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7A character sheet for the ''Sands of Time'' '''film''' adaptation.
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9Those who are looking for characters in the ''Sands of Time'' '''video games''' can find it [[Characters/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTimeSaga here]].
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13[[folder:Dastan]]
14[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dastan_7523.jpg]]
15->'''Played by: Creator/JakeGyllenhaal'''
16
17Dastan was born a street urchin in 6th-century Persia he was adopted by the king, after he shows valor and integrity, in an effort to prevent his two others sons from fighting over the throne.
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19* AntiHero: He drinks, bloodily dispatches enemies, and causes property damage on a ridiculous scale, though that last one isn't ''technically'' all his fault.
20* BattleCouple: With Tamina.
21* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even if his brothers don't like it, he'll ''always'' try to do the right thing.
22* ClearMyName: He was accused of murdering his father when the robe he gave to him was found to be poisoned.
23* CombatPragmatist: He's not above running away, when the situation calls for it.
24* CompositeCharacter: Of all the Prince characters from the games. He's primarily based on the ''Sands of Time'' Prince with a similar character arc, but like the Prince of the original games he wasn't born into royalty and his personality is more similar to the Prince of the 2008 game.
25%%* DeadpanSnarker
26* {{Determinator}}: Even being beaten to a bloody-pulp will not keep him down for long.
27%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
28* HappilyAdopted: Dastan was adopted by the King and is loved as an equal by his brothers.
29* INeedAFreakingDrink: His reaction when his father presents Tamina to him for an ArrangedMarriage.
30* InTheHood: As seen in the picture. Can count as a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'''s [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed brother franchise]] too, considering the similar HackAndSlash dynamics they use.
31* KnightInSourArmor: He's sometimes a pessimistic swashbuckler, but can always be counted on to do the right thing.
32%%* MadeOfIron
33* ManlyTears: When he fails to save [[spoiler:his father, (both) brothers, and his LoveInterest]]. It's pretty understandable.
34* MeaningfulName: A dastan is the name of an ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or his people from an outside invader or enemy. Given the movies themes about family, duty and time it is fitting that Dastan has this name.
35%%* MrFanservice
36* NamedByTheAdaptation: The second Prince character to be given a name after Guiv in ''ComicBook/PrinceOfPersiaTheGraphicNovel''.
37* NecessaryFail: He thinks that the Dagger of Time is just an ordinary dagger, until he [[spoiler:uses the Sands of Time stored in it when Tamina tried to fight and betray him when seduction didn't work. His first attempt at rewinding time is merely accidental and left him confused and vulnerable to a fatal slash to the chest, but he willingly used the Sands to rewind and save his life. His second attempt at rewinding time allowed him to outsmart Tamina and earn her trust, since he already knows how the Dagger works]].
38* ParentalAbandonment: Dastan being an [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan orphan]] is why the king adopted him upon being impressed with his courage and decency.
39%%* LeParkour
40%%* RagsToRiches
41%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
42%%* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
43* ShirtlessScene: How adult Dastan is first introduced.
44%%* StandardHeroReward
45* SteppingStoneSword: He uses crossbow bolts to scale the city walls.
46%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
47* UsedToBeASweetKid: Dastan, the boy that risked his life to save someone wrongly persecuted ends up leading the attack on an innocent nation, though doing so from misinformation and out of a concern to avoid, as much as possible, the horrendous death tolls that the original attack plan's full frontal assault would most likely incur going by RealLife historical record.[[note]]There's a reason attacking walled cities tended towards long sieges to starve out the defenders, after all.[[/note]]
48* WarriorPrince: Dastan and his brothers are all accomplished warriors who lead their father's army in battle.
49%%* YouKilledMyFather
50[[/folder]]
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52[[folder:Tamina]]
53[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tamina_8369.jpg]]
54->'''Played by: Creator/GemmaArterton'''
55
56Princess Tamina is second protagonist of the ''Prince of Persia'' film. Tamina is a Princess whom Prince Dastan teams up with to protect the Sands of Time. While her relationship with Dastan appears to begin ''badly'', the two ''eventually'' get over their differences.
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58* ActionDuo: With Dastan.
59%%* ActionGirl
60%%* BarrierMaiden
61* BedlahBabe: A Persian princess wearing a midriff-baring outfit.
62* BelligerentSexualTension: With Prince Dastan, of course.
63%%* BreakTheHaughty
64%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
65* CompositeCharacter: Princess Tamina, judging by her actions and behavior, is a combination of all the female characters from the games (Farah, Kaileena and Elika).
