<whistles>
<looks again>
I like it.
Knowing nothing at this "AoD" of which you speak, nor anything of what this picture's supposed to portray, really, here are my impressions:
Overall, it seems hopeful, oddly enough. The light is bright, the pendants are flapping merrily in the breeze. It seems almost defiant.... kinda like it was steamrolled by a giant ball of grass that came rolling down from the mountains somehow (see the grass 'n such like around the circular breach in the wall) but overall the city survived, and people are now starting to move back in to see what damage has been done.
The people, despite the almost Grim Reaper-ish garb... I'd suggest they're generally Good-type folk, not ye Olde Dark Cabal of Necromancers and Villains, or anything... maybe it's the child, maybe it's the lighting. Evil people lurk in darkness, not in bright sunlight with children at their backs, so I'm under the impression that these are "just plain folks... who like to wear hooded cloaks and carry staffs."
It looks like the Attack of the Giant Balls o' Plantlife has been beaten back, and now the smoke (I can only assume they burned the hostile vegetation into submission) and/or fog (white, notice... also gives an impression of hope/rebirth) is rolling back on the dawn of a new day. Yup... seems like a "dawn" picture, as opposed to "dusk". Sort of mid-morning ish, I'd guess. The light just looks like a "morning" light to me.
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Ok, so the Hostile Plantlife scenario likely isn't the case, but the rest of the impressions are on the up and up.
Looks great. Seriously.
Edit: It should also be noted that I'm fully prepared to accept the possibility that the people approaching the city are in fact evil as what-all, that they've blown that hole in the wall, and are going to make a mockery of the bright sunshine and complete their task of razing the city to the ground. It wouldn't have been my first choice, based solely on the picture, but there you go.