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A monumental surreal dark fantasy mythcore scene, vertical 9:16. At the center of an ancient forgotten world stands an impossibly enormous World Tree unlike any known mythological tree. Its colossal trunk rises from a vast circular crater and disappears beyond the clouds. The trunk is ancient, dark and partially petrified, with enormous natural cavities and subtle organic textures. Its roots do not simply grow through the soil: they pass visibly through mountains, ancient ruins, cliffs and entire abandoned settlements, emerging again kilometers away as if the landscape itself grew around the tree. The enormous branches extend beyond the visible sky and disappear into layers of dark clouds. Suspended naturally among the branches are countless small ancient doors, each built into the living wood. They are not decorative portals: they look like real old architectural doors, individually different, weathered, narrow and mysterious. Several doors are slightly open, releasing thin beams of warm golden light. Others are completely dark. Through one open doorway, only an impossible fragment of another landscape is visible: an unfamiliar red moon and distant architecture. Never reveal complete worlds behind the doors. At the base of the tree stands a lone ancient witch-like traveler, but she must NOT resemble a conventional witch. She wears a long weathered dark cloak and carries a simple wooden staff. Her face is mostly hidden by the hood. She stands extremely small compared with the tree, looking upward toward the doors. The surrounding environment is an ancient ruined kingdom swallowed by nature: broken stone bridges, collapsed towers, enormous roots wrapping around abandoned buildings, fragments of statues, moss-covered stairways and mist-filled valleys. A narrow ruined road leads from the foreground directly toward the tree. The World Tree must feel neither benevolent nor evil. It is an ancient natural law that simply exists. The visual mystery comes from the question of what lies behind the doors and why they are growing from the tree. Premium cinematic dark fantasy, surreal mythcore, gothic realism, AAA fantasy concept art, monumental scale, ancient forgotten mythology, physically believable materials, extreme bark and stone micro-detail, wet moss, weathered wood, cracked architecture, atmospheric fog, volumetric lighting, dramatic moonlight mixed with subtle golden light from the open doors, restrained cold charcoal, deep green-gray, blue-gray and muted burgundy palette with controlled antique gold accents. Strong visual hierarchy, enormous negative space, layered foreground, midground and background, cinematic atmospheric perspective. Vertical 9:16. The tree occupies approximately 70% of the frame and remains the dominant silhouette. Camera positioned low behind the tiny traveler, slightly upward, revealing the immense trunk and branches disappearing into the sky. The doors must remain clearly recognizable but small enough to preserve mystery. No excessive magical glow. No recognizable Yggdrasil, no conventional fantasy tree, no elves, no fairies, no demons, no angels, no dragons, no skeletons, no blood, no gore, no glowing mushrooms, no giant flowers, no modern objects, no readable writing, no letters, no random symbols, no duplicated doors in impossible positions, no malformed human anatomy, no extra limbs, no extra fingers. Add a small elegant readable signature “Whitezzz” in the bottom-right corner, unobtrusive and separated from the main composition.