Damian Blackbourne

Damain Blackborne is currently a Commander of the Grand Alliance, 7, and Shadowtalon Company. Damian works close with Marshal Vincent Ravenwing on major decisions in Stormwind, SI:7, and outside. He is known to have many friends in all places, from Alliance High Command to the groups that infect the Stormwind 'Underground', all the way to faction neutral Orcish Shamans. Using these contacts, he has proven to make a very successful member of SI:7.

Not much is known about Damian's upbringing, and presumably comes from a low born, low class family of Stormwind. He is not on public records until age eighteen, when he enlisted for a very short time under the Argent Crusade. After that he was involved in SI:7, introduced to the lifestyle by Thomas 'Razor.' Thomas had been member since it was lead under Pathonia Shaw, when the group was named Stormwind Assassins. Damian, however, climbed the ranks of SI:7 due to his amount of eyes and ears in the City and out.

To this day, Damian proves a successful Rogue and tactician.

=Description=

The man carries himself in a way that expresses extreme confidence and ease in any given situations, such as combat, political meetings, and social interactions. It was unnerving to some and caused mutterings of unprofessionalism in small circles. Regardless, Damian carries on with disarming roguish charm to get exactly what he wants out of a situation. Armed with pristine white teeth, deep blue eyes, a toned physique, and long ebon hair Damian makes it easy to follow in his footsteps. A natural leader and an affinity for hearing out his subordinates so that he can assess a situation on their opinions. He moves on not only his own ideals, but the ideals of his friends, brothers and sisters in arms, and those close to him.

Of course, each man had a few hidden flaws under their armor. Damian's significant flaw, or another attractive feature to some, was the mass array of scars. His body was more scar tissue than actual skin. They ranged from lashings, burns, stabs, slashes, gouges, bullet wounds-- almost any sort of injury you could think of, this man had it. To collect this many in such a short amount of time was almost unheard of. It wasn't disfiguring, but his skin was easily compared to scales or damaged leather. However, his scars and skin were covered by elaborate, artistic drawings in black ink. Ranging from small to large, tattoos of all shapes and sizes danced across his skin.

Armor & Weapons
Damian's most recent armor was gifted to him upon reaching the rank of Commander. Prior, his leathers were hand-crafted by himself. The leathers match Ravenwing's armor, tight and thick against his skin. Under the first layer was a thin metal inlay in vital positions to protect from close range stabbings, followed by another layer of leather. Expertly crafted by professional leatherworkers to allow plenty of movement without sacrificing too much armor, Damian can often be seen wearing it to show his appreciation. The gear held daggers on the lower left shoulder, and an ornate dragon across both shoulders. A leather hood came with the set of armor, made with a built in face guard- and hung low enough so that only his eyes were able to be seen.

Damian, of course, had to make his own adjustments and add nine different holsters for hidden daggers across his body, ranging from his feet to his shoulders for any given situation. He also modified the dragon so that it was able to spew a moderate gout of flame in that direction. He saw his right side as an 'unlucky' side to be attacked on, thus the modification. Futhermore, he introduced a machine that produced black smoke over his eyes and out of his shoulder guards. While hardly permitting vision during combat, it protected him from flashbangs and hid his eyes from those would look into his mask.

He was a self-proclaimed 'weapons expert', but was moderately skilled across the board, and an expert in many. Swords, daggers and rifles were his priority and bows falling short on his list of things he was good at. His house had a small armory where each day he could walk out with a different set of weapons. His blades or ammo had no enchantments or special properties, the only thing special about them was the man who had served his time, using them for all purposes. =History=

There are not many records, public or private, on the man that is Damian Blackborne. What is known, however, is that he appeared in public light at the claimed age of eighteen. Upon enlisting with the Argents for about three months before finding interest in SI:7, it was made apparent to his superiors that he had been trained prior to enlisting.

He has spoken publicly about a rough upbringing with no parents until the middle class Murphy found him and cared for him during his young age. Once he was old enough to hold his own in combat, he was a paid eavesdropper for crime organizations and their like. He was fortunately too young to know exactly what he was doing, or hold any sort of power other than to defend himself. He has also spoken out about a minor drug abuse problem, but has since came over and out of it.

A man of few very close friends, his secrets and history stay locked with them and those he trusts.

Military and Company Service
He is known to make friends quite easily due to his laid back, nonchalant attitude, causing him to be a member everyone looked to in the organizations he joined. He served first with SI:7 when he came into public eye and did simple missions as a low ranking and unknown agent. To sate his need for action he joined up with Lantos Swiftsong and the Argent Bulwark for a short while. It wasn't long before he saw that the Argent lifestyle was not the place for him and left with a few other members to start Valiant Coalition. He progressed is way up the ranks in SI:7, unknown to most of the members of the Coalition. The Coalition allowed him a source of income as well as sating his need for adventure and missions other than the ones SI:7 sent him on.

It was about four months before SI:7 saw his potential and with a few recommendations from Thomas and other higher ups, he was sent on his first major mission. He could not tell his members where he was going, and disappeared off the map for an entire year. The Coalition held a funeral and his gravestone is located in Stormwind. When he returned, he was welcome back with tears of joy and a small gathering of friends. The mission had been accomplished with slight delays, and he was promoted further up the ranks of SI:7.

During his time away the Head Tactition of SI:7 had been handed over to Marshal Vincent Ravenwing. Damian became close with the Marshal who had taken over his second in command spot in Valiant Coalition. Ravenwing saw the potential in Damian and re-indited him for his yearly oath.

