Prompt:
Cinematic, photorealistic close-up portrait of a battle-hardened Viking chief captured at the height of a medieval battlefield. His face is marked by streaks of black war paint and smeared dirt, sweat and blood mixing with grime across weathered skin and deep-set scars. His sharp, pale blue eyes blaze with cold, unwavering resolve, narrowed beneath a furrowed brow and highlighted by the harsh, slanting golden sunlight cutting across his features. A wild, tangled blond beard, matted with dust and sweat, frames a powerful jaw, while his thick hair is braided and pulled back with stray strands clinging to his temples. Chainmail and a heavy, dark fur cloak drape his broad shoulders, the metals dulled and cloak ragged from countless battles. The chief's expression is fierce and unyielding, lips curled in a subtle snarl, every pore, scar, and line etched with the raw truth of combat. The background dissolves into a blurred chaos of movement and clashing figures, banners whipping in the wind, and distant flashes of steel, with smoke and dust swirling under a bleak, overcast sky. The light is diffuse and moody, sunlight filtered through haze and battlefield smoke, creating dramatic high-contrast shadows and warm highlights that accentuate the textures of fur, chainmail, and skin. The color palette is desaturated and earthy, dominated by muted browns, ashen grays, and faint gold, with low color saturation and cold undertones. Subtle film grain, lens blur, and analog imperfection add a sense of rawness and cinematic authenticity, evoking the gritty, painterly realism of a high-end Hollywood epic
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