YouTube thumbnail, 16:9, cinematic photoreal grim dark-fantasy. Under-ice view: two pale grey ghostly WOMAN'S HANDS closing around a drowned man's throat, seen through a lens of clear ice from above, black water all around, near-monochrome cold palette. A drowned bronze bell tolls in the murky deep behind, blurred. Eerie, sinister, lantern-lit clarity fading to black. A single warm amber glint reflected on the ice edge (a watcher's eye). Shallow depth of field, high contrast. HUGE bold blood-white hook text across top: 'THE SHADOW LIED', heavy cracked font. Small text bottom-right: 'THE LAST FIRE · EP 3'. Ominous mystery, high CTR mobile-legible.
