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Persia is the location of the first two Prince of Persia games: Prince of Persia (1989) and Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame.

History[]

Earlier Events[]

The city of Basra was attacked by a nobleman with the help of Serpent God and his forces of darkness. The man killed everyone in Basra, destroyed the city and claimed to be the new King of Basra. The Witch also cursed the city reanimating the severed heads to haunt the abandoned halls forever.[1] The Prince of Basra however was spared when he was secreted away before the attack. The Prince grew up with the poor unaware of his heritage, he learned to beg and steal.[2]

Prince of Persia[]

Persian Kingdom is ruled by Osman the First, who sent the Sultan of Astrabad to fight in foreign lands.[3] The Sultan only had one daughter, so he left his grand Vizier Jaffar in charge. Jaffar abused his power, and planned to marry the Sultan's daughter to legitimize his rule[4]. Jaffar gave the Princess an hour to accept his proposal, or he would kill her. Fortunately a young traveler who Jaffar had thrown in prison, managed to save the Princess and defeat Jaffar[5].

Prince of Persia 2[]

When Sultan returned to Astrabad, he was grateful for the boy's help and offered him treasure. The young man however only wanted to marry the Princess. Since the Princess also loved the young man, the Sultan allowed them to marry, and the boy became known as Prince of Persia. Eleven days later Sultan's enemies were marching against Persia, and Sultan again had to leave to fight. As soon as Sultan left, the new Prince took power. Unknown to the Sultan however, Jaffar had survived and used his magic to take the Prince's look. Jaffar uses his magic to put the Princess under a spell. People hearing of Princess' illness were stunned and unrest was growing in the Kingdom. Jaffar used this opportunity to put the city under martial law[4].

The real Prince had escaped Persia, and found himself in his birth city, Basra, learning of his heritage. He also visited the Temple of Fire and obtained part of the Blue Flame. Using the Blue Flame, the Prince killed Jaffar for good, and freed Persia from his tyranny[4].

Prince of Persia 3D[]

On the Princess's 21st birthday[6], Sultan's younger brother Assan invited the Astrabad's royal family for a visit to his Kingdom[7]. Assan used this chance to kill Sultan's guards and threw the Prince in jail, all to force Sultan to keep his word, and have his daughter marry Assan's son Rugnor. When the Prince confronted Assan, Assan tried to kill the Prince, but Sultan jumped in front of the knife and was killed instead. Sultan did that to make his word to Assan void. The Prince saved the Princess from the hands of Rugnor, who was willing to kill the Princess if he couldn't have her. Prince then flew away from Persia with Princess on a Lamassu[6].

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