Honestly, contract or not, that just means the forest folk don’t think this contract will benefit them any longer and that they now believe to be in a position of power to oppose you and your people. War is at your doorstep. You can whine about it or go smelt and cast some cold and pure iron already.

Unpopular take: I actually found it pretty good. All characters got their screen time and the main characters all got a resolution that felt satisfying to me. The action scenes were good. I even liked the revelation of what the upside down really is, though I would’ve preferred a slightly different version of that explanation.