(Story) Pentagram & Butcher Creek Mystery in Red Dead Redemption 2
The butcher creek curse is one of the biggest mysteries in the game, This story will explain if butcher creek is really cursed or not. While camping in Roanoke, you can meet a woman who tells you about the curse.
You can find a glowing pentagram here on the map.
It appears from 4am to 5am.
You can't really interact with it. To understand the entire story, you have to start the wisdom of the elders mission. At one point, the village is attacked by sick dogs.
The villagers call them demons, the mission implies that the town is not cursed after all.
The Shaman lies to the villagers and makes them believe they're cursed.
There are trial trees you can find by the road.
They will lead you to an abandoned mine.
The arsenic and lead are poisoning the elysian pool.
It is what makes the villagers and the animals unwell, the Shaman actually works for Roanoke fuel company.
He wanted the villagers to sign a liability agreement so they can not use the company for poisoning them. It seems like the butcher creek isn't cursed after all, the mission implies that the curse was made up by the Shaman.
But the villagers still don't believe a word John says, they still believe they're cursed. That’s because they’re, and that’s why the pentagram is here.
There's no hidden trigger to it.
Its purpose is to let you know that John was wrong all along, And the villagers really are haunted by a demon. The villagers were cursed before they even met the Shaman. That's why it was so easy for him to make them believe his lies.
If she was lying about the demon, the pentagram wouldn't be here.