"I wouldn't be surprised if you told me this place was cursed. It just seems strange that this place was completely wiped of everything. If people were fleeing, usually they'd leave a few belongings behind." Or maybe people had never lived here at all, and this place was built explicitly for them. If so, why? And there were so many empty houses... How many more people were they expecting to put here?

He crossed his arms over his chest, thoughtful. "And these heirs aren't helpful?" He couldn't say he understood the intricacies of it, but it seemed cruel to leave someone cursed when all you had to do was walk somewhere with them.