At first, the being's flames only towered like mountains. But then it's body began to change.
Molten skin cracked apart, splitting with the sound of grinding stone as rivers of fire poured from within.
It inhaled deeply, and with that breath the atmosphere itself trembled.
Clouds spun into a vortex above the head, then burst apart, unable to exist near it.
Every beat of its heart was like a volcanic eruption, each pulse forcing it's head higher.
From mountain-sized to continent-sized, its body surged upward, piercing the stratosphere.
Shoulders broke through the cloud layer, scattering storm fronts with a single shrug.
The sun paled against it's brilliance.
Entire mountains trembled, avalanches cascaded down icy peaks, and the frozen oceans cracked as steam hissed upward.
The flames stretched higher than the clouds, a living inferno that bent the sky into a furnace.
