thanks for the detailed feedback and the playtest! i appreciate you sticking through a game where you might not necessarily love the genre
to answer your queries:
yes the Bloodguard heals - he is a big fan of healing if you try and kite him, but he's a pushover if you stand your ground and hit him (preferably with a melee weapon)
the spellwheel is Q, i really should have something to tell the players what keybinds are by default while ingame
the lore is that you took the dungeon path, which is less populated, by going down some stairs. now you have to go up them again!
i'm glad to hear that you didn't encounter any bugs or other major issues, and i will look into making this less boring and kite dependent in the future
thanks again for playing!