Longtime British member since the days of the Old Board. Originates from Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Has his own set of forums calledSargon's Stronghold. Also possesses the longest sig on the Board, though none have pointed out to him that most of it is ||||||||. Also sometimes adds a random TL link to the end of his posts. Named for the first emperor in recorded history, in the city states of the Fertile Crescent. He is also one of The Battleship Brothers.

On the board, he has gathered something of a reputation for organisation, as he both turned the AH.com presidency and parliament into a real working body in 2007-8 after the largely dormant term of 2006-7, and also added many items to the Sealion World Tour to enhance it.

Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Korea, China, Japan, Science Fiction (especially Doctor Who), Naval matters and battleships, East Asian Women.

Elegant and refined most of the time, with cravats, handkerchiefs in breast pockets, sometimes wearing a waistcoat, with jacket, long coats (leather or crombie), and wearing a classic hat of some description, in particular Russian style or trilby, or Panama worn with colonial style whites in hotter weather. Likes wearing white, blue or black with imperial purple/royal crimson/ivory coloured accessories. Likes diagonal sashes and decorations. When casual, wears denims and t-shirts, and sometimes baseball caps. Would wear various suits of armour from different cultures and periods if he could lay his hands on them.

Classical, R&B, 60s/70s/80s pop and rock, especially Queen, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Dire Straits, orchestral/electronic especially Jean Michel Jarre, John Williams, John Barry, Tangerine Dream, Kitaro etc.

Sargon’s religion is unknown, although he has made references to a Church of Sargon and Sargonism a couple of times indicating that he may regard himself as divine. Perhaps in the same way that the insane Roman Emperor Caligula did.

Has been known to sympathise with Doctor What's miraculous return from the dead, and possibly shares the view that Ian is the default deity of the board. Was also dead for a while himself, but returned to tell the tale after resuscitation attempts finally succeeded.

Stood in for God when He got fed up of all the religious debates in the Chat section and decided to take a vacation. As God, Sargon ended up saying “Bless you my <insert name here>” rather a lot as he felt forgiveness was the way to go and didn’t want God to think he wasn’t doing anything useful and end up with a bolt of lightening up his arse.

Doesn’t have any political ideology if we’re talking proper politics. Known to generally mistrust politicians and wants to kick them into the local canal. Might support the Monster Raving Loony Party and other joke parties if they actually stood somewhere where he could vote for them. Sometimes a monarchist, but sometimes a republican in contrast. Depends how bad his day has been.

In an effort to further promote the more serious and sober side of Asia on the Board, Sargon recently founded the Royal and Imperial Society for the Appreciation of Asian Culture & History or RISAACH for short. He is the President of the Society with Hendryk as one of the Vice-Presidents. Membership sign-ups were rapid and it is hoped the Society will complement other Board Societies in offering the denizens of the Board a nice Clubhouse where they can escape the Otaku hordes.

He is also a member of at least one other Board Society, but he forgets which at this time. If anyone can find it, they are asked to enter the details here.

On AH.com, he joined the EVIL Party after thinking about joining the Yorkshire Socialist Party since he’s a resident of Yorkshire. Noting however, that the YSP had become the British Social-Imperialist Party and that Thande wasn’t around, he joined the EVIL Party instead as it was the most natural choice after all, offering platforms close to his heart such as Booze, Porn and Byzantium.

During one of the usual Russia/Islam vs everything else debates in the Chat section, there was a heated disagreement between Midgard and Ian, and Midgard decided to leave the board for good. It is now known at this point if he will return (he did), but given that other people have done the same in the past and subsequently returned, it’s perhaps sensible to leave open the chance that he might. Endorsed by Midgard as the new EVIL party leader, Sargon took up the mantle and continued the efforts of it on his behalf.

Following Midgard’s departure, Sargon continued the campaign aided by other members and led the EVIL Party to victory in the elections and effectively became their Presidential Candidate thus ending up as Acting President of AH.com.

Midgard left despite the fact he won the Presidency vote. So, Sargon, as the new leader of the EVIL Party, took the position of Acting President. Sargon ran for the Presidency to get the full role of the position in the upcoming ‘08 elections. Sargon’s Presidency has been notable with the Sargon Doctrine, increased wiki activity, increased legislation in Parliament and the lowing annoyingness of n00bs.

