Artaxshira rel Sakan (pronounced ar-tax-SHEE-rah rell SAH-kahn) is the current Amshani dynast. In the thirty-third year of his reign as of Y9976*, Artaxshira is best known as a patron of the arts, as have many dynasts of Amshan, with a particular interest in poetry. He is quite an accomplished poet himself as well. Despite the image he cultivates in Hashkaman, however, his rule has been marred by ceaseless conflict in the northern territories of Karzinu, where his ambitions of increasing his control over the southern steppe run against the targai and Xuldorai who live there.