A low, metallic hum builds beneath the score as the frame opens: a moonlit courtyard ringed by shadowed battlements. This is not a palace at peace but a place holding its breath. The camera glides forward in crisp 720p clarity, every cobble and carved pillar rendered with the intimate grain of HD—enough detail to feel the chill of stone underfoot and the faint, scuffed leather of a soldier’s gauntlet.