66%%* DeadpanSnarker
67* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts off cold and uninterested in anyone's goals but her own. She gets better later on.
68%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
69%%* HeroicSacrifice
70%%* GoGoEnslavement
71* HotBlooded: One of the rare female examples.
72* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Implied to be the case with Princess Tamina and her ancestresses. According to the back story she tells to Dastan, she is descended from a girl who managed to prevent the gods from destroying all of mankind through the wish of her pure heart that humanity would be spared.
73* IndyHatRoll: Tamina does this while she and Dastan are running from Sheik Amar and Seso.
74%%* InformedAttractiveness
75* LadyOfWar: Not as skilled as Dastan perhaps, but she can hold her own if she needs.
76%%* MeetCute
77%%* MsFanservice
78* PlayingPossum: In one of many attempts to get the Dagger back from Dastan.
79* PrincessesRule: Tamina, the princess of Alamut.
80* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:There was romance, but Tamina had to sacrifice herself so that Dastan could focus on stopping Nizan.]]
81%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
82* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Tamina starts to fall for Dastan after realizing what a good person he is and how selfless he is to help her cause. That is, once Tamina tells the truth and they stop backstabbing each other.
83%%* TheSmurfettePrinciple
84%%* StatuesqueStunner
85* {{Tsundere}}: Has the attitude of a Type A at first, being generally unfriendly with people around her and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] Dastan. By the end of her CharacterDevelopment however, it's harder to tell (probably still slightly more Type A than B).
86* WellExcuseMePrincess: She and Dastan snark at each other ''a lot'' when the first met.
87%%* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman:
88* YouCantFightFate: Tamina believes this, what with her belief in destiny.
89[[/folder]]
90
91[[folder:Sheik Amar]]
92-> '''Played by: Creator/AlfredMolina'''
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94Sheik Amar is an entrepreneur and an ostrich racing organizer.
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96* ActionDuo: With Seso, though it takes a while (and the mention of gold) to get him interested in coming along.
97%%* BoisterousBruiser
98* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dude, the man hosts ''Ostrich Races''... '''Ostrich Races!''' And he thinks ''he's'' the sane one.
99* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Has shades of this.
100%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
101* LetsGetDangerous: Most of the time he's nothing but a useless goof. [[spoiler:After Seso's HeroicSacrifice, he goes into full on hero mode.]]
102%%* LoveableRogue
103* OnlySaneMan: Well, he'd like to think so anyway.
104%%* PluckyComicRelief
105%%* SourSupporter
106* TakeThat: He takes a stab on taxes.
107* ThoseTwoGuys: With Seso.
108* {{Troll}}: "You know what they say about men with big swords."
109* VisualPun: After running from a fight, he hides behind a chicken coop.
110* YouTalkTooMuch: Seso uses up his speech token to tell his boss this when he's worrying about the dangerous mission.
111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder:Seso]]
114->'''Played by: Creator/SteveToussaint'''
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116Seso is a Ngbaka, an expert knife thrower and man-servant to Sheik Amar.
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118* ChekhovsSkill: His knife throwing talent.
119%%* DyingMomentOfAwesome
120%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
121%%* HeroicSacrifice
122%%* ImprobableAimingSkills
123* IOweYouMyLife: The reason for his loyalty towards Amar.
124* TheLancer: To Sheik Amar.
125%%* OneManArmy
126* TheQuietOne: He usually only speaks when he has something important to say.
127* ScaryBlackMan: But he turns friendly later.
128%%* TheSilentBob
129%%* TheStoic
130* ThoseTwoGuys: With Amar.
131%%* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks
132* YouTalkTooMuch: Seso uses up his speech token to tell his boss this when he's worrying about the dangerous mission.
133[[/folder]]
134
135[[folder:Tus]]
136->'''Played by: Richard Coyle'''
137
138Tus is the first son of King Sharaman (and therefore crown prince), and adopted older brother to Dastan.
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140* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the crown prince for good reason.
141%%* HeroicSacrifice
142* InspectorJavert: Tus and Garsiv think Dastan [[YouKilledMyFather killed their father]].
143* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He delivers one to his treacherous uncle who killed him in the first timeline by slitting his throat. In the new timeline, he stabs him first.]]
144%%* NotSoAboveItAll
145* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:Tries to be a good king, like his father before him. Unfortunately, his uncle had other plans.]]
146%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
147* SiblingTeam: With Dastan and Garsiv.
