The Prince is the protagonist of the original Prince of Persia trilogy. The son of a royal family who fell victim to the forces of evil, the Prince lived as a street urchin and thief. He fell in love with the Sultan's daughter and saved her from the Sultan's adviser and enemy, Jaffar.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
The Prince was born to a royal family, in the city of Basra[4] in Persia. When an ambitious Nobleman made a unholy pact with an evil Witch and her Serpent God, he led her marauding armies of Darkness to the city of Basra and laid waste to it; burning the city and killing everyone, even children. [5]
During the attack, the Prince's mother, the queen, secretly placed the Prince in a wooden cradle and placed it in a mound that lead to a river before the soldiers could find him.[6] Soon after, as the city fell, his parents were killed along with everyone in the city of Basra, his father's sword remaining in the ruined palace's throne room. The Nobleman subsequently took the crown of Basra and the Witch cursed the city so its inhabitants would roam as tortured ghouls. [7]
Unknowing of his past as the sole survivor of Basra, the Prince grew up in a shadow of a big city, where his cradle washed up. His life was poor and he learned to beg and steal for a living. He also relied on his wits and charm.[6] The memories of luxury have faded into a feeling of longing over time. On the verge of a manhood, the boy was tired of this life. Once when escaping the city guard, the boy boarded a ship as a stowaway.[8]
As a stowaway on a merchant ship, the Prince arrived to Astrabad[9]. The Prince was said to climb the palace walls every night to see the Princess, as they had fallen in love from a first sight.[7]
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Salvation of the Princess[]
As the Sultan of Astrabad waged a war in a foreign land and his vizier, Jaffar, was left to rule in his stead. Jaffar locks the street urchin away, for Jaffar himself wanted to marry the Princess and become Sultan. Jaffar then locks up the Princess in her her room, giving her a choice: marry Jaffar, or die within an hour.[10]
The hero escapes his prison, and climbs to the top of the tower, to where the Princess is imprisoned, facing a variety of resistance along the way. The Princess' room is guarded by Jaffar, whom the Prince defeats, saving Astrabad and rescuing the Princess.[10]
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame[]
Jaffar's plan[]
The boy was hailed as the hero who defeated the evil Jaffar. He turns down all rewards, instead of asking to marry the Princess, which the Sultan of Astrabad reluctantly agrees to. He then becomes known as the Prince of Persia. As the Prince enters the royal courts of the palace eleven days later, his appearance turns into that of a beggar.[7]
Nobody recognizes him, and when he attempts to speak with the Princess, a man who shares his appearance emerges from the shadows, ordering him to be thrown out. With guards pursuing him, the Prince jumps through a window and flees the city by way of a merchant ship.[7]
Just after a mysterious woman appears on the barge and asks the Prince to find her, few moments later the ship is struck by lightning, cast by Jaffar's magic. The Prince regains consciousness, and finds himself on the shore of a foreign island. On the island the Prince finds a Flying Carpet, that takes him to the ruined city of Basra.[7]
Inside the ruined throne room of Basra, the mysterious woman on the ship, reveals herself to be Prince's mother, and explains about the Prince's father's death, and her plight to abandon the Prince so that he might live. Prince's mother asks the Prince to avenge their deaths. The Prince mounts the magical horse, that can be only ridden by the true King of Basra, and rides to the Temple of Fire.[7]
In a temple, the Prince is overpowered by the guards and is killed near the Blue Flame, Prince's death releases the Shadow Man that Jaffar's magic mirror created and with whom he later merged. Shadow Man steals the Blue Flame of the temple, and enters back into the Prince's body, resurrecting him. The guards now bowing to the Prince, he is free to travel back to Astrabad. Here he immediately encounters Jaffar, who flees. The Prince transforms into the Shadow Man, this time without dying, bearing the blue flame once again, and pursues Jaffar, whom he catches and casts a blue flame at, defeating him. The Princess awakens from a spell Jaffar set upon her, and the Prince orders Jaffar's ashes to be scattered. As the Prince and Princess ride into the distance, it is revealed that the Witch is watching them through a crystal ball, plotting.[7]
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Assan and Rugnor[]
The Prince, Princess and Sultan of Astrabad visit the Sultan's distant brother, Assan at his palace. The Prince was initially somewhat wary as the Sultan and Assan were said not to be getting along well, but the two brothers seemed to getting along well, so the Prince started to relax even though there was no sign of Assan's son, Rugnor.
The Prince and the Sultan were invited to a private event by Assan which a married woman like the Princess could not attend, the Prince did not want to go to the event but reluctantly went along with the Sultan to be gracious to his host. During the event, the Sword Dancer suddenly revealed herself to be an assassin and killed the Prince's personal bodyguards, the unprepared Prince was locked in the dungeon, and the Sultan taken by Assan.
The Prince escapes the dungeon, and it is revealed that the Sultan of Astrabad promised Assan many years ago that his daughter would marry his deformed son, Rugnor, not the Prince. The Prince finds the two, and as Assan attempts to kill the Prince, Sultan takes the killing blow releasing him from his word to Assan. Assan calls the guards and blames the Prince on Sultan's death. Prince pursues Rugnor, revealed to be a monstrous hybrid of tiger and human, and having taken the Princess captive.[11]
The Prince pursues them through the poverty struck city, finding them boarding a dirigible. The Prince climbed to the machine, only for it to be struck by lightning. The Princess is flown away by Rugnor on a flying beast, while the Prince falls. He ends up stuck in some sort of floating ruins. He eventually finds a Lamassu, which takes him to mountains. Meanwhile the volatile Rugnor was getting fed up with the Princess' rejection to go through with the wedding.[11]
The Prince climbs the mountain to get to the temple. He makes his way through the Sun Temple and Moon Temple. In the temple, Rugnor ties the Princess to a large gear machine, attempting to crush her because she wouldn't marry him. The Prince, however, arrives before this happens, kills Rugnor, and deactivates the machine. The Prince then escapes with the Princess, on the Lamassu, but the Prince takes the Princess in the opposite direction of Persia.[11]
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References[]
- ↑ Prince and Shadow Man share the body and lifeforce.
- ↑ Prince of Persia 3D English manual, page 45
- ↑ Prince of Persia 3D German manual, page 45
- ↑ Prince of Persia 2 notes by Jordan Mechner, page 99
- ↑ Prince of Persia 2 notes by Jordan Mechner, page 113
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Prince of Persia 3D English manual, page 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
- ↑ Prince of Persia 3D English manual, page 6
- ↑ Prince of Persia Sega Manual, Page 2
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Prince of Persia (1989)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Prince of Persia 3D
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