Ulaa
| Ulaa | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Hills, Mountains, Gemstones |
| Home: | Mount Celestia and the Outlands |
| Alignment: | Lawful Good |
| Gender: | Female |
| Superior: | none |
| Rules items | |
| Domains: | Earth, Good, Law |
Ulaa is the goddess of Hills, Mountains, and Gemstones. Her holy symbol is a mountain with a ruby heart; she places rubies in the earth as gifts to miners, who do her husband's work.
Description
Ulaa is depicted as a dwarven woman with gnomish facial features. She wields a mighty hammer called Skullringer.
Relationships
Ulaa is the wife of Bleredd, and an ally of Beory.
Realm
Ulaa's realm in the Outlands is called the Iron Hills. She also spends time in the Seven Heavens. Her husband is said to dwell with the gnomish gods in Bytopia.
Dogma
Worshipers
Ulaa is worshipped by humans, dwarves, gnomes, and other benevolent races who dwell in hills and mountains. She is well-known in the Ulek States, especially in the Principality of Ulek. Non-humans who worship Ulaa often integrate her into their own pantheons.
Clergy
Her clerics protect mountains from those who would enter for the sake of greed or evil, and instruct miners and quarrymen with timelost rituals they claim have been handed down from a civilization extinct more than 10,000 years.
Rituals
Worship sevices to Ulaa include rhythmic hammering on stone, chanted hymns, and displays of gemstones and minerals.
Bibliography
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- Vaughan, Greg A., and Erik Mona. Touch of the Abyss. Dungeon #117. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
- Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.