Valiant Coalition saw a collapse and Damian and Vincent looked to the remaining officers to begin anew under a new banner; Shadowtalon Company. Damian was placed as Head of Reconnaissance and turned the branch into the largest pool of members in the Company. To this day, Shadowtalon Company remains the highest concentration of Rogues under a single banner-- all under Blackborne's command.

Eventually reconstruction of the ranks came to Shadowtalon and a few members advanced from Non-commissioned officer ranks to second in command of a branch. The Marshal introduced a rank above Senior Officer and placed Damian as second in command of the Company under the title Commander. Once that change was made inside the Company, it was quickly made into light inside SI:7 and the Grand Alliance. Damian was able to attend war council meetings and introduce himself to powerful political figures. He continues to serve his title with pride and the best of his ability.

=Personality=

Damian personality is unlike any other in the higher ranks of the Alliance. He holds himself with a nonchalant approach to any given situation, hostile or non. Rarely he will be seen upset or angered-- and if he it he probably has a good reason. He speaks with a calm and collected tone, laced with a tone of amusement. He constantly pokes fun at being self-absorbed, complimenting himself to ease any sort of tensions. A friend to most and an enemy to few, his casual demeanor isn't anything to be taken for granted. He is always calculating and everything he does has been planned far in advance. He doesn't act without wanting something, and hardly any outcome will surprise him. Not to say he is good at predicting the future, but if one thing is pushed to the next via his hand-- he will make sure it goes exactly where it wants to. So, even though you may have brought a knife to his neck and he convinced you to have a drink and talk about the issue, he will only take the route that appeals him and who he cares about best.

Beliefs & Morals
Even though he has seen the Light in work, used to heal and attack, he still does have complete faith in it. If it can be easily manipulated to do wrong by the whilder thinking they are doing the right thing, why have faith in it? He thinks the Light is simply a tool for people who use it to have something to lean on, draw power from, and ask for forgiveness from. Everyone needs someone like that in their life, so he doesn't judge in the slightest. Occasionally, he can be seen looking to the Sun in thought.

Despite thriving in the darkness, Damian has a particular distaste to those who worship Elune fanatically. Again, he will not speak out or judge, but of all the accepted cults he expresses to his peers his difficulty fathoming a faith in the Moon Goddess.

Unaccepted cults, such as the Twilight's Hammer, are laughable. He will put a member of their ranks down once they have been deemed by himself 'beyond redemption.' Everyone has a chance, but only a few take it.

He puts the people he cares about before himself, even though there are a very select number of them. In order to get a job done, he will send his subordinates into combat-- and rally next to them. In combat, they are all against a target and nothing else matters. He constantly tries to connect on a personal level with his members of Recon so that they can trust him, and come to him with their problems-- either personal or otherwise.

Relationships
Due to Damian's charming and disarming nature, it has landed him in long relationships and short relationships.

Once he was out in the city after being in SI:7 for a few months, he became romantically involved with Eliorah Morrison in the Argent Bulwark. They split off to create Valiant Coalition together. They were very public in their relations, always together in public places. However, close friends and members of the Coalition could speak on their relationship as 'toxic' at times. It evolved into arguments over communication channels, in public places, and presumably at their home in Dwarven District. She, however, continued to draw him in and remind him that she needed him, keeping him attached to her. Eventually their relationship dissolved into fighting every other day and physical assault directed at Damian. There was multiple instances where there Guard was called to split them both up. Eventually, Damian saw the SI:7 mission as a god-send and left without a trace. He did come back to Stormwind, but not interested in a romantic relationship with Eliorah.

During his time being single he made many friends but refused any further advancement than that. He used this to his advantage to manipulate and control different sources to spy and infiltrate for him, thinking that if they do a good job they will become close to him. Damian, of course, denied all of them.

He was able to smoke, drink in peace and spend time with his close friends, Justin Hummuck, Sir Rentone Tyner, and Ravenwing. Justin and Damian went out on periods of slaughter, going into hostile lands to kill everything in sight. Brutal, but it brought them closer. Justin and Rentone were in Shadowtalon but have since retired from service.

Eventually Damian met a woman named Celaena Sardothien and was constantly seen by her. He indited her into his company and promoted her to second in command of Recon. She lead the branch when he was gone decently well, much to his appreciation. Company members often supported them becoming something more than a best of friends, but they were never comfortable with putting a label on it. This lasted for a total of six months and their relationship was conflict free and filled with affection. Unfortunately, the cost of lack of arguments came with lack of communication and she never told him what she actually wanted. It irritated him and when he brought it up it was brushed aside. He felt their relationship dissolving as well, much to his dismay, and left for two weeks. He came back and something happened. He hasn't spoken publicly on what exactly happened, but needless to say he was filled with rage and moved on rather quickly.

A few weeks passed where Damian sat in SI:7 exclusively to focus on his work before leaving to try working in taverns to meet people. He was more or less unsuccessful. One day he was passing through the Cathedral Square and saw an Quel'dori woman in full robes in the center of the road.

Damian dismounted his horse, put on his roguish charm and managed to settle dinner for the two of them. He found out rather quickly that she had a particular affinity for SI:7 agents due to her readings about them, and he saw this as a chance to show her the SI:7 public files. He found out that she was engaged to a death knight under the name of Ryin Thaydor, an associate and fellow Commander of his.

As of late, they are seen together in meetings with Shadowtalon and seen next to each other in public. Damian has not spoke publicly about this to his company members or friends-- as all his time has been spent with her for the past week. He doesn't seem to mind.