Art style: Dark Fantasy.
Palace corridor with marble columns where servants carry a heavy rolled ceremonial carpet. Gaius Ruf blocks them with a raised spear. Medium shot at eye level. Lighting harsh torchlight from side creating dramatic contrasts. Mood tense and suspicious. Dominant palette of crimson, gold, and cool stone gray.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image entirely in "Dark Fantasy" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "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 "Dark Fantasy" idiom, not in any other medium.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Gaius Ruf: A stocky Roman officer in his thirties with a scarred face, short-cropped hair, and intense brown eyes. He wears bronze-accented armor over a red tunic and carries a spear. He stands guard in a smoky palace hallway lit by flickering torches, projecting vigilant aggression and military discipline.
