Shammuramat (pronounced shah-MURR-ah-maht) is the queen of Shar Tulya, a fortified city in southern Abanir. Originally hailing from coastal Dalbanu, Shammuramat arrived in the city in the Y9950s with a mercenary host, with whom she deposed the previous ruler. Since then she has grown her base of power and influence within the inhabitants of the surrounding farming villages and local nomadic tribes, helped by her control of the central grain stockpiles. She is quite unpopular with the gatai of the city itself.
Shammuramat continues to style herself as a skilled fighter, dressing in furs and armor much alike that she wore when she first took control of Shar Tulya. This is, in part, how she continues to legitimize her rule. As part of an expedition into the western mountains in search of beasts to slay and trophies to bring back to the city, in Y9976* Shammuramat encountered the Thing That Is, which then put a flesh-clone in her place in the palace. She was rescued by a passing group of adventurers who were themselves directed there by Danucim, an advisor who had grown suspicious in her, or rather her clone's, change in behavior.