From the Encyclopedia of Marvels, Life Forms and Other Phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs by Professor Abdullah Nightingale Gloomberg Tempest, The. Because of their iron content, the atmosphere above the Gloomberg Mountains always carries a heavy electrical charge. Thunderstorms are a very rare natural phenomenon there. When they do occur, however, the consequence is something that need not fear comparison with any other natural disaster and is known as "The Gloomberg Tempest' or "The Tantrum of the Gods'. Within minutes, gigantic black rain clouds accumulate above the mountains, miles high, and dispense raindrops as big and heavy as kitchen stoves. A single one of these raindrops can fill a bathtub or slay an elk. Millions of flashes of lightning per second turn night into day, darting