[Suzerain of Sheol]

Good God, that is difficult for me. I put WAY too much thought into word choice. I had to start over four times (going in a completely different direction each time) before I could even manage a single sentence in the 60 seconds.

Here's what I ended up with. >_>

ARCHITECTURE

With aspiring fingers, the emperor’s garden stretched pillars of streaming marble toward some sympathetic heaven high above, its reach impeded by the vast, vaulted roof overhead, the various friezes and frescoes a study in both the opulence and magnificence of the empire’s golden reign, a symbol of triumphant ambition.

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