Dark Fantasy Stone Awakening Scene

15-second, 16:9 high-end dark fantasy cinematic scene, photorealistic, restrained supernatural effects, cold desaturated color palette.

Use Image 1 as the black stone reference and Image 2 as the Ritch character reference. Keep Ritch's identity, face, clothing and body consistent throughout.

0–3s:
Cold muddy riverbank at night. The black stone lies on wet ground beside a dark river. Ritch kneels beside it and slowly reaches down with his bare hand. He touches the stone.

3–6s:
The stone suddenly releases subtle black-blue supernatural energy. Ritch immediately tries to pull his hand away.

RITCH: "No—!"

The energy wraps tightly around his hand and travels upward along his arm.

RITCH: "Get off me!"

6–10s:
The river suddenly becomes unnaturally still. Brief fragmented visions flicker around Ritch: a ruined battlefield, dead soldiers, broken armor and human silhouettes disappearing into endless gray fog.

Overlapping whispers:
"Remember me..."
"Don't forget..."

Ritch covers his ears.

RITCH: "Stop!"

10–13s:
One whisper suddenly becomes clear and unnervingly close:

VOICE: "Ritch Brand."

The black-blue energy violently surges from his arm into his chest. Ritch screams and collapses onto the muddy ground.

13–15s:
For one brief moment, faint gray-black veins appear beneath his skin. The black stone slips from his hand and falls into the mud.

Everything becomes completely silent.

End on a still, unsettling shot of Ritch collapsed beside the stone and the motionless river.

STYLE:
Photorealistic dark fantasy cinema, cinematic 35mm look, cold moonlight, wet textures, realistic mud and water, subtle volumetric fog, restrained supernatural energy, dramatic sound design, shallow depth of field, serious atmospheric tone.

SOUND:
Cold wind, distant river ambience, subtle stone hum, restrained supernatural energy, strained breathing, whispered voices, sudden energy surge, scream, then complete silence.