The Entry to the village is a makeshift checkpoint for added security to the village. As one of the early story ideas we had for Mission of Mercy, we planned to have the village raided by guerrilla rebels in search of the Western "The player" to put them up for ransom or sell them. In the remake seeking to move away from the education routes a little bit I decided to lean more into that storyline and wanted to show and hint at the dangers in subtle ways throughout the environment.