It's strange, I almost like the flat designs of the "rough draft" more than I like any of these options to be honest. A1 could be an interesting direction though for sure.

To me that summoning scene is canon to the story, the only question is where and when I show it haha. It was really useful for starting to characterize my villains so I wouldn't want to trash it completely!

Also I'm working on a steemit contest for Ithaqa so stay tuned!