(Zdzisław Beksinski, oil painting, grotesque horror surrealism, ultra- detailed, high contrast lighting, eerie gothic tones, nightmare atmosphere, dark fantasy concept art) – A towering praying mantis of bleached bone and dried sinew perches atop the crumbling ruins of a cathedral, its grotesquely elongated limbs folded in a nightmarish posture of supplication. Its skull- like face, devoid of eyes, tilts toward the heavens as the wind howls through the empty corridors of the forgotten church. Shattered stained glass windows weep streams of black tar, pooling on the corpse- littered floor, reflecting the ominous glow of the blood moon overhead. Twisted, spire- like trees coil around the cathedral’s remains, their gnarled roots entwined with the ribcages of the forgotten dead, siphoning the last remnants of their decay. The mantis shifts, its exoskeleton creaking like brittle parchment, its serrated forelegs snapping together with a deafening crack, echoing through the hollow ruins like a death knell. A lone figure, their face hidden beneath an iron- thorn veil, kneels before it, whispering prayers to a god that no longer listens, hoping they will not be next. ar 16:9- q 5- v 6. 0