Hmmmm...I like the idea a lot. We need to think of an appropriate place to hide Jaku. It's not easy to hide a naga that big. I don't think it should be a cave. A sympathetic villager perhaps could help Arkain who got himself stuck some how or perhaps even better he accidentally caused a villager to get hurt who just happens to be the son of a village elder. Arkain could heal him and take him to the village and try to explain things but Jaku has to be seen to believe. Azlant possibly could read their mind or some how find out if the villager could be trusted. With Arkain being a healer, his healing some very sick villagers that would gain their trust. But Arkain will become rather hungry after healing.  This could perhaps be when Jaku can lend hir help. These villagers could be the one who help us find the cargo ship but that lone villager that is following Jaku's trail could be the one who turns us into the Chimera soldiers in exchange they don't hurt the village. This guy doesn't know until it's too late. He doesn't know about all the good things Jaku and the others did for them because he stayed outside of the village. The villagers inside that object can be the ones that are naga food when they are reformed then they see the light and help us. Something like that.