Once a young orphan boy, Dastan was adopted by the king of Persia after he proved his bravery. Dastan, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and his brothers, Tus and Garsiv, plan an attack on the holy city of Alamut because they think Alamut is selling weapons to their enemies. Dastan launches an early attack and captures the city, and a dagger being smuggled out of Alamut. Taking the princess back with him, he meets his father for a banquet. As a gift, Dastan gives his father the prayer robe of Alamut, but upon wearing it, his father dies. With everyone thinking he murdered his father, he flees with the princess, and the Dagger of Time.