A dramatic woodblock print composition in stark black, white, and crimson red — no other hues — depicting a skeletal warrior’s head (skull) in profile, crowned with a tattered, blood-stained cloak, gripping a curved sword with a jagged, rusted blade. The skull’s eye sockets are hollow, but its jaw is slightly agape, as if mid-roar, revealing rows of sharp, gnarled teeth. A raven perches atop the skull’s right shoulder, its wings slightly spread, talons gripping a fragment of the sword’s hilt, feathers caught mid-flutter, one feather tipped in crimson. The sword leans diagonally across the frame, its blade catching the light like a blade of shattered glass, reflecting the ghostly glow of a dying sun — rendered in deep crimson along the edge. The background is a desolate battlefield: crumbling stone ruins, shattered banners, and the skeletal remains of fallen soldiers. A single blood-red rose blooms defiantly in the foreground, its petals curling like the skull’s teeth. The ground is littered with broken armor, shattered weapons, and the faint outline of a horse’s hoofprint — all rendered in stark black and white, except for the crimson splashes of blood and the rose.
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