Thank you so much I really wanted the designs to pops out since theres so few!
I second that f u to all the villagers and i'd be happy to explain and hopefully its a little less confusing!
Ending 2 is about Nikolai regaining a sense of control of his innate strength and life but its in a violent way, which gets in the way of him achieving the same sort of freedom Alina gets.
I wanted to represent when in reality a wild animal forced into submission has a moment of retaliation, pushed by desperation or an oversight of the human(s) in control. As well as the repercussions of that burst of freedom usually leading the animal to be put down.