148%%* WarriorPrince
149[[/folder]]
150
151[[folder:Garsiv]]
152->'''Played by: Toby Kebbell'''
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154Garsiv is the second son of King Sharaman and adopted older brother to Dastan. Garsiv is also the hot-headed leader of the Persian Army.
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156%%* BloodKnight
157* BoisterousBruiser: He always likes to fight his opponent head on, not a very subtle guy.
158%%* TheBrute
159%%* DeadpanSnarker
160* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:He dies but manages to kill one of the Hassansins before he can kill Dastan.]]
161%%* GlorySeeker
162* HairTriggerTemper: He's apparently famous for it.
163* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He gets better.
164* InspectorJavert: Garsiv and Tus think Dastan [[YouKilledMyFather killed their father]].
165%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
166%%* HeroicSacrifice
167* HotBlooded: He's famous for this too.
168* NoIndoorVoice: The one thing he's ''most'' famous for!
169* ObviouslyEvil: He is a {{glory seeker}} who [[BloodKnight attacks the city head-on regardless of casualties]], wears [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black armor]] and is the [[MaliciousSlander very first person to accuse]] Dastan of assassinating the king. [[spoiler:Subverted, since it turns out he was completely unaware of Nizam's scheming and saves Dastan's life once the truth is revealed to him.]]
170%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
171%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
172%%* WarriorPrince
173[[/folder]]
174
175[[folder:Nizam]]
176->'''Played by: Creator/BenKingsley'''
177----
178%%* AffablyEvil
179%%* BaldOfEvil
180%%* BeardOfEvil
181* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Nizam kills his brother because he wants to be king. Then he tries to go back in time to kill him sooner, so he can be king instead of his nephew.]]
182%%* CulturedBadass
183%%* DiabolicalMastermind
184* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: He ''and'' Dastan appear to suffer one of these at first. Turns out time had been reversed instead. Though he dies for real a few moments later...]]
185* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:While beating him up, Nizam remarks to Dastan his dislike of the king adopting the homeless boy and making him Prince.]]
186-->'''[[spoiler:Nizam]]:''' [[spoiler:I never understood why my brother brought ''trash'' into our house! Enjoy the gutter, Dastan! It's where you will stay under ''my'' reign!]]
187%%* EvilUncle
188%%* {{Guyliner}}
189* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Killing Tus without any mercy or hesitation.]]
190* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: [[spoiler:His master plan of going back in time so that he wouldn't save his brother's life and be crowned king himself.]]
191* ObviouslyEvil: He features both BaldOfEvil and BeardOfEvil.
192* RevealingInjury: Dastan realizes [[spoiler:his uncle is the true BigBad when he notices that his hands are burned from handling the poisoned mantle that killed the king - despite having never touched the robe onscreen.]]
193%%* TreacherousAdvisor
194* UsedToBeASweetKid: Saving his brother's life and all. Well, until he became [[TheResenter resentful]].
195%%* WickedCultured
196* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, with his plans ruined by Dastan (because he had already lived through all the events and knew what would happen), Nizam furiously attacks him, thus making evident he was the conspirator.]]
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:The Order of Hassansins]]
200
201* AllThereInTheManual: Five of them have their names revealed in the Lego sets for the movie: Zolm (snake guy/leader) Setam (knife guy), Ghazab (ax guy), Tamah (blade gauntlet guy), and Gool ("big sword" guy).
202%%* CarnivalOfKillers
203%%* EliteMooks
204* GoodScarsEvilScars: Two of the Hassansins have severely scarred faces. One of them has a METAL scar.
205* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The Hassansins sure look like these.
206%%* ObviouslyEvil
207* QuirkyMinibossSquad: There's a snake guy, a fire guy, a whip guy, a knife guy, an axe guy...
208[[/folder]]
209
210[[folder:The Hassansins' Leader (Zolm)]]
211->'''Played by: Gísli Örn Garðarsson'''
212
213%%* CreepyBlueEyes
214%%* TheDragon
215* EvilSoundsDeep: Surprisingly so.
216%%* EyeScream
217* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[EyeScream bitten in the eye]] by [[spoiler:his own snake]], impaled by Dastan's scimitar, ''[[RuleOfThree and]]'' finally thrown into a BottomlessPit, [[NoKillLikeOverkill just to be sure]]. For a Creator/{{Disney}} film (and not of a subsidiary, but Disney itself), there's quite a bit of this trope in play.
218* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His favorite tactic was to call one of his ''pet'' snakes to attack, [[spoiler:so Tamina grabs it and forces it to bite ''HIM'' in the climax.]]
219%%* MadeOfIron
220%%* PerpetualFrowner
221[[/folder]]

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