Tulgga

## Description

Tulgga appears as a female, middle-aged Dwarf. Her long, braided hair is red, almost glowing like flames. She has an ornate breastplate on and wields a massive maul as her weapon. She is stoic and thoughtful, always pausing before she starts speaking and speaking slowly.

Though she is familiar with the other deities, she does not concern herself with them often. She has spent most of history isolated from the other deities and only in the past few centuries has really gotten involved in the mortal world. Though it is said she had a hand in creating he Dwarves, she only seems to directly interact with the Dwarves in Garlakan.

Tulgga does not interact with the other deities much as she is often working on her next creation rather than interact with them. She gets along with the neutral deities in the Midplanes fairly well, especially Lorkayn. She is not known by most mortals for the same reason she doesn't interact with other deities. Her only interaction with the Prime Material Plane is through the active volcano, Mount Dalvura

## Clergy

The temples of the church of Tulgga are always a forge first, temple second. There is the main forge, usually in the back, with various offices and shops surrounding it. Unlike a normal forge, though, not anyone can use it. It is reserved for rituals and clergy. The architecture is simple, bare, with various racks of tools on the walls. There are a few symbols of Tulgga hanging outside the building and above certain doorways. A large chimney is usually towering above the rest of the building, billowing smoke directly from the forge. The color of the smoke changes colors as various rituals are performed. The chimney is often sculpted to look like a volcano.

The clergy are inventors and builders, often with tool belts and various gloves and aprons on. Their clothing is often reds and browns, usually appearing simple and plain. Only when they perform rituals in the forge do they wear more ornate clothing and only ceremonial tools are wielded. They are often the leaders in crafts and professional makers, often providing resources to them as well as recruiting the most skilled to work in their temples. They provide used tools, blueprints, and classes to perpetuate the trades they love, often for a small or no fee.

The forge is turned off at night and turned back on in the morning. Each time this is done, a ritual is performed which usually involves some incense or materials to burn in the forge. When the forge is turned off, certain materials are burned to make a gray and thin smoke to make it appear that the smoke slowly disappears against the night sky. In the morning, like a sunrise, various colored smokes emerge from the temple’s chimney to signify the beginning of the day and a homage to Tulgga and asking for her blessing on the work done that day. Clerics pray for spells in the morning, usually with burning of incense and colored smoke on a smaller scale when they travel.

## Dogma

Always be creating and innovating. Never rest on the laurels of your previous works or past inventors. Everything can be improved, even people, groups, and societies. In the fires of the forge your best work will be done, you will see the end goal. It is only through the smoke and fire that you can see clearly. It is only through the smoke and fire will you become the person you were meant to be.