Talk:Balseraph

Okay. Slight problem with this article: Although Balseraph supposedly never returned to the Empire after the Order of Darkness circa Year -2, he is listed in the inaugural address Spytek's one-moth reign as Commanding Officer of the Emperor's Royal Guard circa Year 1.

I can confirm that he was in command of the Royal Guard under Emperor Spytek. I found a few references to him and even a mail from him that was sent over the Empire's mailinglist on September 7th, 1998. Let me quote it here:

"Greetings:

Members of the Emperor's Royal Guard, report in as soon as possible so I may update my rosters. Also, any unassigned personnel who wish to join contact me. Assigned personnel who wish to join, contact your chain of command, begining with your immediate commanding officer first for permission before contacting me. Membership at this time will be very scarce and under certain guidelines.
DO NOT respond to this message by e-mailing the whole faction.

General Bal'Seraph Diablirus
Imperial Sovereign Protector
Commanding officer
Emperor's Royal Guard"

I wasn't high enough in the chain of command to really know if he was more active or inactive at that time, the impression from the mails I still have is that he was a well known and reputed veteran who got an honorary position, but was not much active and involved.

I added a paragraph to the article to reflect his position under Spytek.--Dreighton 00:01, 12 December 2011 (GMT)

And some more. It was actually Balseraph who first brought forward public charges against Vodo for sexual harrasment that eventually led to Vodo's abdication. The following message was sent over the Empire's mailinglist on June 1st 2011:

"<the image of General Diablirus appears on the imager. His face, normally concealed beneath his cold, visored helm, is now only concealed with outright anger>

Members of the Empire:
I have just recieved some rather disturbing news. It seems one of my female officers was made to feel humiliated not only in the pressence of her peers, other guardsmen, but in the pressence of , and with expressed consent and encouragement by, several flag officers and the so called Emperor himself, Vodo, who in fact encouraged this. This is not the first time for this behavior by him, but the second in the case of this particular officer of mine. What will be done about this...? Well, my officer was intuitive enough to save the ICQ chat buffer, which she will forward to me for my review.
Members of the Imperial Royal Guard that participated in this act, you may as well turn in your armor and equipment, because you are guardsmen no more.
Flag Officers, you know exactly who you are, and once I do, so will the rest of the Empire as well as the Sim Masters. You are a disgrace to the rank and if I see you, I will personnally rip such rank off and step on it. As for Vodo. No holds barred, you are a peice of rat filth. I personnally know of two others you have done this to. And to think, you had the audacity to tell this officer of mine that there are no sexual harrassment laws in the Empire. You are no Emperor, Vodo, least of all mine.
That is the close of that subject. Those of you that participated in this event, you may as well erase my name from your ICQ rosters, because I never want to speak, see or hear from you.
Diablirus out.
<the image fades>"

--Dreighton 00:18, 12 December 2011 (GMT)