Vahram is the main antagonist of Prince Of Persia : The Lost Crown. He is the founder and leader of the immortals, a group of legendary warriors accross Persia, who is sent, along with the other immortals, to save Ghassan after he as been kidnapped by general Anahita. However, when Sargon reache Anahita and saves Ghassan, Vahram comes in and murders Ghassan, while revealling his intention to take the Symurgh's blessing to become the king of Persia, claiming to "have been chosen by the gods". However, later on, he is revealed to be the late son and heir of former king of Persia Darius, who was saved by his father who sacrified himself after Thomyris murdered him and attempted to do the same with his son. After this reveal, he reveals that he plans to take the Symurgh's powers to become the god of a new world.
Biography[]
Background[]
As king Darius' son and heir to the throne, Vahram was brought by his father to the Symugh, to see if the god would deem him worthy of the title of king of Persia. However, during the ceremony, Thomyris came in and murdered Darius, attempting to do the same with his son in order to usurpate the throne of Persia, the latter only surviving thanks to his father giving him some of the Symugh's power in his final moments. Now lost in mount Quaf's time annomally, he wandered in the mountain, while several alternate versions of himself were created thanks to the aformentionned time anomally. Little is known of what happened to Vahram afterward, but it is known that as an adults, he became a renowned warrior accross Persia, and that he founded the immortals group, recruiting each members all by himself.
Present day[]
30 years after his father's death, Vahram helped with his fellow immortals to repel a Kushan invasion. Afterward, he was commended along with his group for their effort by queen Thomyris and prince Ghassan. However, when the latter gets kidnapped by general Anahita, Vahram leads the immortals to mount Quaf, where they notice the time anomally present in it.
Betrayal[]
When Sargon reaches Ghassan and Anahita, Vahram quickly arives after him. Here, he soon reveals his true colors and spitefully murders Ghassan because he is the son of his father's assassin. Afterward, he quickly defeats Sargon all while telling him that he is the rightfull heir to the throne of Persia and that the gods chose him. He then lies to the other immortals by claiming that Sargon killed Ghassan and ran away with Anahita, possibly to get the Symurgh's blessing, and then convinces them that he should rule Persia. Everyone in the group soon believes him, with the exception of Neith and Artaban, which pushes Sargon to kill two of them.
Revelations of his past[]
After Sargon manages to go back in time with the help of the four celestial guardians, he prevents Vahram from killing Ghassan. After that, he claims to Anahita and his past self that Vahram is not worthy of being an immortal, even less a king, which makes Vahram attempt to kill him in a fit of rage. However, Anahita takes the hit for Sargon, killing her and debuting a battle between Vahram and the two Sargons. During it, Vahram manages to knock out the past Sargon, and as the battle progresses, the power of the two clash against each others, resulting in Sargon learning about the immortal's past. After this discovery, Vahram ends the fight by stating that the Symurgh is no more, and that its powers are his and his alone, revealling his plan to become a god of a new world, before dissapearing. He's latter found by Sargon, meditating in front of his father's grave. Upon realising that Sargon won't give up on trying to stop him, Vahram leaves, but not before saying to Sargon that they'll surelly meet again
Rise to godhood, defeat and redemption[]
After defeating a ressucitated king Darius, Sargon goes inside his palace, where the Symurgh's heart is stored, in order to prevent Vahram from fusing with it. However he doesn't manage to stop him from doing so, resulting in him becoming a god and after a long and intense final fight, Sargon finnally manages to defeat Vahram, who finally ends up comming to his senses, realising that the Symurgh's power were never meant for any mortals. Upon recovering from the fight however, he sacrifices himself to restore the world and summon the Symurgh back.
Alternate version[]
During his journey in mount Quaf, Sargon occasionelly meets an alternate version of Vahram, who's still a child and who lost his father recently at the hands of Thomyris. Upon seeing his adult counterpart's actions, the young Vahram come to openly express to Sargon his fear of becomming like his future self, to which Sargon reassures him. After the defeat of the original Vahram, the alternate Vahram is last seen during a post credit cutsene, where he is revealed to have been adopted by Neith and Artaban.
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