finish, the beast was searching for its next target.

Not to be left out of the fun, the thinnest of the trio opened its fists up to release more tornadoes into the sky. The twisting columns of air dug themselves into the clouds and quickly began to tear their way through the landscape. Within moments, the city was being devastated by two twisters of epic proportions. And within the next few moments, there were two more. The lanky creature almost seemed to smile as it unleashed the cyclones on the city. But even as its newly birthed tornadoes shredded the nearby buildings, the titan was not done with its destruction. It brought its arms down to its sides, as its twin tails began to spin and uncoil. The tails began to blur as they spun and suddenly they vanished in a sheath of wind and debris. From its waist down, another cyclone was formed, with the beast riding upon it like a steed. Its legs and tails vanished in the wind's fury, and the monster become one with the tornado. It shot upwards into the sky, towering itself over the skyscrapers below. With a roar that sounded almost like a cackle, it charged its way over to the nearest building and tore it apart with its winds. When that structure was rubble and twisted beams, it moved on to the next. And then the next.

The people of the city could only watch as these titans tore their homes apart. Streets were ripped up with massive claws. Buildings were pulled apart like like wrapping paper on a present. Structures crumbled and crashed to the ground. There was no mercy to be found. No building was spared, and no area was left untouched. Those trapped inside these doomed structures had no chance. The only thing they could do was scream. Calls were made and desperate pleas were being sent out to the government and military for help. But such cries were in vain, as each passing moment brought only more destruction and death. The towers still crumbled underneath spiked fists, and radio towers still burned from the mighty bolts of electricity. All around the country, soldiers were being prepared and military aid was being sent. Choppers were in the air withing moments of the calls, and the wheels of hundreds of jeeps and tanks quickly followed. But such efforts required time, and that was something the titans were not giving the dying city. Around the country, authorities prayed that they would make it in time. Within the city, the people prayed that they would survive this final storm...

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The final piece for the commission for alphabetagamma1701 . Boy howdy was this piece a tough one. With so much going on, I had to do this in layers. Eldingar and Kulog were done on one sheet, while Kasirga and his storms were done on another. Then came the simple act of adding them together! Though hard, it was really fun to do! It taught me a few things and made me get creative at times.

Also I hope that this description does this scene justice.

Description
Before the clouds even rolled in, the weather channels called it the storm of the century. The city had been warned of massive gales, sheets of rain and endless amounts of lightening. As the black clouds boiled across the sky, the predictions of a tornado were quickly taken as truth. People barricaded themselves in their homes, businesses closed early and the populace fled to whatever safety they could find. The sun was lost in the blackened sky, creating a darkness that could have been mistaken for night. The winds struck first, a great howl ripping through the streets. The rain quickly followed, dropping so hard that it hurt. The heavens rumbled and growled like a beast waiting to be released from its cage. Then, as soon as it had started, it stopped. The rain shrank away to a trickle, and the wind seemed to shy away. For a few minutes, all was calm. Had it not been for the black sky above, people would have thought it was all over. Even with that, people crept out to see the bizarre calmness. Small crowds formed in the streets, as they stared at the silent clouds that churned above. Though the storm had rolled in like a tsunami, it seemed to have stalled itself above the metropolis. People began to talk and question the odd behavior when the storm released a massive bellow.

The roar that ripped through the air was like that of thunder, but within it was the sound of primal rage. No lightening had announced it, nor a flash of light. The heavens seemed to shout in anger, right before the sky split in half. The obsidian clouds cleaved open as if struck by an invisible blade. From the darkened wound fell a gray form, like a meteor falling to earth. There was no time for panic as the massive missile struck the land. A shockwave shot its way through the city. Billboards collapsed, the roads cracked and every building swayed as if shaken by a giant. A cloud of debris hid the fallen object for a moment, but movement quickly tore it away. Emerging from the fading cloud was a beast of enormous size. Its grey hide was stretched across a massive frame that was packed with muscle. It sported huge arms that ended with spiked claws. Its head was fully consumed by a giant maw that could have swallowed a parking garage. Sharp horns emerged from its skull, and small yellow eyes looked out at the city before it. For a brief moment, no one moved or spoke. For the humans, no one could believe what they were seeing. Many must have been wondering if they had walked onto a movie set, or were in some kind of dream. The beast, however, seemed intent on surveying the land before it. Its eyes scoured the city, as if searching for something. What it wanted was unknown to everyone. Its goal was a question that no one would have the chance to answer.

