Dracula's Castle Battlements

High atop Dracula's castle, the battlements form a narrow, exposed walkway of weathered stone parapets battered by Carpathian night winds. Harker stumbles here in his fresh undead agony, veins blackening, body twisting as he unleashes a primal scream that echoes into the void—a vow of rebellion. Dracula strikes him down; his broken form sprawls across the cold stones, fingers clawing the edge in futile grasp for life amid utter isolation.