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Create a premium cinematic dark fantasy illustration in a strict vertical 9:16 composition. Inside an enormous decaying gothic palace, a magnificent yet unsettling royal ball is taking place. Hundreds of dead kings from different forgotten eras silently dance across a vast marble ballroom beneath enormous gothic arches, towering chandeliers and black velvet banners. Each king has a completely distinct silhouette, clothing style, crown, armor and age, suggesting different ancient civilizations and centuries of forgotten history. Their faces are pale, solemn and almost statue-like, but they move with unnatural elegance. At the absolute center of the ballroom stands one ordinary living human wearing simple dark medieval clothing, completely surrounded by the dancing kings. The living person looks confused and frightened, yet none of the dead kings seem to notice them. The human is the only figure whose face carries obvious emotion and warmth. A gigantic empty throne dominates the far end of the ballroom, positioned beneath a monumental broken stained-glass window. No king sits upon it. Instead, an enormous black silhouette stands behind the throne, barely visible through the colored glass. Thousands of candles illuminate the ballroom, but every flame bends toward the empty throne as if pulled by an unseen force. Some kings dance with invisible partners, leaving faint gaps between their hands and the figures they appear to hold. One ancient king in the foreground has stopped dancing and is staring directly at the living human, becoming the only dead figure who has noticed them. On the polished marble floor, the reflections reveal something different: while the kings are reflected normally, the living human has no reflection at all. Secondary details include abandoned crowns scattered beneath tables, cracked ceremonial masks, ancient musical instruments playing without musicians, a small black raven perched on a chandelier, faded portraits of the same kings hanging along the walls and a long banquet table covered with untouched food that has turned to ash. In the far background, enormous palace doors stand slightly open, revealing a completely empty dark corridor filled with pale mist. The atmosphere should feel aristocratic, tragic, supernatural and grand rather than purely horrific. Premium cinematic dark fantasy, gothic realism, AAA game concept art, hyper-detailed CGI, realistic marble, aged gold, velvet, metal, glass, candlelight and fabric, monumental architecture, cinematic volumetric lighting, dramatic rim lighting, deep atmospheric perspective, restrained black, charcoal, cold blue-gray, aged gold, deep burgundy and warm candlelight palette, sophisticated storytelling, powerful central composition, surreal elegance, epic scale, haunting beauty, visually iconic and highly memorable. Add a small elegant signature reading "Whitezzz" in the bottom-right corner, clearly visible but subtle, integrated naturally without covering important elements. No blood, no gore, no skeletons, no glowing mushrooms, no modern objects, no logos, no readable text except the signature, no watermark, no duplicated characters, no extra limbs, no malformed anatomy, no generic zombie crowd, no visual clutter.