Thank you so much for making an account just to leave a comment! I really appreciate your support ๐
I'm so glad you gave the game a try! I think a lot of people were hesitant to play it because of the fear of being stuck with Irus ๐
Salyra is definitely a character you either love or hate ๐ฌ She's never going to improve, but she will try her best to be better in later chapters. Whether that will be enough for you as a player will be up to you.
I'm glad you like Elora! She's a lot of fun to write and her friendship scenes are one of my favourites as well.
The art for the characters was made very early on in the game's development. I'm probably not going to include character portraits in the full game because I want players to imagine the characters their own way and a part of me wants to keep the game strictly text based ๐