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A powerful dragon, its scales shimmering like obsidian and smoke curling from its nostrils, perched majestically atop the highest tower of a storm-wracked medieval castle, lightning illuminating the sky behind it. The image must be rendered in an epic and stylized digital format. This aesthetic is defined by its strong, bold, and expressive outlines that capture the raw power and intricate detail of the dragon's form and the gothic architecture of the castle. The lighting is dramatic and chaotic, primarily sourced from brilliant flashes of lightning that starkly illuminate the scene for a split second. This creates an extreme high-contrast effect, with fleeting, hard-edged shadows that are filled with deep, cool colors and subtle gradients to convey the rain and immense scale. The color palette must be dark and tumultuous, dominated by deep, stormy grays and blues, the near-black of the dragon's scales, and the stark, brilliant white of the lightning. Highlights must be rendered as sharp, frantic, and painterly strokes, capturing the flash of lightning on the dragon's wet scales, its sharp horns, and the castle's stone battlements. All textures, from the individual, armored scales of the dragon to the crumbling, rain-slicked stone of the castle, must be stylized and illustrative, maintaining the epic, non-photorealistic feel of a high-fantasy video game's promotional art.