Mahanaga

The town of Mahanaga is built at the foot of the great Monastery of the Serpent King. Several hundred years in age, the town manages a thriving and healthy economy based around farming (especially of rice) and the breeding of rare serpents as pets and sources of antivenin.

Serpents are naturally drawn to the Monastery, and the monks must routinely carry the serpents away from it, lest its corridors become too filled with them. They usually take these serpents down to the Fang Market in Mahanaga, where residents of the town are permitted to bid on ownership of those serpents. All such proceeds go towards supporting the monastery and its monks, while the residents of the town make more than their return in money. The monks who run the Fang Market have laws against non-residents from bidding in the Fang Market, which helps maintain the town's economy.

The town itself knows that there is a great serpent god associated with their town somewhere, though it is very reclusive. THe monks who serve him do not worship him, and forbid others from doing so, saying that it angers the Serpent King. In truth, the interactions between the Serpent King and the townsfolk of Mahanaga is somewhat more...intimate. Occasionally, a woman in the town will give birth to a child with beautiful golden eyes. Such children are destined to serve in the Monastery of the Serpent King as monks, and are brought to the monastery upon leaving childhood (around the age of twelve or so).