doesn\u2019t remember much of his parents. His strongest memory of his father was of him telling him to stay hidden. He watched from a hiding place as his father was struck down. The face of the man who killed him \u2013 ingrained into his memory.<\/span><\/p>\nAs was the red sash that was always tied around his father\u2019s waist. He had taken it when the villagers had came for him. It was the only thing he had left.<\/span><\/p>\nOne day, when the Sharaman visited the market square, he saw the young Dastan risking his life to save his childhood friend and fellow urchin, Bis, from the guards, he saw the \u201cSpirit of a Noble King\u201d inside him and \u00a0decided to adopt him as a son.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan grew up as one of Sharaman\u2019s sons. He shied away from the courts and focused on training his military skills. He was quick on his feet, and had abilities to get into places most never even thought about.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan and his brothers, under the advisement of their uncle, Nizam, set out to the Persian borders near the sacred city of Alamut. It was said that Alamut has been selling weapons to the Persian enemies in \u201cKoschkan\u201d. Dastan led the strike force into the city to open the main gates, giving the Persian soldiers the victory. Shortly thereafter, Dastan encounters a man on horseback and defeats him, discovering the Dagger of Time in the process. Alamut\u2019s princess, Tamina, is captured and agrees to marry Tus in order to achieve peace after noticing the dagger in Dastan\u2019s possession. Their father, Sharaman, was angry with them, saying that their \u201cadventure\u201d would not sit well with their allies.<\/span><\/p>\nSharaman reproaches Tus for attacking the city and suggests that Dastan, instead of Tus, should marry Tamina. At the victory banquet, Dastan unknowingly presents a poisoned robe, given to him by Tus, to his father, who dies shortly after donning it. Dastan is blamed for the king\u2019s murder and flees Alamut with Tamina. Together they venture into the wilderness.<\/span><\/p>\nIn their first camp, Tamina attempts to kill the prince and recover the dagger. During their fight Dastan hits the dagger out of Tamina\u2019s hand, and when he grabs it from the sand, accidentally presses the jewel button on the hilt that activates its rewinding power. Dastan is transported back to just before Tamina tries to kill him. Shocked at what has just transpired, Dastan hesitates, allowing Tamina to slash him across the chest with his sword. Collapsing to the ground, Dastan pulls the dagger from his belt and activates it again, to Tamina\u2019s obvious horror. Again he is taken back to just before the princess tries to kill him.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan realizes that the dagger can turn back time, and that only the one who holds it is aware of this. After this the two continue on into the desert. During their journey, the duo meets a shady ostrich racing-organizer and tax-averse entrepreneur, Sheik Amar, and his knife-throwing friend, Seso. Dastan offers Tamina up as a slave in return for supplies; however, Amar betrays him because he recognizes him as the murderer of the king, for whom there is an \u201cobscene\u201d reward being offered.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan and Tamina escape and return to Persia for Sharaman\u2019s funeral. Dastan attempts to convince Nizam that he did not kill his father. Dastan discovers that Tamina has taken the Dagger; however, he then notices Nizam\u2019s hands are burned by the same poison put on the robe that killed his father. Nizam claims that his hands got burnt by his trying to pull the robe off his brother at the time, but Dastan does not remember Nizam ever touching it, realizing that Nizam must have been the one who poisoned the robe. Garsiv and the city guards appear and attack Dastan, and he is forced to escape.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan catches up with Tamina and explains that Nizam was behind the murder. Once Tamina finally explains everything about the Dagger, Dastan realizes why Nizam wants the Dagger of Time: to use it to go back in time and undo saving Sharaman from a lion so he could become king. He fabricated the false allegations that Alamut had been dealing weapons to Persia\u2019s enemies so that he would have the opportunity to search the city for it. Not knowing its power is only to fix an instant mistake.<\/span><\/p>\nDastan manages to persuade his brother that he is innocent, only for Garsiv to be fatally wounded by a member of the Hassassin\u2019s. 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