Mask of the Wraith

This article is about the artifact from Warrior Within. You may be looking for the character Sand Wraith from the same game.

Mask of the Wraith
The Mask of the Wraith
Game	Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Vital data
Origin	Island of Time
Creator	Unknown (assumed Kaileena)
Ability	Wearer becomes "doppelganger" of self; allows self to exist in time past self
Wielder	Maharajah, Prince

"Let all who read this know the valor and courage of those who fought and fell for the Maharajah. We sought the power of the Sands of Time... Most only found death... myself among them. But the Mask of the Wraith gave me a second chance to travel back through time and change my fate."

—The Prince reading the mural

The Mask of the Wraith is an artifact that allows the user to become the Sand Wraith to rewrite their fate.

Abilities

The Mask of the Wraith has the ability to transform its user into the Sand Wraith, an identity that becomes separate from their original selves, though they maintain everything that makes them who they are. The Mask of the Wraith does not grant the ability to manipulate time like to the Dagger of Time. Mask of Wraith creates a parallel copy of the original timeline and can grant the ability of 2 copies of the same person existing as different entities. The Mask of Wraith only detaches from the face, when only one of the copies of the person survives, hence fulfilling its purpose and returning to the original place automatically.

It does restore low reserves of the Sands of Time, however they are used. Another ability of the Mask of the Wraith is that it allows the wearer to exist at the same time with their past selves, effectively making them the "doppelganger". The consequence of wearing the Mask of the Wraith, is that the wearer cannot remove the mask until their counterpart is killed or dies.

History

First Use

The game implies there are 2 timeline. One where the Maharajah found the Mask of Wraith before dying and the other where Maharajah appears as the Sand Wraith himself and his past self dies. Maharajah (as Sand Wraith) appears in the past when he had just arrived. In this new timeline, instead of finding the Mask of Wraith, his past self finds the Hourglass. During the Maharajah's journey on the Island of Time in this new past timeline searching for the Artifacts of Time, several of his men were killed by the Island's traps or inhabitants. Only the Maharaja managed to reach the Hourglass of Time, but was killed by what appeared to be a Keeper.

By some twist fate his Sand Wraith self was there back in time to kill the figure that killed his past self and take the Hourglass as his prize.

Warrior Within

When the Prince kills the Empress of Time, he inadvertently creates the Sands of Time; something he was trying to prevent. Just as he loses hope, he discovers a mural that describes the tale of a man who used the Mask of the Wraith to change his fate. He realizes the Mask could help him do the same. Using it, he becomes the Sand Wraith, the creature he saw all across the Island of Time.

But realizing what he had done to create the Sands, he allows his "other" self to be killed by the Dahaka. This not only prevents the creation of the Sands, but also allows him to remove the mask and undo his mistake by dragging the Empress into the present to kill her there. By no other means can the mask be removed unless the users "other" self dies so that the wearer of the mask takes his place in the timeline.

Video

Prince of Persia Warrior Within Cutscene- I am the Architect of My Own Destruction

Prince of Persia WW Sand Wraith Transformation

Gallery

Screenshots

The mural describing the story of the Mask's first user

The body of unknown origins, where the Mask of the Wraith rests and returns automatically.

The Raider kills the past self of the Maharajah from the Wraith Timeline.

The Mask of Wraith returns to its original place after fulfilling its purpose.