Deciding whether to burn Maleshov in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is one of the key choices in the game. During the Dancing with the Devil quest, the aforementioned Dry Devil will try to burn the village as part of your assault on Maleshov and Von Bergow, explaining that you need to draw the soldiers out of the castle if you don't want your own comrades to die in the assault.
It's a tricky choice—on one hand, you'll be murdering an entire village of innocents, on the other, not doing so will understandably make you anxious about your own beloved comrades dying instead. Here I'll run through the outcome for both decisions as well as the ultimate consequences of choosing either. This guide will of course contain spoilers for the Dancing with the Devil quest.