Opening its great maw, the beast sucked in a mighty breath. The vortex created by this inhale pulled in vehicles, light posts, debris and even people. With air in its lungs it threw its head up towards the sky and let out a deafening roar. Its mouth unhinged as a column of dark clouds blasted from its jaws. The darkness struck the black sky above and unleashed the terrors it had caged within. As if by signal, two more entities dropped from the skies, each one sending another quake through the metropolis. They slammed down on each side of the roaring titan, flanking it like comrades in a war zone. To one side stood a lankier creature, its limbs thin and elongated. Spiraling horns stuck out from its gray hide, and a pair of whip-like tails coiled themselves like snakes. Its maw was long and thin like a crocodile's, and held the same cruel smile. On the other side was beast covered in curved spines. The black horns bent towards each other to create a row of arches along its back and head. These spikes crackled with energy, with sparks and electricity arcing between them. Small bolts shot off of it and struck nearby buildings and structures. The city had no time to recover from this arrival when the duo joined their brother in its cry towards the heavens. The thin one raised a long arm towards the sky and shot a churning column of wind into the clouds. The other raised its own hand and fired off a mighty lance of lightening upward. Storm, lightening and cyclone struck the black sky above, and the waiting typhoon gave its reply.

From the clouds came a wall of rain that struck like stones, and the great howling wind returned to scour the streets. Mighty bolts of lightening began to light up the sky, slithering and striking like electrical serpents. This devastation was not all the city had to face. The three great beasts ceased their skyward ceremony and began to tear their way through the city. The largest one began to barrel through buildings like an organic battering ram. Its giant fists swatted aside buildings as if they were made of wooden blocks. The creature covered in electricity wasted no time in targeting a nearby power station. The field of antennas and poles must have been the perfect set up for its powers, as it locked sights on the area and stalked forth. The arching spines on its back lit up with electricity and generated a powerful bolt of lightening. Like a warrior pulling an arrow from its quiver, the beast reached back and plucked the prepared weapon. With the grace of a spear thrower, it flung the crackling missile and struck the power station with perfect accuracy. The whole place exploded in a shower of sparks and charred metal. Even before the explosion could finish, the beast was searching for its next target.

Not to be left out of the fun, the thinnest of the trio opened its fists up to release more tornadoes into the sky. The twisting columns of air dug themselves into the clouds and quickly began to tear their way through the landscape. Within moments, the city was being devastated by two twisters of epic proportions. And within the next few moments, there were two more. The lanky creature almost seemed to smile as it unleashed the cyclones on the city. But even as its newly birthed tornadoes shredded the nearby buildings, the titan was not done with its destruction. It brought its arms down to its sides, as its twin tails began to spin and uncoil. The tails began to blur as they spun and suddenly they vanished in a sheath of wind and debris. From its waist down, another cyclone was formed, with the beast riding upon it like a steed. Its legs and tails vanished in the wind's fury, and the monster become one with the tornado. It shot upwards into the sky, towering itself over the skyscrapers below. With a roar that sounded almost like a cackle, it charged its way over to the nearest building and tore it apart with its winds. When that structure was rubble and twisted beams, it moved on to the next. And then the next.

The people of the city could only watch as these titans tore their homes apart. Streets were ripped up with massive claws. Buildings were pulled apart like like wrapping paper on a present. Structures crumbled and crashed to the ground. There was no mercy to be found. No building was spared, and no area was left untouched. Those trapped inside these doomed structures had no chance. The only thing they could do was scream. Calls were made and desperate pleas were being sent out to the government and military for help. But such cries were in vain, as each passing moment brought only more destruction and death. The towers still crumbled underneath spiked fists, and radio towers still burned from the mighty bolts of electricity. All around the country, soldiers were being prepared and military aid was being sent. Choppers were in the air withing moments of the calls, and the wheels of hundreds of jeeps and tanks quickly followed. But such efforts required time, and that was something the titans were not giving the dying city. Around the country, authorities prayed that they would make it in time. Within the city, the people prayed that they would survive this final storm...

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The final piece for the commission for alphabetagamma1701 . Boy howdy was this piece a tough one. With so much going on, I had to do this in layers. Eldingar and Kulog were done on one sheet, while Kasirga and his storms were done on another. Then came the simple act of adding them together! Though hard, it was really fun to do! It taught me a few things and made me get creative at times.

Also I hope that this description does this scene justice.