: A prince who sold his soul to hunt the ultimate prey.
: An Ahura scientist who traded his soul for immortality.
The 2008 reboot of Prince of Persia follows a nameless adventurer (the Prince) and a princess named Elika as they fight to re-imprison Ahriman, the Zoroastrian god of darkness . The game is a standalone story separate from the Sands of Time series. Setting and Lore
After healing the land and defeating the Mourning King, the duo confronts Ahriman inside the temple.
: A thousand years ago, the god of light, Ormazd , imprisoned his brother Ahriman in the Tree of Life .
: To fully seal Ahriman away, Elika must transfer her life force back into the Tree of Life. She does so and dies once more.
: The Prince, a treasure hunter searching for his lost donkey (Farah) in a sandstorm, stumbles into a forbidden land and meets Elika .
: Elika's father, the Mourning King , destroys the Tree of Life to free Ahriman. It is later revealed he did this because Ahriman promised to resurrect Elika, who had died before the game's start.