This is not an criticism I like the story and the game. It's just the Ai art brings down the quality of the amazing writing and description you give.

A high-flying fantasy Martial Arts world where you unfortunately play a peasant arrogantly rising above their station. · By
My biggest problem art-wise is finding an artist I would want for a production-level game. Something like the art in Legend of the Five Rings or Pathfinder. There are a lot of artists that aren't bad, but so far very few I'd want to put into a game I've blown years on. I've only found two good artists that were actually taking commissions; one was $400/illustration (I need ~50 so that's 20 grand) and the other openly said "no" when asked if they could sign on to do the game's worth of pictures.