Art style: Dark Comic.
Final haunting comic panel, twelve faint candle flames in the dark meadow at dusk, the wooden houses as silhouettes, mournful mood. Russian caption box at bottom: 'ДЕЛО ДО СИХ ПОР НЕ РАСКРЫТО. 12 ПОГИБШИХ, 8 ДЕТЕЙ'
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image in the following art style:
dark graphic-novel illustration — gritty comic book art style, heavy black inking, bold outlines, detailed cross-hatching and dramatic shading. Exaggerated character features, intense expressions, deep wrinkles, highly defined musculature. High contrast lighting. Desaturated grim background colors (grays, browns) with stark contrasting pop-color elements. Satirical and edgy atmosphere, masterpiece comic art.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Рассказчик: off-screen narrator, no visible character needed; if shown - silhouette of a middle-aged Yakut man in shadow
