Scaled Naga, the god of health & avarice, is represented by a sea serpent of inordinate size. He is the patron god of sailors, will see them safely to port, or crushed in His coils, depending on the value of the offering made to Him. Waters in His wake are said to be healing waters and his toothy image is a common sight sea-side.

Gilly found them a table in the public rooms of the Glorious, the ice shop popular among the maidservants and merchants, secretaries, sailors, and laborers. Once a temple to Naga, the serpentine god of health and avarice, the rooms still boasted elaborate murals of undulating waves and scale; the columns were Naga rising from the sea depths, fanged mouths gaping and holding coats.