Random Event: Stampede in the Gorge

A sudden surge of energy brought about a disturbance in the Terra Gris of the Veritas. Forming out of the lingering energies of the Earth and the rolling green pastures of the wild was a great seal.




From events unknown did it appear and unlock, releasing a large and powerful head like that of a bull, smithed from the Silver Earth as one like iron tempered in the forge.



Though its form was not complete nor physical as of yet, it seemed to be drawing strength from the Earth as if to form its essence from the lingering energies about...

The head of a bull continued taking shape and form from an unknown energy source beyond, synchronizing with the energies of the fertile, bountiful Earth nearby. Soon, its great, chiseled torso formed from the Silver Earth as hard as steel, but beginning to heat up with an intensity as if being smithed into a different form. The silver body was now slightly red, and heat emanated from the bull. For some reason, there was an urge to run; straight forward and relentlessly. With no lower torso, but great, bulging arms with fists locked tightly, it would dart forward at a high speed and crash through tree after helpless tree, knocking down and shoving aside any obstacle in its path. The feeling of Freedom and Power overtook this wild animal, and in its pleasantly inflamed fury would it take down whatever it came across haphazardly, letting the flames of his conquest burn up the trees in its wake.

Beside it, where the Nature Spirits within the Trees had fallen, would they incinerate and convert their burning wood into the form of the vicious Blazing Earth that were the Ushi-Oni, bull-faced spirits of Relentless, Unrestrained Power that would run alongside their Head and begin mowing down the forest.

The raging bull and his men would continue to plow over the forest, spreading like a wildfire. He at the head, who had now taken a full physical form, yet whose legs still burned with a fiery intensity that heated up the rest of his iron body would aimlessly continue running forward, completely indulging in the flames of its own power. All it wished to do was to show the earth how powerful it was, even if it meant taking down the whole forest with the rising army.


With every tree lit aflame and knocked down, another burning bull was added to the ranks from the Nature Spirit that was within the tree, and the Ushi-Oni would follow their Taurus leader into the fray. Their numbers were in the tens of hundreds now, and they'd grown from their four legged assault into a shape similar to their leader, harboring arms and hands and shifting to a bipedal run. Their horns crashed with each trunk, uprooting them instantly and knocking them overhead, the fires spreading and more Ushi-Oni added to the army, even still.


There seemed to be no reason for this madness nor any end to it in sight as long as there was an obstacle in their way for them to shove aside as a feat of strength. With nothing to stop them, they would continue until there was no forest left, it would seem.

The Raging Bull Rush continued among the stampeding heard, their footsteps trampling the ground and flattening the earth completely, leaving no tree and no obstruction in their way. They would clear out a flat, wide, soon to be desolate path. Though their feet naturally tilled the soil with their own iron hooves, there would be nothing left above as they trampled everything else underfoot. "We will take this land from the Tree and the Wood and designate this land in the name of the Soil and the Mud!!" It seemed to be that the Earth was fighting against itself trying to gain conquest over its own being; two Earth elements trying to establish dominance. The influence of the Virgo and all such Plants and Trees under her influence was strong; but not stronger than the Taurus' body of Iron tempered in the flames of vigor and fury and crafted from the rich soil. "We will have our land, even if we must replace what is Old for what is New!!!"

The blazing bulls, in their rampant rage, would continue on unencumbered, mowing down every tree and tilling the soil underneath as had been planned by the Taurus, their leader. Even as the roots underground came up to ensnare a great deal of them, the fiery furnace within would rather quickly burn them up, allowing them to continue on as planned.

Due to their sudden decrease in speed and force by the slight hindrance, they no longer sustained enough velocity to break through the barricade of trees, and where some of their horns cracked under the solidification of the petrification, they, too, would put a serious dent in the wooden wall, of which they would then attempt to topple over.

Taurus: Come On, Men!! It's Only Wood!! Let Your Burning Fervor Overtake You And Anything That Stands Against You!!

There were many triumphant moos resounding amount the ranks, before their burning bodies ignited once more as if finding fuel from the cries of their head. With all their might, they sought to overturn the wall and take more of the land; they'd already taken down almost half of the woods and didn't intend to stop until not a tree was left. Those that touched the infernal bulls would eventually ignite, which should start to weaken them as they withered under the flames. No matter how many layers there were to this wall, as long as there was fire in their hearts and on their hooves, Taurus would take it down, no matter how long it took.

"Heh, You Got It, Pard'ner!" he said kiddishly in a stereotypical 'Western Cowboy' accent, before tipping his nonexistent hat and pointing himself in the direction of the Earth Sanctuary from whence he came. When the Ankh stopped glowing, the trees would begin to grow at an accelerated rate in the position where they once had been burnt to a crisp by the Taurus' maddened fury and curl around him, acting as rails for his hastened transport based on his intent alone, "Gimme a hand, here, eh, Mother Virgo~?" He lifted his hand up to the vines that were wrapping around him and they reached back as hands, grabbing him and holding onto him with the exact amount of force as his grip was to her at that time. It was sorta like a 'Chinese Finger Trap' or something. "Huh. Yeah, I'm totally gonna make that into a thing." With that duly noted, he swung himself on the vines that swung him further and faster than he would have if he were just holding on alone. That would certainly hasten their trip back to home base. "Dodododooo~!" he hummed blissfully, without a care in the world as he enjoyed the uplifting feeling of the earth all around carry him safely. The forest regrew behind him after being exposed to his and Mother Virgo's combined presences.