Ulaa the Stonewife is a goddess of hills, mountains and gemstones from the crystal sphere known as Greyspace.
"The hills and mountains are sacred and beautiful places, whether on the surface or within tunnels that bore through them like veins. Working with stone for any good purpose is a blessed task, but cutting rock out of pure greed or evil intent is an abomination. The greatest gift the earth gives are gemstones, each a tiny part of the earth's power and beauty reflected a thousand times upon itself."
- Doctrine of the Church of Ulaa.
Overview
Ulaa loves all aspect of the earth, from the rolling hills and the craggy peaks, to the earthen burrows and the stony vaults. Ulaa is married to the mining and smith god Bleredd, and places rubies within the earth to reward those who do her husbands work.
Description
Ulaa appears as a dwarven woman with the facial features of a gnome. Ulaa typically wears adamantine chain mail decorated with a great many gemstones.
Possessions
Ulaa possesses a hammer of the thunderbolts known as Skull Ringer which is particularly deadly against goblinoids, killing them in droves. Skull Ringer instantly kills any ogre-kin, troll-kin, giant-kin and golems that it strikes (except for cloud giants, storm giants and iron golems).
Ulaa possesses many gemstones and jewels, several of which have been enchanted to command earth and mineral elementals.
Abilities
Ulaa can pass through earth and rock with ease, and is immune to harm from earth-based spells.
Because of her affinity for the earth and minerals , all but the most evil of earth elemental creatures love and respect Ulaa. Those of a good nature serve Ulaa at her request, whereas those of a more inimical nature flee from her in terror.
Holy symbol
Ulaa's symbol is a mountain with a ruby heart, or a mountain with a circle at its heart.
Favored weapon
Ulaa wields a warhammer known as Skull Ringer.
Realm
In the Great Wheel cosmology, Ulaa resides within her realm known as the Steel Hills, located on the Concordant Domain of the Outlands. However she spends a lot of time on the Material Plane and the Elemental Plane of Earth.
Worship
Ulaa is worshipped by dwarves, gnomes and humans. Ulaa's priests live on or in the mountains and protect them from those who would exploit their gifts out of greed or evil. They protect their communities by rooting out dens of monstrous creatures, and teach miners and quarrymen how to identify the best places to work They serve as guides for those travelling through the mountains, and travel to see the far reaches of the world.