Dussewe was a wind elemental, while its dearest friend Bubb was an earth elemental. Meeting, as elementals did, at the margins where wind-whipped soil ever hung in the air, they would howl and scrape for hours of camaraderie.

One day, Dussewe sheepishly approached its sire, the West Wind, and stated that it had made a mistake. It had fallen in love with Bubb, and their simple play had taken on a deeper meaning. The West Wind, though surprised, gave its permission and assured Dussewe that no apology was necessary. Dussewe immediately corrected its sire: that was not the apology. Rather, it was sorry that it and Bubb had inadvertently sired a being of their own, neither wind nor earth. At this, the West Wind grew both angry and curious: what would this elemental look like, and what had Dussewe and Bubb unwittingly unleashed upon the world?

Invited by the proud—if fearful—Dussewe to join it and Bubb, the West Wind met them at a stormfront to see their child, the first whirlwind, combining air and earth into a power so mighty that none could withstand it.

The West Wind, ever proud of its children, was prouder still of this unexpected grandchild, and gave permission for Dussewe (and Bubb) to sire as many as they wished. Bubb’s sire, the great Quake, concurred.

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