A Curse of Strahds [IC]

Lae hangs his head and says, “Burn it.. burn it all...”

Zennas makes no objections. 

Can we ask the children's ghosts on the way back through if there's anything we can do to let them rest?

Rose answers "You must put our bones to rest. The rest of our family, our grandparents and others must be buried somewhere."

As you exit the house, you notice the mists have receded from the house and you can once more see the rest of the village.

Their bones are right there, right, we can take them?

Yes, they are in their bones are in their room where you saw them before.

OK, I scoop them up on my way out, then we can burn it.

"Thank you for the rescue mates." "I thought I was for sure a goner." says the wizard. "By the way my name is Sen Yid."

(As Matt said I was a little lost getting to this thread, and one of my friends from college was in town this weekend. Very sorry will try to jump on as much as I can.)

(No worries, we all have lives. There was just a few days of confusion waiting for you to respond lol.)

(Necros, how are you going to burn it down?)

“I’ve got ten torches if we want to touch them to some curtains inside, or something...” Lae muses.

Necros  uses create bonfire cantrip to set the house on fire " ive got this" necros  says

The house, being very old, catches quickly. You step back through the gate in order to get away from the heat of the flames. You hear groaning as the house throws barricades into the windows and doors (yes, the house was sentient and in fact, it sent the illusions of the children to draw you in to become victims of the cult), but it doesn't stop the house from eventually collapsing into a heap of ash.

As the flames finally die down and the smoke clears, the ash has blown away, and, instead of seeing any sign there had been a house here, you see what appears more like a graveyard. There stand 6 crypts, each sealed with a stone slab.

“Nine hells... that house was evil.. and look what it’s left behind.”

There is writing on 5 of the slabs, but you can't make it out from beyond the gate.

Lae sighs and walks back through the gates to read the slabs.

Zennas goes in with him to attempt to make out what is written on the stones. As well as make note if anything else has survived the fire. 

One of the stones is actually blank. The next has the name "Walter Durst" etched into it. Another has the name "Gustav Durst", while the one beside it has the name "Elisabeth Durst". (You recognize those 2 names as those of the parents.) The final two stones contain the names "Rosavalda Durst" and "Thormboldt Durst".

Other than the crypts, there is no sign the house even existed here.

“I find this a tad strange.. what do you make of it Zennas?”

"I am at a loss as well, maybe the wizard we rescued knows a little more about what this is all about."

"Sen Yid is it? I know we haven't much time for proper introduction, I am Zennas Smoothhands, my brother Zander is taking care of the childrens remains. Is there any insight you might have regarding this matter? Anything you can tell us about why you were about to be sacrificed? Or were you just a victim of circumstance?"