This ends up being combined with Perma-Stubble in Warrior Within. Badass Beard: He rocked a Van Dyke (or Goatee if you prefer) before Kratos.Him using the Mask of the Time Wraith to create a Temporal Paradox to save Kaileena's life resulted in a time shift so wrong that it brought the first Big Bad back to life and actually let him succeed in his evil plan.Him using the Dagger of Time to save Farah resulted in him being relentlessly hunted by the Dahaka for seven years.The Prince's tendency to try and save his female love interests from death cause him and all of reality more harm than good. Always Save the Girl: Deconstructed Terribly.After he has ultimately gotten rid of the Dahaka and witnesses in the following game the damage he has unwittingly wrought upon his own people, he returns back to his more heroic demeanor. The Empress of Time is against him essentially because he's violating her home and is destined to kill her in his misguided quest to prevent her from creating that which she will become upon dying.

Aside from this unyielding resolution and some moments of sympathy toward his crew and Kaileena, there really isn't much to admire him about.

He's more grim, aggressive and foul-mouthed than before - and ready to do anything to achieve his objective to prevent his own preset death.

'90s Anti-Hero: Years of being chased by the Dahaka have turned him into this by the time of Warrior Within.

A just and honorable warrior prince who wields the powers of the Dagger of Time and the Medallion of Time. The main hero of the saga, seen in all the games. Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal, Robin Atkin Downes ( Warrior Within)

Prince of persia