Thank your very much for your feedback! I'm glad you found something you liked. I'll think about how to improve Aster's and Mentor's introductions. I agree that their introductions are currently very uninformative and seem forced.
About Mentor in combat: in fact, he attacks enemy once per turn with Dark Orb which also reduces the Torchlight, but this can only be read in the combat log. And yes, I'll definitely also think about how to improve the visual clarity of what's happening. Thanks for the tip!