ZIZ: On the Heights

A colossal sky-bird of primordial scale, so vast that its talons can stand near the deep waters while its head rises into the clouds. Its wings stretch across the heavens and can darken the sun, casting a moving twilight over mountains, forests, and cities below. Its feathers shimmer in cloud-white, dusk-gold, thunder-gray, and celestial blue, with storm winds gathering around its body. Its eyes shine with ancient vigilance, and its cries roll through the upper air like distant thunder. It is majestic and terrifying at once: a guardian of the sky whose wings restrain destructive tempests, yet whose fallen egg could shatter cedars and flood whole lands.