Necessarily Ruthless. Scholars who have studied the connection between swamp nagas and their domains postulate the nagas' malevolence is an outgrowth of swamplands' inherent evil. However, the nagas only use force when trespassers actively harm the swamp or refuse to leave after the nagas attempt to reason with them. Nagas typically encourage those they enthrall to either leave or repair damages. They prefer not to take slaves, since this encourages more intruders and likely further havoc.