The Danger Gang Learns About A Church Full Of Snakes

After a few days of sailing, the Danger Gang arrive in Ilyrea. There are jets of flame shooting out of the ground on shore, so they sail a bit further, reaching the port town of Doracheon.

The harbormaster has them write their names on some pottery. There's a statue of Jabili Alhama, a former compatriot of the prophet until they had a falling out, and then he went on to become the founder of modern Ilyrea. They also notice there are no women in town, but a barkeep explains that they all stay home because they're modest.

They head over to the monastery of St. Asteos to see if they can get into the crypts, where all the rich stuff is always kept. The friar there asks the Gang if maybe he can do them a favor. It seems a church just outside of town hasn't been tithing or paying taxes of late, and he was hoping the gang would go look into it. They owe about 750 gold. Also, no people are in this church full of snakes. The snakes owe taxes. The Gang tries to wrap their mind around this, and the friar goes on to explain that snakes are a very important part of the community around here. Every household has a snake (to deal with the poisonous newt problem). They collective shrug their shoulders and agree to look into it.