History Headscratchers / PrinceOfPersia

* In the second game, why the Prince's actions are considered so ''bad'' and ''selfish'' he's ashamed of them as if he butchered his way across a sea of innocents like Kratos? Yes, he's fighting for his survival, but really, was there some morally better or humanitarian option out of the mess? Personally, I cannot think of anything that wont' end up with the Prince being disintegrated by Dahaka. Probably it was incredibly convulted and drastic, but I guess that if there were other ways to get rid of the Dahaka permanently the Prince would have take them.

** I always figured that [[spoiler: Kaileena]] used some of her essence to create a huge army to protect her at some point in the distant past.

* If the Sand of Time was created by [[spoiler:killing the Empress]], how come there was sand and sandmonsters everywhere on the island even before that event?

* How is it that the Djinn made a sword specifically to kill something like Ratash, but never thought to use it at the time?

* How does a better sword help one destroy walls? Surely that's mostly a question of the user's strength?

** She clearly had no idea of the concept of a SelfFulfillingProphecy. On the other hand, what else she could do? Just sit and wait for the Prince to come and kill her without a LastDance? Same as if the Prince himself just gave up and let Dahaka kill him.

** She is a sand creature, just extremely powerful, second only to Kaileena. Notice that every sand creature in ''Warrior Within'' bleeds and can sustain a certain dose of water before it dies (there was rain when the battle on ships occur).

** She is a sand creature, just extremely powerful, second only to Kaileena. Notice that every sand creature in ''WarriorWithin'' bleeds and can sustain a certain dose of water before it dies (there was rain when the battle on ships occur).

* Why did they decide to make the alternate ending of ''Warrior Within'' the canon ending instead of just having it be the default ending?
** It's not really an alternate ending so much as the GoldenEnding. {{Golden Ending}}s are almost always the canon endings.
** to {{deconstruct|ion}} the TakingAThirdOption...
** Plus, when you think about it, the alternate ending has a lot more potential. The Prince has not only escaped his fate, he has destroyed it, and it means that Kaileena could [[spoiler:be killed in Babylon to release the Sands of Time once more]], setting the plot up for the next game.

* Was I the only one cheering for the Dahaka? I mean, yes, he is pretty much the BiggerBad of the story, but he was just [[PunchClockVillain doing his job]] because the prince had messed up the timeline and was not just worsening the situation. Now, I am against fate in general, but the Prince had brought it upon himself and the Dahaka in the non-canon ending in the end just destroyed the Sands of Time. Why should I consider him a villain?
** Because he's trying to kill you. It does put a damper on your relationship, even if it's nothing personal.
** The Prince had it coming for continually changing the timeline, so yeah, he had to man up and face death with dignity

** She clearly had no idea of {{SelfFulfillingProphecy}} concept. On the other hand, what else she could do? Just sit and wait for the Prince to come and kill her without {{LastDance}}? Same as if the Prince himself just gave up and let Dahaka kill him.
* How does the Dahaka get to the island? I know that it's shown that it can do a teleportation kind of thing, but judging by the fact that it can't teleport past water (shown when the Prince is in the time portal rooms), it would be reasonable to assume that it can't teleport past water. So how did it get to the island? Built a ship?

** She is sand creature, just extremely powerful, second only to Kaileena. Notice that every sand creature in ''WarriorWithin'' bleeds and can sustain certain dose of water before it dies (there was rain when the battle on ships occur).

** [[AWisardDidIt A Fate did it]].

* Just to clear things up, who really is Shadee? Ok, the Empress' henchwoman, but how, exactly? I mean, she doesn't seem to be a sand creature (she can cross water portals and bleed when killed). Is she "part" of the Empress? Like, Kaileena is the Empress' human avatar and Shadee is one half of said avatar? Was she a mercenary trained and hire by the Empress? And why does she try to kill Kaileena, who's technically her mistress?

* Was I the only one cheering for the Dahaka? I mean, yes, he is pretty much the BiggerBad of the story, but he was just [[PunchClockVillain doing his job]] because the prince had messed up the timeline and was not just worsening the situation. Now, I am against fate in general, but the Prince had brought it upon himself and the Dahaka in the non-canon ending in the end just destroyed the Sands of Time. Why should I consider him a villain?

** There may be a difference between teleporting through running water and teleporting over the sea. Maybe it's just fresh water, IDK. Plot!

* Okay, I know that this is just asking for a TimeyWimeyBall, but there's a big headscratcher in ''Warrior Within''. Let's say that there are three Princes: Prince A, who we only see as [[spoiler:the Sandwraith]], Prince B, who we play as, and Prince C, who we see [[spoiler: when playing as the Sandwraith]]. Now, the headscratcher I have is this: Why did Prince A die? Couldn't he have avoided the Dahaka as Prince B did, since he [[spoiler: would have seen that the Sandwraith was killed before he went to fight Kaileena?]] There's absolutely no reason why he couldn't have lived, other than making the story a bit simpler.

* Okay, I know that this is just asking for a TimeyWimeyBall, but there's a big headscratcher in Warrior Within. Let's say that there are three Princes: Prince A, who we only see as [[spoiler:the Sandwraith]], Prince B, who we play as, and Prince C, who we see [[spoiler: when playing as the Sandwraith]]. Now, the headscratcher I have is this: Why did Prince A die? Couldn't he have avoided the Dahaka as Prince B did, since he [[spoiler: would have seen that the Sandwraith was killed before he went to fight Kaileena?]] There's absolutely no reason why he couldn't have lived, other than making the story a bit simpler.

* How does the Dahaka get to the island? I know that it's shown that it can do a teleportation kind of thing, but judging by the fact that it can't teleport past water (shown when the Prince is in the time portal rooms), it would be reasonable to assume that it can't teleport past water. So how did it get to the island? Built a ship?

** She knew she was going to die because of him, not how it came about or why. She probably thought her nearly-nude henchchick would manage to kill him without ever having to bring him near the island.

** If Prince A hadn't died when he did and instead made Prince B (you) die, Prince B wouldn't have been able to eventually turn into the Sandwraith. It only occurs to Sandwraith-mode Prince B to jump out of the way because he saw Prince A die. Prince C dies and never gets to kill Kaileena, meaning the Sandwraith is never created, and the (hypothetical) Prince D isn't killed by Prince C trying to avoid being killed and AGHHH MY HEAD IS EXPLODING

* Why did the Empress attack the Prince? She says that it's her fate to die at his hands and doesn't want that, fair enough, but he only attacks her because she attacks him first. What's more, the Prince had said to Kaileena that he only sought an audience with the Empress, so there's no reason why she would think that he'd just run in and kill her.

**** From the way the Prince tried to get up after the fall, I got the feeling he got knocked out from the fall. The Dagger of Time can only rewind time up to ten seconds, so if he's out for more than that, the Dagger won't do much good. Alternatively, GameplayAndStorySegregation.