[Yossar]

My favorite Ulmish Pretender is a Vampire Queen with 3 Water, at least 3 in Blood, and as an many in Death as you want. This gives you easy access to blood magic for forging (soul contracts with a dwarven hammer can be useful), and lets you easily summon Ice Devils, which give you great commanders to give all your great forged items to. It also gets you a pretty badass pretender once you give her the right items.