Tornado

Tornadoes are usually gray in color, with a current pattern on both their body and their wings. Smokelike markings curl along their scales and loop around their eyes. Tornadoes have long bodies, even for Spirals, and narrow, pointed faces. Their wings are larger than those of many Spirals, and more flexible.

The Shifting Expanse is, in general, a firmly controlled place. Stormcatcher has his rules in place, and his employees usually obey them. But tornadoes are another story. During an ancient disagreement between the Windsinger and the Stormcatcher, the Lightning deity took the Windsinger's own creation, Spirals, and turned a number of them into destructive, lawless creatures. Instead of the flight pattern adopted by most Spirals, the Tornadoes learned that by spinning and moving their wings, legs, and tail as rapidly as they could, they could move incredibly quickly. Once they were done obliterating much of the vegetation in the Windswept Plateau, Stormcatcher rounded them up and returned them to the Shifting Expanse, where he could use them as warriors. But the Tornadoes had other ideas. The moment they reached the Expanse, they sped away, ripping up cacti and stirring dust.

Many wondered how these dragons could cause so much trouble, but that was quickly solved by Shifting Expanse employees. They observed that by rearing onto their hind legs, whipping their tails, and flaring their wings, Tornadoes can crush, toss aside, or shred most anything in their path. Do this while spinning, you get a dragon that is nearly impossible to attack. No matter where you strike, you'll almost always be facing lashing claw, snapping tooth, and beating tail.

Employees attempted to contain them, but in the end it required the Stormcatcher himself to reign them in. He has managed to confine them to the Shifting Expanse, but rarely, a Tornado will break free. One time, a Tornado made it all the way to the Fishspine Reef. Its violent spinning motion created a deadly column of water, tooth, and claw. Since then, extra precautions have been taken, but there is still risk of Tornado escape.

The ones that do remain in the Shifting Expanse guard the borders...well, perhaps guard isn't the right word. The Tornadoes listen to the Stormcatcher, the only dragon outside of their own species that can communicate to them, but they aren’t overly eager to follow orders, and spend much of their time either searching for food(although most Spirals will happily eat both insects and meat, Tornadoes have a strong preference for the latter) or trying to find a way to escape.

Currently, experiments are being made to see if Tornadoes can be tamed and controlled. So far, their has been no success. The Tornadoes are set in their wild ways. They rarely speak, and communicate among each other using body language. They can break free of almost any confined space. Also, its hard enough to capture one in the first place.

While Tornadoes often travel alone, their are several pairs and even larger groups roaming. Multiple Tornadoes fighting together are quite dangerous, and should never to approached without plenty of backup.