Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s ending, explained

The Prince of Persia series made its grand return last week with The Lost Crown, an excellent Metroidvania that learns from and improves upon some of the genre’s best games. It’s got an entertaining story to boot, which plays around with the concept of timelines without defaulting to a contrived multiverse story like Mortal Kombat 1. All its time travel and frequent flashbacks can make the story hard to parse at times, though.

Considering The Lost Crown can take 20 hours or more to beat, you might have forgotten some important story details by the time you rolled credits. Whether that is the case or you’re just looking for a concise summary of its narrative and ending, here’s a thorough recap of the events of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

How does Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown begin?

The Lost Crown begins with a battle between Persia, led by General Anahita, and the eastern Kingdom of Kusharn, led by General Uvishka. The tide of battle turns in Persia’s favor when an elite group of Persian warriors called the Immortals shows up. Players control Sargon, the youngest of the Immortals. Throughout this opening battle, players are introduced to the other members of the Immortals, namely the bow-wielding Menolias, heavy hitter Orod, and leader Vahram.

Sargon defeats and kills Uvishka, a massive victory for Persia. They return to Persepolis, where Queen Thomyris lives. Here, Sargon is introduced to her son, Prince Ghassan. He leaves the throne and catches up with Anahita, who points out that Persia is barely surviving under Thomyris’ rule despite their victory. Sargon goes on to celebrate with the other Immortals, but these festivities are cut short when the group learns Ghassan has been kidnapped.

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