Blacksmith Hilda:
Ho, there! I'm Hilda the Blacksmith, and if you want good, solid work done, there's none better here.
Don't pay any attention to the claims of that crackpot Vulcan. He's mad through and through. Fire is his obsession - he's forever searching for ways to make fire hotter and fiercer. I care for my fire, as does any competent blacksmith, but there are limits. Anyway, he won't live long enough to help you with anything; he's in the habit of venturing into the Forge of the Gods, and one day its dangers will claim him - and his eternal fire too!
I've heard he is looking for adventurers to help him collect flames, but take my advice: leave that job to tougher adventurers, or wait until you yourselves are tougher. If you accompany him now, you'll die right alongside him.