I'm thinking of starting my quest like this:"On the distance the travelers could make a high mountain. A mountain constantly surrounded by storm clouds and lightning. The clouds only kept expanding at an increasing rate. They couldn't leave it alone. They had to investigate the cause of all this lest the whole continent be engulfed by the ominous storm."

I'm thinking of role-playing nature as something with a purpose instead of just based on cause and effect and laws of physics. I mean, have you heard of a lightning striking from a clear blue sky? They still can't explain why it happens. That's the fun behind it.