Who is on the cover of TSR 3101 Blood Enemies Abominations of Cerilia?

[ardan]

Can anyone identity the characters depicted on the front cover of TSR 3101 Blood Enemies: Abominations of Cerilia?

The painting is by artist Jeff Easley. I checked his commercial website but it doesn't include this painting so I couldn't get a hint from the title there.

The painting seems to show a grim mortal human standing next to a possibly undead humanoid holding a banner the symbol of a serpent (Azrai's sigil maybe?). Behind this pair are at least twelve armored undead warriors. There's a ruined castle in the background and the terrain has some green plants but looks devastated. This might be located in the shadow world?

My first thought given the twelve armed warriors is this could be the Magian. But the depicted characters don't seem to resemble the Magian character depicted within the Blood Enemies Book or the Cities of the Sun boxed set.

Any ideas on solving this minor puzzle would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ardan