Twilight's blood turned to ice.  A massive fissure rent the ground open with an ear-piercing shriek, swallowing entire blocks within its gaping mouth. As the earth shook, the fracture grew wider, tearing the city apart at the seams. There was another explosion, and the ground tore again. The jagged wound was larger, well over a thousand feet long and over a hundred feet wide. Fire spewed forth from the opening, filling the streets with sickening red flames that refused to go out, even amongst a city of stone.