Also, I'm unsure about this, but I think in my first playthrough, the one I got the ending where you say that you don't want to hurt the hero (I later died to doing nothing when I chose that dialogue option). Is there a different ending with it? I don't know if it is my memory being bad, but I think in that plathrough the queen never kneeled and just touched him to burn him to ashes, she skipped that and hugged him, before I even reached the second phase. Also, when I reached the second phase, I think that the torches were unlit instead of being purple, although I'm not sure about this one.