Painterly fantasy cinematics used to mean expensive Unreal Engine builds or hours of color-graded editing. The Dark Fantasy template on EmpirioLabs ships an entire visual mood in one prompt: armored knight silhouettes, gothic ruins, moonlit fog, deep purples and blood reds.
The template works best with short, scene-focused prompts. Tell the model what is in the foreground and where it is. EmpirioLabs blends your input with the template's built-in styling and picks the recommended model automatically.
See Dark Fantasy in action
Here is a sample generated entirely through the Dark Fantasy template on EmpirioLabs. No editing, no compositing, no post.
How to generate Dark Fantasy videos on EmpirioLabs
You need an EmpirioLabs account with active credits.
Step 1: Open the playground
Sign in to platform.empiriolabs.ai and click Playground in the top navigation. Switch the model selector to a video model. The Dark Fantasy template recommends Seedance 2.0 Pro automatically.
Step 2: Open the Templates picker
Click the Templates button in the upper-left corner of the playground. Every available creative effect opens in a modal:
Filter by the Viral category to find Dark Fantasy fast, or type the name in the search bar.
Step 3: Select Dark Fantasy and write your prompt
Click the Dark Fantasy card. The template gets stamped on the composer. Write a short scene-focused prompt in the text area. The template handles the styling.
Step 4: Tune optional parameters
Open the Parameters panel to adjust duration, resolution, or aspect ratio. The default is 5 seconds at 9 by 16 vertical, but Dark Fantasy supports 16 by 9, 1 by 1, and other ratios.
Step 5: Generate
Hit Send. Generation typically takes 60 to 180 seconds. The result appears inline with a download button and a 7-day shareable link.
Using the Dark Fantasy template via the API
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d ''{"template": "dark-fantasy", "prompt": "Solitary armored knight on a rocky cliff at dusk, moonlit fog"}''The full request and response shape lives in the Generation Templates docs.
Pricing
Seedance 2.0 Pro starts at $1.50 for a 5-second 720p clip. 15 seconds runs about $4.50. You only pay for successful generations. Full pricing on the pricing page.
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