Midgard later returned to the Boards, and thus assumed the Presidency. Theoretically, Sargon should have been Vice President, but due to Midgard’s hands-off approach, it seems Midgard wass happy enough for him to continue as Acting President in his name at that time. In the 2008 elections, Sargon was elected the third President of Ah.com by a overwhelming margin of 60% of cast votes.

Sargon has one timeline to his name entitled The Roman Emperor Who Lost His Nose, based upon a saner Justinian II who was a Byzantine/Roman emperor in the latter part of the 7th Century. According to Byzantine expert Midgard, it is one of the best current Byzantine related TLs on the board. Although on hiatus for some time, he has continued work on it and states that it will be continued far into the future. It recently won a Turtledove Award in the 2008 Polls for the Mediaeval Category as well as a Superlative Turtledove for Best Overall Timeline.

He is currently working on a story entitled Be Careful What you Wish for... in the ASB forum. This one has also won a Turtledove in the 2008 Awards in the category for Alien Contact as well as the Superlative Award for best ASB Timeline.

He has also another work on temporary hiatus entitled Galactic Challenger, a future history set just a few years from now and involving a certain entrepreneur and adventurer...

Sargon has appeared in Thande’s There Will Always Be An England which has recently been rebooted as The Lady of Anachrony as Aaron Strong, one of the Directors of the Honourable East India Company, who serves to bankroll the protagonists’ plans and efforts in the future part of the timeline.

Has been offered a couple of parts in Chris's works in the past when replying with help to questions posted by him in the Chat section, but has so far not appeared, which is just as well, as most cameos end badly in those stories.

Also has a promised cameo in Midgard's Byzantium story Nikaia that is currently on hiatus.

Appears in Demosthenes' story based upon the TV series Lost, which is unsurprisingly called AH.com Lost

Appears as a Fourth Doctor lookalike called Aaron in Doctor What’s Snake Oil.

Whilst briefly appearing in AH.com: The Movie, Sargon has yet to appear in AH.com: The Series. After a thread about battleships in the Chat section, Sargon was agreed upon to be the board’s Grand Admiral and and procurer of naval vessels for AH.com, though whether this would be transferable to the series is open to debate. Thus when asked about appearances in The Series, he laments that he is the so far unmentioned Grand Admiral of the AH.com Fleet in that regard, and hopes to appear soon.

Insists on writing ‘Korea’ as ‘Corea’ since it suits his Old World 19th Century persona. Uses Wade-Giles transliteration system for Chinese instead of Pinyin for similar reasons. Faultlessly polite at times, he often uses ‘old chap’ as an affectation when talking with other board members.

Other catchphrases include “Good grief”, “Daleks kick arse” and “That’s bollocks*.”. (*used only when in a bad mood)

Massive long range plasma cannons mounted in triple or quadruple turrets, Daleks modified for loyal personal use, nanite viral drones, Bren LMG/Thompson SMG, highly deadly vinyl LPs thrown Oddjob/Shaun of the Dead style.

Sargon had the handle of Sanshobo on the Old Board before he became Sargon. This handle was named after the warrior priest appearing in Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo comic book series set in Tokugawa Japan.

Also known as Grand Master of the Stronghold because of his forums.

Class: Byzantophile/Whovian/Warshiphile

Alignment: Tries to be as neutral as possible during debates

Skill Bonuses and Penalties: Byzantophile + 4 vs Persians; +2 Scheming Diplomacy; -2 vs Ottoman Turks, Turkophile: + 3 vs EU; -1 vs Armenians and French, Asiaphile: +5 charm vs East Asian Women, Apolitical: +5 vs all RL politicians, +3 Calm vs heated debates, EVIL Party Leader: +3 vs other parties, Insane: + 5 vs usurpers/sane opponents; -2 vs stability, Depression: - 3 vs Heated Forum debates

Special abilities: Imperial Naval & Air Armada: May summon huge air fleets of Byzantine & Ottoman Zeppelins plus naval fleets of Battleships and escorts 1x/Week, Dalek Power: May summon Cult of Skaro as personal servants effective against practically anything else 1x/Day, Midgard Rising: May summon ghosts of departed forum members 1x/Month

His avatar is said by those close to him to be a fairly close depiction: