An epic fantasy digital painting of a man with glowing blue crystal armor flying amidst lightning and a stormy sky above ruined city spires.

A highly realistic and epic-fantasy style digital painting captures a moment of raw power and profound desperation. Kaladin Stormblessed, a man with sharp, dark Alethi features and a grim, resolute expression, is shown in a dynamic, headfirst plunge. His body cuts a path through a brutal, chaotic highstorm, a maelstrom of deep gray and black clouds shot through with jagged lightning. Rain lashes down in streaks, and wind-blown debris swirls around him. He is falling directly alongside the monumental, weathered stone spires of Urithiru, which fills the background with its ancient, crystalline architecture. The city's immense scale is emphasized by its close proximity to Kaladin's falling figure. Far below him, a second, smaller figure—the man he is chasing—is also plummeting toward the ground, a desperate target that drives Kaladin's descent. The heart of the image's light and energy emanates from Kaladin himself. A full suit of intricate Shardplate is in the process of forming around him, not as solid armor, but as a crackling, crystalline blue force field that is rapidly solidifying into a polished, interlocking shell. This process is incomplete, with visible portions of his torn uniform and skin still exposed. The Shardplate itself glows with an intense, internal blue radiance, casting a stark, cold light on the storm clouds and his face. His spren, Sylphrena, is a figure of pure, concentrated light shaped like a tiny woman, flying in a frantic, determined orbit around his See more