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Art style: photorealistic dark fantasy. Medium shot composition from a static, locked-off camera, framed vertically for a 9:16 aspect ratio. The scene centers on a gaunt, pale man violently staggering backward across the wide, unforgiving steps of a grand, sweeping staircase made entirely of highly polished black obsidian. His posture is entirely uncontrolled, his spine arched awkwardly as his knees begin to severely buckle beneath him. His left hand is desperately clawing at his own throat, the fingers digging sharply into the skin as if trying to rip something away. His eyes are blown wide in a state of absolute, unadulterated horror and shock, staring into the middle distance, while his skin actively drains of all remaining life, shifting into a sickly, necrotic grey pallor. On his right hand, a massive, ornate ring aggressively flares with a dying, agonized black flame, the dark fire trembling and sputtering wildly against the surrounding cold light. The background features the massive, imposing structure of an oversized obsidian throne, rising like a jagged monolith behind him, its sharp edges catching the harsh lunar glow. Surrounding the periphery, barely visible through the thick, swirling volumetric fog, are the blurred figures of a terrified council, frozen in various states of shock—hands raised to mouths, bodies recoiling in deep shadows. The lighting is an unforgiving, cold grey moonlight that beams down from unseen high gothic windows, cutting sharp, dramatic swaths through the cavernous gloom and casting elongated, skeletal shadows across the black steps. The mood is one of terrifying suddenness and helpless collapse. The color palette is intensely desaturated, relying on deep, crushing blacks, stark spectral whites, and cold, lifeless greys, with the only contrast coming from the erratic, sputtering black flame of the ring. Micro-details include the sweat forming on the man's greying forehead, the stark white tendons straining in his neck, the microscopic cracks in the obsidian stone steps, the heavy, swirling mist rolling over the floor, and the tiny reflections of the cold moonlight in his wide, panicked eyes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "photorealistic dark fantasy" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "photorealistic dark fantasy". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "photorealistic dark fantasy" idiom, not in any other medium. WARDROBE LOCK — authoritative. Render each character in EXACTLY this outfit, matching their attached reference image. This OVERRIDES any clothing, fabric, texture or colour word describing a character anywhere else in this prompt — do NOT invent other garments: - Raven: floor-length black cape, black embroidered robe with ornate patterns and wide collar, black leather pants, black leather boots (intricate embroidered patterns on chest and sleeves; black fabric belt with leather straps and metal diamond-shaped buckle; ornate black rings on left hand) - Council: heavy dark hooded cloak with pointed hood, tattered edges, and layered construction, dark weathered tunic or robe with leather reinforcements, dark worn trousers with ankle wrappings, heavy dark leather boots with dirt accumulation, integrated dark hood raised over head (heavy iron chains draped across chest; tattered cloak edges; leather straps and buckles on torso)