Old national geographic grainy photography, fined grain photo : Picture a staff carved from a piece of dark, otherworldly stone, its surface covered in ancient, glowing purple runes that seem to shift and change when looked at directly. The staff’s top is crowned with a swirling vortex of shadow and light, from which tendrils of dark energy extend, curling and snapping in the air like living entities. A hand grips the staff, with shadowy tendrils wrapping around the arm, giving the impression that the staff is drawing its power from an unfathomable void. The background is blurred into a nightmarish landscape of swirling mists and dark skies, with the dynamic energy of the staff creating an eerie, foreboding atmosphere.