Editing Kingmaker (section)

==The Companions==
*'''Amiri the Barbarian''': Pathfinder's Iconic [[Human]] [[Barbarian]], she carries a big ass bastard sword and follows the old barbarian adage of "hit it until it is dead." Like tabletop, her oversized sword should be swapped for a properly sized one as soon as possible. ''Un''like her tabletop incarnation who "never speaks of the circumstances that forced her to flee her homeland" she readily tells her backstory {{spoiler|and what she tells you isn't entirely true... Her personal quest is dealing with her old tribe, and what is to become of its leadership, plus a choice of who to sacrifice to power up her sword.}}
*'''Ekundayo the Ranger''': A dour man of few words chasing the trolls who slaughtered his family. Has a "dog" animal companion (just a wolf, really) that seems to have adopted him, despite his disinterest in it. He actually gets revenge within a few hours of gameplay, and most of his character arc is figuring out what to do ''after'' that. Depending on your choices he can {{spoiler|let go of his dead family and swear to protect your kingdom in their memory so no one else winds up like them, or become a vengeance seeking slayer of all giants}}. In the great tradition of animal companions, the dog alone is one of the strongest companions, even without Ekun's considerable skill with a bow. Ekun has rolled ridiculously high on his ability scores, having the equivalent to '''36''' point buy (compared to your 20 and a mercenary's 15).
*'''Harrim the Dwarf Cleric of Groetus''': A dwarf that rejected his people and turned to worship of Groetus after being spurned by [[Torag]] who, allegedly, cursed him with the undwarfy trait of sucking at crafting. Groetus is the obscure god of the eventual, inevitable end of existence (As in "[[Planescape: Torment|ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM.]]"), so Harrim is naturally quite the depressing nihilist. Since Groetus's portfolio is not destruction of existence but ''outlasting'' it, Harrim channels positive energy despite his grim personality. {{spoiler|Actually ''blessed'' by Torag with the rare ability to undo flawed creation. Depending on your choices in his quest, he can reconcile with his people and become happy in spite of the inevitable end (if there's no point to it, why not enjoy it while it lasts?), or give into his spite.}}
*'''Jaethal the Undead Elf Inquisitor of Urgathoa''': Lots of necromantic powers and fights with a scythe. Specifically says she doesn't care about [[Promotions|doing naughty things]] when asked, but as an undead is incapable of it. Being undead gives her a lot of useful immunities, but she's unfortunately trapped in one of the worst classes in the game with the worst possible domain choice. Multiclass her to any other front line class ASAP. Depending on your choices {{spoiler|she can reject Urgathoa and be smote by Lady Despair herself in return for that slight, only to be returned to ''actual'' life as a reward by [[Pharasma]] much later in the game (good luck figuring ''that'' one out without a guide), be killed by you, or fall further into depravity}}.
*'''Jubilost the Gnome Alchemist''': Adventurer cartographer/travel guide writer. Pompous, stuck up and chucks both verbal and literal bombs at everything. Seeks the reason Gnomes undergo the bleaching, a question that was <s>never actually answered in Pathfinder's lore before</s> answered in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The First World, Realm of the Fey (2016). The only full companion to appear in the original adventure path, where he was a relatively minor NPC.
*'''Kalikke & Kanerah the Tiefling Kineticists''': A tiefling pair of bickering twin sisters. After one died to a soul eating [[Daemon (Pathfinder)|Daemon]], the intervention of [[Nethys]] allowed both to live, but only one  to exist on the prime material plane at a time. You can romance both simultaneously, that's right, the game permits [[Magical realm|incestuous polyamory]]. (DLC)
*'''Linzi the Halfling Bard''': The game's framing device. Is a character fans either love or hate.
*'''Nok-Nok the Goblin Rogue''': Your own personal goblin psycho written by Chris Avellone.
*'''Octavia the Half-Elf Rogue/Wizard''': The only character that, by default, takes the opportunity to multiclass.
*'''Regongar the Half-Orc Magus''': Angry half-orc that likes to hit things plus also has magic. Somewhat unique in being Chaotic Evil.
*'''Tristian the Cleric of Sarenrae''': Heals McHealypants. Someone has to. Also has access to some proper fire magic through his archetype, in exchange for no armor and being useless with weapons. Given damn near everything resists fire, it's not worth it. {{spoiler|Actually an angel brought down to human by Nyrissa, who claims to hold his divine form hostage to help her kill your kingdom behind the scenes. Tristian is an idiot and believes her empty threats entirely, but he was also helping you by abusing her exact words to still give you some aid. His personal quest is cleaning up a cult Nyrissa has made in your kingdom and getting forgiveness from his goddess for his actions. Why Sarenrae didn't just yank his powers ''before'' he could them for genocide is unclear.}}  
*'''Valerie the Fighter''': Lawful Stupid ex-Paladin of [[Shelyn]] that hates that people only recognize her beauty and the goddess's clergy attempting to bring her back into the fold. A tower shield specialist whose AC makes her neigh untouchable, but utterly useless against spells. Depending on your choices {{spoiler|she can learn to accept her appearance is part of who she is and learn to ignore Shelyn in peace, or continue to live in spite.}}
*'''Tartuccio the Gnome Sorcerer''': An evil Gnome that pretends to join the expedition but is really a Pitaxian spy trying to sabotage it. Only a companion in the prologue and becomes a secondary antagonist in chapter 1. {{spoiler|Is reincarnated into a Kobold and a secondary antagonist in chapter 2. Can join you in the final area if you spare him and do some other stuff}}. Actually appeared in the original module as minor antagonist Tartuk (which he takes as an alias in the game), but the two versions have vast differences, with only that he's a CE purple haired gnome sorcerer {{spoiler|reincarnated into a Kobold}} and the rough outline of his actions in chapter 1 (which are greatly expanded on in the game) remaining.

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