Steelstorm

The steelstorm is a deadly desert phenomena most common in arid nations prone to creeper attacks. Creepers generally detonate only when nearby large animals (mainly humans), but there is one major exception. When caught amid sufficiently powerful windstorms, wandering creepers have been known to "malfunction", evidently becoming convinced that they are being jostled by living creatures. When enough creepers are present—such as during a battle between humans and nightcrawlers—this can result in a vast quantity of shattered stone being caught in the storm.
Despite their name, steelstorms are more comprised of stone than metal, but the sharp shards are nonetheless extremely hazardous while carried within the storm. Worse, the more creepers are caught, the more stone is added, until the storm is virtually packed with cutting pieces of rock. Steelstorms can badly injure or even kill creatures unable to find some sort of shelter. They have often been assigned malignant properties, though this is generally regarded as baseless superstition.
Steelstorms are quite well-known in Ralkeis, where they are believed to be the work of the spirits of ancient dwarfish dead.
Category:New Voldrania Category:Weather