Dr. Shaheen Bahman

I just thought he was too adorable not to be Amatha's boyfriend!

Anyhow, this is Shaheen, who is a scientist at a physics lab. His family immigrated from Iran when he was about three years old, bringing what they could with them. By gradually withdrawing their fortune bit by bit from the Iranian Treasury, they were able to send Shaheen to college. Despite their hope that he would be a business man, Shaheen became interested in physics, which he earned his master's, then doctor's, degrees in.

He met Amatha through one of his freshman Humanities classes and they have been in love ever since. She had become interested in him first, which was unusual since he was supposed to be the shy guy. Even when their relationship nearly ended when Amatha told him the truth of her job, Shaheen vowed to stay with her. In fact, he even created her beloved scythe, Ahriman, after she became inducted into the Numeral Corps.