Medallion (Prince of Persia)
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The Medallion, or Amulet of Time, is a magical item from the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time video game series that resembles an astrolabe.
[edit] Story
The Amulet's story is not very clear. Since it uses powers of the Sands of Time it should have come from the Island of Time. It was probably created at the same time as the sands themselves. In Warrior Within there are special upgrades (a kind of a mystical stone machine in the wall), which The Prince finds both in the present and before the creation of the sands. Since those upgrades were there and they were created to give the Medallion special powers, the Medallion probably existed at that time. In The Two Thrones the Vizier mentions finding the Dagger of Time, his staff and an empty hourglass on the Island of Time, but makes no mention of the medallion, since the Prince had it.
Whatever its origins, the medallion was given to the Maharajah's daughter, Princess Farah. When the Maharajah journeyed to the Island several years before the events of the Sands of time, he found the Medallion along with a staff, a dagger, and of course the hourglass containing the Sands. The Medallion is what protects The Princess from the possessive plague that ravages the kingdom of Azad once the hourglass is opened (the game manual incorrectly states that it is her bow that protects her, although this could be a misinterpretation of it being used as her personal defense). During the events of The Sands of Time Farah leaves the Medallion next to the dreaming Prince to prevent him from transforming into a sand creature after she takes his dagger to set things right once and for all. When the Prince rewinds time after her death (returning her from the dead) there are two continuity errors concerning the amulet. One- Before the Prince lunges at the Vizier in rage after finding Farah's dead body, he is seen leaving the amulet at her side. Two- In the last scenes of the Game, Farah is clearly seen wearing it around her neck, when really the Prince is carrying it. Despite these errors the story goes that from that time forward the Prince carries it with himself, first hidden, then (in Warrior Within) he wears it on his chest in his armor. In the opening intro of The Two Thrones, the Prince removes the Medallion from his armor and throws it overboard while returning to city of Babylon. He looks into it and sees all the pain it has caused him. He thinks of Farah, the Sands, the Island, and wants to leave all that behind. He has Kaileena now, and a new life in Babylon waiting for him.
[edit] Medallion powers
The capabilities of the Medallion had been forgotten after the Maharajah had stolen it. Its powers were rediscovered by the Prince after the events in The Sands of Time. It gives the carrier (just like the Dagger of Time) several powers (powers are unlocked when the Prince uses a new activated Time Portal) :
- Recall - the power of reversing a short period of time
- Eye of the Storm - the power that allows the carrier of the medallion to move faster by slowing down his perception of time
- Ravages of Time - the power that allows the carrier to attack much faster than normal
- Breath of Fate - a sand power that causes an explosion to damage and knock down all normal enemies within the blast
- Wind of Fate - a sand power like Breath of Fate, except it causes more damage, uses twice as many Sands of Time, and has a longer delay of use
- Cyclone of Fate - the most powerful sand power, has the highest damage level, uses three times as many sands of time as Breath of Fate, and has the longest delay
The Medallion also has the ability to make the carrier more resistant to damage (by expanding the in-game health meter) but it must be first put in one of nine life upgrades located on the Island of Time. It can sometimes make new sand tanks (out of six maximum slots) when using new time portals.
