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Pallando
Servant of Námo, Istar Rómestámo, one of the Blue Wizards

with cloak
with cloak and staff
without accessories

While Tolkien was reasonably clear that Alatar was a servant of Oromë, he seemed a little less certain about Pallando. That he was less powerful than Alatar seems to be indicated, as he did not volunteer nor was he asked to go by one of the Valar; Alatar asked to take him as his friend (and, apparently, helper, since the name Rómestámo means "east-helper"). In his notes, Tolkien at one point indicated that Pallando was also a servant of Oromë, but at another point he indicated that he was a servant of Námo. This was apparently part of a pattern he was attempting to construct, to have each of the Five Wizards representing the interests of five different Valar. Personally, I rather liked that idea, and since one of the possible bad ends for the Blue Wizards was that they fell into creating "black magic" cults off in the East before being themselves destroyed, I felt it wasn't at all unreasonable to think that one of them might have been a servant of what amounts to the Lord of the Dead.

Pallando's garb was intended to reflect both his service to Námo and the more "easterly" areas in which he traveled -- a bit more "Middle-easterly," to my mind. The various decorative pins all bear the symbol I designed for Námo; the sandals, short robe, belt sash, and abbreviated wrap-style cloak draw from ancient ethnic designs of our near and middle Eastern cultures. To make him just a little different, however, I gave him auburn hair -- uncommon in warmer regions and certain to stand out in a crowd -- perhaps to bad effect.