"Half a silver. Two copper if you explain to me what's up with you."

Aha! She provides two copper. "My grandfather's a wizard. The Asmodeans didn't kill him enough in the war to stop him, but did enough so he played dead. After a while he came back, dominated the Asmodean replacement count, and started secretly rebuilding resources for a war that turned out to be completely unnecessary, but we his family all stayed out of the way so the inquisitors wouldn't notice we existed and therefore that he existed." All this is completely true even if it leaves out important information about how her grandfather is actually doing everything.

"So what's your philosophical or religious situation?"

"I mostly worship Abadar and Irori? I think we should put things back the way they were before Asmodeus took over? I don't think I have philosophical convictions other than that Asmodeus trying to damn everyone in my home country to Hell is bad. That one seems pretty easy."

"Awww. I thought you'd be part of an interesting cult."

She's not part of a cult! Her grandfather wouldn't accept that. "Do you have other questions as part of your pay or can you tell me about the horrible things everyone in Cheliax believes now?"

"As I answer questions about Cheliax can you flag to me any philosophically interesting differences from your upbringing? In case you're in a cult and didn't notice." 

"... Probably? Isn't being in a cult about worshipping dark gods that want to destroy creation? I think that would be hard to miss, since I am opposed to dark gods and to the destruction of creation."

"'Cult' as in a small group with deeply unusual religious beliefs. Not all cults are Evil! Most of them don't even want to destroy creation. Sometimes they think Asmodeus is a Chaotic Good catgirl."

"... Why?"

"The person from Holomog that I talked to believes she's a sharp-tongued lawyer, proud of her clever contracts that right wrongs and humiliate the powerful. Sort of a trickster figure."

Aspexia-Isona Raimon i Vilar will boggle for a moment.

"So, uh. Cheliax. What don't I know?"

"The farmers mostly aren't especially Asmodean." 

"That sounds like good news." She's pretty sure the farmers in Mequinenza are about the way they were when her father was alive, which is probably the way they were back before that, but that might have something to do with the suspicious tendency of Asmodean clerics to end up very lightheaded and succumb to a mildly disproportionate number of diseases if they try to actually take being an Asmodean cleric seriously.

"- What is Asmodeanism? Does anyone actually believe it?" 

"Asmodeanism teaches that free will was a mistake and everyone should obey Asmodeus until they become perfect instruments of his will so it's like free will doesn't exist anymore. They should choose Asmodeus to do this about because Asmodeus will always win because he's the most powerful of the gods. I... suspect that Asmodeanism is believed about as much as any other set of beliefs? Most people don't follow their philosophies very closely." His tone is disapproving.

"That sounds less stupid than I was expecting. But doesn't Asmodeus try to send everyone to Hell so they're tortured forever?"

"If you're a good servant of Asmodeus, you won't be tortured in Hell, or at least nearly as much. But if you rebel against him you will be tortured endlessly. Or so they say."

"That really doesn't sound like a very good philosophy when you can just not be Lawful Evil."

"They argue that nearly everyone winds up Evil, so your best hope for a good afterlife is to try to please Asmodeus so your Hell experience is okay."

"Ah. But most people in fact end up Neutral so this is just Asmodeus lying a lot?"

"I have no idea and I don't trust anyone who says they do."

"So, what does that mean in practice about how they do things? Do they try to put 'you should be an object' into practice somehow?"

"They are enormously fond of hierarchy and want everyone to be constantly scheming to keep their place in the hierarchy or to get the next level up. It's amazing how cruel and vicious a person can be if they have the right to wear ivory buttons and those below them can only wear silver."

"Why? How does that connect to 'you should do what you're told?' How do you start with the philosophy saying 'you should do what your superiors want' and end up with 'you should plot to replace your superior?'"