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Create a premium cinematic dark fantasy illustration in a strict vertical 9:16 composition. A gigantic mysterious shepherd walks slowly through an endless ancient valley covered in dense black mist. He is an imposing humanoid figure wearing a centuries-old weathered cloak made from heavy dark fabric, a wide crooked hood, worn leather boots and a simple ancient shepherd's staff. His face is mostly hidden in shadow, revealing only two calm, faintly reflective eyes. He does not look evil; he looks tired, patient and strangely gentle. Behind and around him moves an unusual flock of living nightmares instead of sheep. The creatures are small compared with the shepherd but each has a completely different bizarre silhouette: one resembles a floating mass of tangled limbs, another is a tiny creature with an oversized mouth and tiny legs, another resembles a crawling shadow with antler-like branches, another is a round harmless-looking black creature with enormous eyes, while others appear as miniature distorted beasts, drifting masks, winged silhouettes and strange impossible forms. They must feel mysterious rather than grotesque, like physical manifestations of human nightmares. The shepherd calmly guides them through the fog as if this were completely ordinary. Some nightmares stay close to him, some wander toward the edges of the valley, while one tiny nightmare hides behind his cloak like a frightened child. In the distant background, enormous abandoned gothic ruins emerge through the fog. Broken statues along the road depict the same strange creatures, suggesting that people once worshipped or feared them. Ancient lanterns hang from dead trees, but only a few remain faintly lit. One tiny sleeping human village can be seen far below in the valley, completely unaware that the shepherd is passing above it. A subtle trail of black flowers grows wherever the shepherd's staff touches the ground. Near the foreground, one tiny nightmare has stopped and looks directly toward the viewer. The entire scene should feel like a forgotten myth about the person who collects humanity's nightmares every night. Premium cinematic dark fantasy, gothic realism, AAA game concept art, hyper-detailed CGI, realistic fabric, leather, fog, stone and organic textures, monumental scale, dramatic volumetric lighting, atmospheric depth, restrained charcoal, black, cold blue-gray and muted burgundy palette with subtle pale moonlight, powerful silhouette, mysterious emotional storytelling, surreal but believable, epic yet strangely intimate, visually iconic and highly detailed. Add a small elegant signature reading "Whitezzz" in the bottom-right corner, clearly visible but subtle, integrated naturally into the composition without covering important elements. No blood, no gore, no skeletons, no glowing mushrooms, no text other than the signature, no logos, no watermark, no duplicated creatures, no extra limbs, no malformed anatomy, no generic monster designs, no visual clutter.