Thomas Balamont DeFortiere

Balamont McClendon is a Kul Tiran assassin from Crestfall currently in service to Berenal Grayblade.

Early Life
McClendon was born to the swamps of Crestfall, in which he encountered a few naga in his later years, who he used as target-pratice time again. He joined the Navy at age thirteen, and left at sixteen after his fleet was destroyed, resulting in mostly doing mercenary work. Contrary to his knowledge, he was assumed dead, which he learned on a voyage back to Crestfall eleven years later.

Baradin's Wardens
At twenty four, Balamont was hired by the Baradin's Wardens to patrol the outlying sea. He had collected enough gold from bounties and assassinations of "Important" Orcish officials to afford a small boat, and was given an even smaller crew of twelve.

After six months of sailing and destroying Horde refugee ships and patrols, Balamont ventured too far outside of Baradin territory, and encountered two Horde patrol ships. Reluctantly, he lay down his weapons, and was ready to accept surrender. Surrender didn't come, and instead a hail of bullets struck his ship and killed most of his crew, the remaining wounded jumped off and became shark food. Balamont himself ran into the bottom reaches with his pistol, leaving his dagger behind, and readying himself for death.

Once the water was up to his knees, five large cannon shots could be heard outside, Balamont's men had already damaged one of the ships and another, which he assumed to be a Baradin's Warden's, struck it down successfully. This caused fear and anger in the crew of the second, which had become under immediate attack as well, and was forced to give room for the supposed Warden ship to reach McClendon's. To his surprise it turned out to be Gilnean, not having time to make a comment about walls, Balamont simply pointed toward where it was headed.

The Gilnean captain sailed toward it, and ended up driving it near the base-camp, where a large Kul Tiran warship opened fire on what remained of the Horde patrol ship. Balamont later learned the names of the crew, chiefly Berenal, and was given a permanent position in the Blades, as he was assumed dead for a second time by the Kul Tiran military. He was later given the rank of Navigator.