And I, who unleashed the cataclysm, had been spared. The Sands of Time had swept through, stealing life and warmth from everything they touched.

PRINCE (offscreen): The guest rooms, where my father, all our entourage and I should have passed the night, lay cold in silent. Who would not be driven mad by horrors such as I have lived? But I assure you, every word is true. I soon realized that only by taking them into my own Dagger, the sands that possessed them, could I liberate them from their monstrous living death. PRINCE (offscreen): Each time I struck with the Dagger, they rose to fight again. GIRL (offscreen): Prince! Use the Dagger! Strike with the Dagger. VIZIER: You have unleashed the Sands of Time. A young PRINCE, dearer to his father than all the wealth of India. Alas! Only the Dagger can unlock the Sands of TimeРІР‚В¦ and it belongs to a greater one than I. Inside the hourglass is a marvel that no living man has seen. SULTAN OF AZAD: The sand! Why does it glow? May the friendship between our kingdoms endure as long as time itself. KING SHAH RAHMAN: The glories of Azad are famed throughout the world. If only you'd given me time to prepare a proper welcome. SULTAN OF AZAD: My friend! Your visit brings joy and honor to my poor and humble dwelling. I learned the truth of this, to my sorrow, the day that we arrived in Azad as the Sultan's honored guests. PRINCE (offscreen): Trust not a man who has betrayed his master, nor take him into your own service, lest he betray you too. Let it be known: King Shah Rahman is merciful in victory. I want no animals or maidens harmed until I am chosen. KING SHAH RAHMAN: Yes! That should be enough.

And some exotic animals for his menagerieРІР‚В¦ and two dozens slave girls. KING SHAH RAHMAN: That will make a fine gift for the Sultan of Azad when we pass through his city. KING SHAH RAHMAN: Surely, you won't deny the lad a souvenir for his first battle? You may have your choice of all the Maharaja's other treasuresРІР‚В¦ except that hourglass. VIZIER: (coughs) Your majesty! You promised me my choice of the Maharaja's treasuresРІР‚В¦ that Dagger! Prince: Father! I have brought us honor and glory. PRINCE (offscreen): I had what I came for. There was a treasure I could carry with pride as a trophy of our victory.

PRINCE (offscreen): And there it lay, just out of reach. I would win my father's praise not by killing, but by being the first to find the Maharaja's treasure vault and the wonders within. PRINCE (offscreen): Many men that day sought to win honor and glory on the battlefield that their king might say to them as Khosrau said to Rustam: РІР‚СљYou are the noblest of my warriors.РІР‚Сњ From the moment my sword tasted blood, I knew this would not be my way. From that moment I thought of one thing only - the honor and glory I would bring my father by fighting like a warrior in my first battle. PRINCE (offscreen): Do you think I felt regret as I gazed upon the destruction we had brought? Or at least humility at the speed with which a world can be transformed from a good one into a hell? If you think so, you are mistaken. KING SHAH RAHMAN: See how he rides - ha! Ah! Like a warrior's son! The Maharaja's treasure vaults lie within. VIZIER: Your majesty! I trust you remember your promise. On our way to Azad, with a small company of men, we passed through India with a promise of honor and glory that tempted my father into a grievous error. Know first that I am the son of Shah Rahman, a mighty King of Persia. You may wonder who I am and why I say this? Sit down, and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard. PRINCE (offscreen): Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: they are wrong.

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