SOLDIERS Rise

I absolutely love this work!
The way London is just a dark mass with a faded outline on the background of a mud-colored sky, like drowned in clouds of dust and smoke so well-suggested that it almost feels like pressing your lungs only by looking at it and certainly makes the tension of an unexpected future visible in the air.
Sephiroth at the epicentre of the picture, surrounded by a menacing glowing aura and standing in what we can only guess to be... water? the Lifestream? Anyway, the way he is shown there, like a heavy presence, hair a curtain with a metallic hue, his stern eyes looking up with a piercing gaze while he gets out of the water preceded by his two loyal friends create an ascendent current of the picture and become the sharp peak of a slim, tall triangle created by his silhouette: his mind aspires to conquer the world to its highest promised lands while his heavy steps would leave an undying mark on the earth, never to become a mere memory. I see this idea very well-sugested by the composition's shape.
Sephiroth's trusted friends, standing on both his sides and preceding him on their way to the oblivious city give balance to the picture and the way they are shown from the back and already melting in the fog a few steps away, moves the accent even more on Sephiroth's figure that seems to glow from within, making him look like an angel of vengeance.
A great choice of colors, a very balanced and picturesque composition, a tell-tale, almost haunting image that makes you want to find out more about the story unfolding under your eyes. I can't get enough of watching it.