Zenith Tempest

**Zenith Tempest**, also known as the **Prison of Bright Heavenly Thunder**, is the 2nd of the original Longinus. It has the power to control weather and the natural elements.

## Summary

Zenith Tempest is the second of the original Longinus, exceptionally powerful Sacred Gears that have the potential to kill immortal gods and even destroy the world. According to Azazel, this is the most powerful Sacred Gear within the Attribute/Elemental category.

In 20XX, through a ritual performed by the Nilrem Faction, a portal between this world and an alternate world where World War II ended in a nuclear fallout courtesy of the United States after the Axis Powers had won the war. Through it, Nilrem was able to summon an alternate Dulio Gesualdo, equipped with his own Zenith Tempest due to a "bug" within the Sacred Gear system and brainwashed him into their soldier.

After the Battle at Fallout Axis, team D×D was able to defeat and capture Nilrem's leader, Euclid Lucifuge, and the faction officially disbanded. The alternate Dulio was then taken in by Michael as his original world was destroyed by the Celestial Prince and certain changes were made so two versions of Zenith Tempest can simultaneously exist in the same world.

## Appearance

Zenith Tempest has no physical appearance, though it is a telltale sign of a wielder activating its powers when their eyes turn into an unnatural shade of melting gold.

## Abilities

At its base form, Zenith Tempest allows its wielder to create, shape, and manipulate the four rudimentary elemental forces of nature (Fire, Water, Earth, and Air), as well as the elements born or deviated from said four elements. They can also manipulate the four stages of being that these four elements represent (Plasma, Liquid, Solid, and Gas), and according to Azazel, its true power is Matter Manipulation, not just simply the elements

As such, the wielder possesses an immense control over the physical world, with god-like powers and authority on-par with many Gods of Nature in the eyes of faeries and spirits. As such, they have complete mastery over their own body's elements and can even fully transform themselves into the elements they hold control over. They can also generate a field that augments/enhances elements.

Due to their elemental powers, the wielder is connected directly to the natural world, and thus, can communicate, influence, manipulate and control nature, which consists of all living beings and plants and natural phenomena, such as the weather and geology of the Earth, and the matter and energy of which all these things are composed. Their connection with nature is on such deep levels that the planet can respond to their emotions and desires, such as forcefully changing the seasons and weather based on their moods or shifting the landscapes to their advantages in a fight.

They can create, shape, and manipulate the environment, whether natural or artificial, and everything in it; including all the aspects, natures, and systems of the environment, as well as all its inhabitants, from the purely physical ones and also mythical/conceptual ones and how they are influenced/ how they interact amongst themselves or the outside.

The wielder can transform matter, energy, objects, and even beings into anything related to nature, including animals, elements, plants, etc. which is something only Earth Mother Goddesses can supposedly do. Due to the fertility aspect of nature also embodied by the Longinus, it also grants the wielder the ability to both bear children and impregnate others regardless of their genders.

They can also create, shape, and manipulate elements of a primordial nature, so ancient that they predated even the Big Bang. As such, they can override nearly all other forms of Elemental Manipulation, whether it is based on divine power or through Elemental Magic, though it's later revealed that primordial gods can nullify this power with their own divinity. Because of this, the wielder can use this power for a variety of powerful and catastrophic effects, such as altering the very concept of the elements, change how the elements interact with the world, and perform planetary or even cosmic-level feats with ease.

However, the Longinus' most well-known power is its power to manipulate weather phenomena. It allows the wielder to sense, create, shape, and manipulate weather, i.e. the meteorological patterns, through four main factors (Air, Electricity, Thermal, and Water). This also includes the ability to generate various natural phenomena or control the intensity of the weather in highly concentrated (inside closed spaces) or vastly extended (continental) areas.

They can sense, create, and manipulate climate, either changing the climate of an area or even make changes to climate over entire areas over a long period of time. In addition, due to their power for the weather, for the most part, the wielder often subconsciously projects a field that invokes a desired form of weather around them simply by being there.

## Techniques

### Speranza Bolla di Sapone

**Speranza Bolla di Sapone** (虹色の希望スペランツァ・ボッラ・ディ・サポネ, *Superantsa Bora Di Sapōne*), also known as **Rainbow Colored Hope**, is a technique that Dulio created, in which he creates a giant bubble by blowing through his connected hands, after which it would explode into smaller bubbles. The bubbles would then remind anyone that they touch the things most important to them, resulting in them either loosing their battlelust or clearing their mind. However, those who are constantly thinking about the things they cherish the most in their lives are unaffected by this ability.

## Forms

### Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno, Speranza di Briscola

**Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno, Speranza di Briscola** (聖天虹使の必罰、終末の綺羅星フラジェッロ・ディ・コロリ・デル・アルコバレーノ、スペランツァ・ディ・ブリスコラ, *Furajero Di Korori Deru Arukobarēno, Superantsa Di Burisukora*), also known as the **Inevitable Punishment of the Holy Angel's Rainbow, Shining Star of the End**, is Dulio Gesualdo's Crest Side Balance Breaker. It is an immense powerful technique that Michael has forbidden Dulio from using without his permission in fear of him destroying the world and disrupting the natural order.

## Trivia

* Zenith means "when something is most powerful or successful" and Tempest mean "a violent windy storm" so Zenith Tempest literally means "the most powerful/successful violent windy storm".
* "Speranza Bolla di Sapone" means "Hope Soap Bubble".
* "Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno, Speranza di Briscola" means "Scourge of Colors of the Rainbow, Hope of Trump".
	+ "Briscola" is a popular Italian card game, therefore "Trump" in this case is referring to Dulio's nickname "The Trump Card of Heaven".