Hiram Shaw's Church

Hiram Shaw's Church is a Mystery. The church can be reached by following the trail through the Valley of the Winds after completing Trial of the Elder Gods: Atum.
== Discovery ==
Follow the trail through the Valley of the Winds to reach Shaw's Church. A fast travel point is added to the Map and the Mystery begins.
== Walkthrough ==
===Objective: Explore the Church===
Enter Shaw's Church and use on the door in the back of the main room. may speak with Agatha here to learn additional story details.
===Objective: Explore the Church Grounds===
Enter Shaw's study, the room beyond the door that was just opened. There are several items that can be collected here. 
Use on the papers on the main desk and drawings will appear that can now be inspected.
Use on the door in the back of the room. Exit the church to the rear, and several more items can be collected here.
Pass under the bridge on the right to arrive at a cave that is protected by a ward. Inspect the ward. may speak with Agatha for further details afterward.
===Objective: Talk to Strange===
Return to the Abbey and talk to . 
===Objective: Lead Strange to the Cave ===
Lead to the ward. He will indicate that he needs some time to determine how to dispel it. Complete the Story Mission: The Bell Tolls... to proceed.
===Objective: Talk to Doctor Strange ===
After completing The Bell Tolls..., talk to . 
===Objective: Retrieve the Vial of Symbiote ===
Enter the Forge and pick up the Vial of Symbiote from a desk on the left side, between the Chest with Vials and the Laboratory (if researched and purchased).
===Objective: Dispel the Ward ===
Head to the ward behind the Shaw's Church and select Dispel Ward.
===Objective: Explore the Cave ===
Enter the cave and Inspect the runic circle on the ground for a cutscene.
===Objective: Search the Study ===
Return to Shaw's study inside the church. If the drawings on Shaw's desk are already be visible, then Inspect them for a cutscene. Otherwise, use on them, which will play the same cutscene. Agatha asks to come to the Library tomorrow night.
===Objective: Talk to Agatha ===
Head to the Library and speak with Agatha for a cutscene.
===Objective: Find Stained Soil ===
The player must visit the three witch warrens, and Collect Soil at the bloodstained ground in each of them. The warrens are marked with a Witchsign on a post nearby and can be found at the locations described below:
* Follow the stream that lies between the Whispering Wood and The Shop map markers all the way to the northwest to reach a warren.
* Follow the path with the map marker for Dreamer's Descent east, turning southeast toward the end, to reach a warren at the top of the hill to the left of the Unknown Grave. The correct path has a Arcane Chest, which is just left of the warren itself.
* From the Stone Terrace map marker, walk directly north, off the path and over some stones on an incline, to find a warren at the end of the path on the other side.
===Objective: Give Soil to Agatha ===
Return to the Library and speak with Agatha and a cutscene will start.
===Objective: Talk to Agatha ===
The location will change to the Elemental Altar. Approach Agatha and speak with her.
===Objective: Find the Hanging Tree ===
Head to the Old Salem Cemetery where The Hanging Tree is now covered in green glowing runes. Use and a short cutscene will play, after which the Mystery will complete.
The Moon Seal is on the ground next to the tree. It can be picked up and used to proceed to the Trial of the Elder Gods: Hyppus.
== Rewards ==
* 
* Moon Seal
== Story ==
When reaches the church, Agatha appears and explains the history of this place. Before Lilith's corruption, Sara and sensed Chthon's influence here in Salem and sent a Moon Seal to aid a coven that was being persecuted by Hiram Shaw. The sisters later moved the Abbey from Transia to Salem to provide more direct aid, but were unable to stop Shaw, who rallied his congregation by blaming the witches for the recent plague. After the Witch Trial, the Moon Seal vanished along with Shaw.
 is surprised, as they don't remember the building being there before. Agatha reveals that Sara kept the building in a mystic quarantine due to Shaw's power, and this is her first time inside as well.
She tells that Shaw came to Salem as a charlatan posing as a preacher, and after gaining a few followers, broke ground on the church. During the dig, Shaw found a buried page from the Darkhold, and used its power to gather a large following. 
 enters the back room of the church to find Shaw's study, with several drawings of witch warrens on his desk (once Revealed). Exiting to the back of the church, finds a cave protected by a ward resembling the ones Wanda created at the Sanctum Sanctorum. Agatha suggests asking about the ward. 
 finds in the Library and leads him to the ward behind Shaw's Church. agrees that it resembles the magic Wanda invoked. At first he doesn't believe it can be dispelled, but the recent events at the Sanctum make him doubt that. He will need some time to think of a way to deal with the ward.
After the events of The Bell Tolls..., tells that just like how was able to bring down the wards at the Sanctum, the Symbiote sample can be used to dispel the ward at Shaw's Church. He also subtly lets on that he is aware of Agatha's presence and that she has been helping .
Obtaining the Symbiote sample from the Forge, takes it to the cave behind the church and dispels the ward. They find the cave covered in mystical runes with Shaw's last remains inside. Agatha believes is the one who sealed Shaw in the cave, meaning that Sara must have known about it, too. The Moon Seal is nowhere to be found, so they return to Shaw's Study.
Amongst the papers in Shaw's Study are drawings of witch warrens. Agatha realizes these are probably the hiding spots of witches that were caught and tortured by Shaw in his pursuit of the Moon Seal. She tells she needs time to study the drawings, and to meet her in the Library tomorrow evening.
The next night, Agatha confirms that these drawings represent places around the Abbey. She asks to find the warrens and collect a sample of bloodstained soil from each of them. Her plan is to contact the witches directly to ask them where the Moon Seal is hidden, using the powerful witch's blood as a catalyst in a seance.
After collecting the samples, meets Agatha at the Elemental Altar. As Agatha casts the spell, a drawing appears on the piece of parchment she prepared as part of the ceremony. Agatha recognizes it as The Hanging Tree. She tells that at the time, The Hanging Tree was near Shaw's Church, but the Abbey's mystical powers tend to move things around. Some exploration may be required.
 finds The Hanging Tree, now covered in green glowing runes, across from the Old Salem Cemetery. uses on the tree, and the Moon Seal appears on the ground. Agatha advises to take it to the Reflecting Pool in order to proceed to the next Trial.
== Notes ==
* The Ward - Excerpt from Wanda's Journal: A Library text that indicates the ward at the cave wasn't created by Wanda.
* The church is mentioned in Wanda's Journal, April 4, 2020. One can find this page near the church.
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