Wow! Super creative! Sounds like the plot to a whole nother game tbh!
The elementals are important to the ultimate enemy Horrath/Dorik storyline, and we do have a 'Dark Elemental' in level 6.
Re: Armor. We can't do too many 'skins' in Re'Py (the game engine we use). So it's not possible to allow players to add armor to the game sprites. This is 2D art, not 3D Unity or Unreal Engine art that can be easily skinned to players preferences. Every possible variant has to be manually drawn by our artist, so armor just was not realistic. We have to limit scope or we'll take 5 years to get this game out and go bankrupt in the process.
We made up for it with Charms! That's our compromise, and I hope you outfitted Rodin with the best charms you could afford. :) I'll try to get back to you on any replies, but I know you'll be understanding if I don't have enough time. <3