Stribog took to the skies and from great heights he would look to find the edges of our world, how far did land and sea stretch truly, the wanderer wondered. Soon he knew the Great Spirit of Air and its mighty wings and winds. They shared the same desire to go everywhere and anywhere - an unstoppable urge to move, to travel, to explore and to roam like a gale.

Stribog tried to guide the Spirit and offered his companionship so they may share the journey, but the Spirit was too conflicted. It wanted to go everywhere, so it pushed and pulled in different directions, in every direction. Instead of moving, a great clamour echoed through the skies. Winds and gales set upon land and sea, tearing trees, raising terrible waves in their wake. Rodozem’s balance was disturbed, and all Primordial Spirits grew restless. Stribog remained unphased in the face of this mighty windstorm, he knew it as kin, for the same wild wind rumbled within his own soul. With a smile under his beard, amidst the hurricane, he took a pipe out and lit the fume, weaving together clouds and smoke aplenty, soon Stribog held bridles that could rein in the Air itself.

The Wanderer found himself in turbulent dance, for his labour was to gentle and relent the unrelenting Spirit of Air. After thirty days and thirty nights of fierce storms, Stribog knew the Great Spirit would outlast him, its endurance and desire endless and relentless. The god chose to change his ways. Instead of reign, he fueled its desire to roam, spurring it towards all four corners of Rodozem all at the same time. Winds pulled in every direction, immense power stirred and soon the Primordial Air could contain itself no longer. A loud tear shattered the air and four stallions of wind and gale rode off in every direction. Stribog, in turn, chased to tame each one, bridling them with smoke and clouds, breaking in and guiding their stride. And thus was the Great Spirit of Air tamed and the Four Winds born, and thus did Stribog gain his rightful title - Windrider. To this very day mortals use the same phrase, “breaking its spirit” when a rider tries to tame a horse.