Dastan ' s Journal Dastan ' s Journal is a Prince of Persia online journal for the main character of Prince of Persia , Dastan , that ran from April 2010 through August 2010 . Entry 1 . Hey there ! Dastan , adopted son of King Sharaman here . Yep , that makes me a Prince of Persia ! I ’ m not the only one , though . I ’ ve got two brothers , Tus and Garsiv . Sometimes we get along , sometimes . . . not so much . Anyway , it ’ s not a bad life for a kid who started off jumping across rooftops as an urchin in the dusty streets of Nasaf ! I ’ m keeping this journal so I can record my adventures as my brothers and I take care of our father ’ s missions all across his vast kingdom . It ’ s tough work , but we all love our father and try to do our duty as well as we can . Good thing we have our Uncle Nizam along to share his good advice ! Entry 2 . Uncle Nizam tells us that we ’ re to take Father ’ s army to the ancient and sacred city of Alamut . It ’ s located in a valley way across the desert . What are we going to do there ? I ’ ll practice running up walls until it ’ s time to leave . It ’ s harder than it looks . Entry 3 . Sand , sand , sand . Sand yesterday , sand today , probably sand tomorrow . Why does the desert have to have so much sand in it ? Hey , do you know what ’ s even worse than sand ? Sandstorms . And guess what we ’ re stuck in the middle of right now ! This trip to Alamut had better be worth it . Entry 4 . Okay , this is a pretty nice valley . Very green . I have to admit , Alamut is a really amazing - looking place . I ’ ve heard of cities like this way off in India , but I ’ ve never seen one in person . And all around it is this huge , gigantic wall . I like to test myself by trying to move fast enough to run on the sides of walls , and that one looks like a perfect challenge . I wonder if anyone would mind if I snuck over there and tried it out . Although . . . for a peaceful and sacred city , they sure have a lot of guards . And the guards sure have a lot of spears and swords and arrows . Entry 5 . Uncle Nizam has finally told us why we ' ve come to Alamut . Our spies have discovered that they ' re making secret deals with our enemies ! This is a problem . Since ancient times , Alamut has been a protected city . No one is allowed to attack it . But if they ' ve turned against us . . . Entry 6 . We ' ve decided to attack . Sacred city or not , if they ' ve sided with our enemies , then we must make war . It is a good thing that we have Uncle Nizam ' s wise counsel on our side . I ' ve volunteered to lead the first wave of soldiers , but eldest brother Tus gave the honor to Garsiv . Oh well . We attack at dawn ! Entry 7 . Shhhh . Don ' t tell my brothers , but I ' ve decided to launch a little early invasion on my own tonight . If I ' m successful in getting into the city and opening the gates , it means that our soldiers will have a much easier time with the battle tomorrow . Wish me luck . Here I go ! Entry 8 . Well , that was an adventure ! Sure , I got into the city just fine , got the gates open , and my brothers ' army got in fine . . . but on the way in , I ran into a really tough warrior and at the end of that fight . . . I ended up with this thing . This . . . strange dagger . It ' s not like any weapon I ' ve ever seen before . The handle looks like it ' s made of glass , and there ' s sand or something inside . Glowing sand . I ' d better go tell my brothers and Uncle Nizam about this . They ' re up in the palace now that we ' ve taken over the city . Entry 9 . Hey , they ' ve got a girl with them ! Her name is Tamina , and she ' s the princess of Alamut . Now she ' s a prisoner after our army took over the city . I was going to give this dagger to Tus as a present , but Uncle Nizam thought I should keep it . I saw Tamina looking at it , too . I wonder why ? Entry 10 . Our father King Sharaman is here ! And he ' s not happy . Apparently the king is not thrilled that we took over the city . We might be in a little trouble . But we only wanted to protect the kingdom ! We haven ' t found any proof that Alamut was dealing with our enemies yet . But it looks like there are old tunnels under the city , so it ' s probably hidden in one of those . Uncle Nizam is sure we ' ll find them . Tonight , we ' re going to have a banquet to celebrate the King ' s arrival . That should be fun . Entry 11 . I was wrong . It wasn ' t fun at all . Entry 12 . I ' m in trouble . Something happened at the banquet . Something very , very bad . And everybody thinks I did it . Now I ' m riding through the desert on my father ' s horse Aksh , on the run from my kingdom ' s own army . I need to find a way to clear my name . And did I mention that I ' ve got a princess along with me for the ride ? Guess what : it turns out she doesn ' t like me . At all . She sure wants this dagger though ! Entry 13 . I found out why . Press the jewel on the handle , and sand comes out . And when the sand comes out , time turns backwards ! It ' s incredible ! Unfortunately , that doesn ' t help us get out of this desert any faster . Entry 14 . Had an idea ! I know a shortcut that might help me reach Uncle Nizam and get all this mess straightened out . Next stop : the Valley of the Slaves ! Sure , the place has a really horrible and dangerous reputation , and it ' s filled with thugs and bandits of all kinds , but how bad can it really be ? . . . Hey , where ' d Tamina go ? Entry 15 . Well , that was an adventure ! Who knew you could ride ostrich es ? Much less RACE them ? Not sure how I feel about that Sheik Amar fellow . He seemed friendly and jolly , but he did try to sell me for the reward on my head . Hope he isn ' t too mad that I trashed his racetrack while I was escaping . Entry 16 . Yikes ! Barely made it out of that one alive . I ' ve heard of those guys that ambushed me . They call them Hassansin s . They are no warriors more deadly or more loyal in all of Persia . But who are they working for ? And why did those creepy eyes look so familiar ? I ' ve found Tamina again . Is that good news or bad news ? Entry 17 . We ' re heading to the city of Avrat , over the Princess ' protests . She thinks it ' s too well - guarded , but I need to go there . Nizam will be at the city . He ' ll understand everything . I have to find him . Have to tell him the truth about what happened at Alamut . Before it ' s too late . Entry 18 . Managed to sneak into Avrat without alerting any guards . So far so good . Jumping over these rooftops reminds me of my days as a young boy in Nasaf before the King found and adopted me . Of course , I ' ve been riding camel s and horse s and ostriches for the past while . I may be a little out of practise at running and climbing on walls . Here goes nothing ! Entry 19 . The Dagger ! Where is the Dagger ? ! Entry 20 . Treachery ! So Nizam is the one who betrayed us all . And I never suspected a thing . He ' s after the Dagger ! All of this way was for the Dagger . I should have known , should have seen . . . But no . He was too clever . I have to stop him . Entry 21 . Once again on the run with Tamina . Taking shelter from a sandstorm . Entry 22 . Surprise ! Ran into Sheikh Amar again , and his knife - throwing friend Seso . Bigger surprise for them : the Hassansins attacked us . If I have to choose between two enemies , I ' ll take Amar . He may be greedy , but he ' s not an evil man . Looks like we have some new friends to help us . Entry 23 . The Hassansins have the Dagger . But Tamina and I have our friends . It ' s time to go back to where this all started . Back to Alamut . To battle . Seso will help me enter the city and recover the prize we seek . We ride ! Go ! Entry 24 . Nizam has vanished with the dagger ! Where has he gone ? ! Of course ! There were no secret with our enemies . The tunnels beneath the city must have a different purpose than we thought . The Sands ! It can only be the Sands of Time down there . Tamina has told me all about them . With the Dagger and the Sands of Time under his control , he ' ll be able to change time to suit his desires . I must save the kingdom before it ' s too late ! Entry 25 . The final battle comes . For the kingdom ! For Persia ! For my father and my brothers ! It ' s Time . . .