Rundown on THE SCORPION KING plotline...

Hey folks, Harry here with our spy from Borovnia reporting in about neighboring ancient Egypt and its rumblings about THE SCORPION KING... Our spy Diello was studying various slaying moves and battle-tactics at WrestlePages.Com and decided to drop us this note.... Enjoy....

Harry,

I know I've seen some of this on your site before, but I thought I would pass it along anyway for what little new info might be contained within. I came across it at: This Location Here!!!!

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We've obtained some interesting information on the plot and characters of the upcoming Mummy prequel, The Scorpion King. If you've been following Scorpion King news you'll know that the film tells the story of the Scorpion King (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) before he became the Pharaoh of Egypt. If you don't want to know more turn back now, 'cause we've got the scoop! Beware of plot details and possible spoilers below!

There have been rumors that the Scorpion King is called Kane, but the information we've obtained indicates that he goes by the name Maythayus in the film. This doesn't necessarily discount the whole Kane thing, since it's possible that he goes by another name at some point in the film (Kane might even be his last name).

Maythayus is an assassin, the only surviving member of the tribe of a legendary warrior people called the Akkadians. The Akkadians had been hired by the king of Ur to destroy Memnon, an evil warlord whose thirst for power knows no bounds. Before they can move on Memnon, the Akkadians are betrayed by one of their own and destroyed. Maythayus knows that Memnon is behind the attack, and soon discovers the secret of his military might: Memnon's companion, the Sorcerer – or Sorceress as it were – who sees into the future and reveals secrets that Memnon uses to his advantage in battle.

Maythayus attempts to murder the Sorceress, Cassandra (played by Kelly Hu) but he's stricken by her beauty and isn't able to go through with it. It turns out that Cassandra isn't a completely willing companion of Memnon; she's horrified by the bloodshed and the "visions" that he puts her through are extremely painful.

When his assassination attempt on the Sorceress fails, Maythayus flees into the desert where he meets a horse thief named Arpid. Mike Duncan has gone on record as saying his character's name is Balthezar, but we think this is his character. When Maythayus first encounters Arpid he leaves him to die in custody of the Red Guard, but karma soon lands him in the hands of Memnon's army as well. The two heroes meet again during their own executions – both buried up to their heads in the Egyptian sand. As the two are surrounded by a sea of human skulls, they realize that the soldiers carry out the execution by "smoking out" swarms of deadly fire ants that feed on their heads. However, Arpid has something up his sleeve – he's got a secret plan that allows him to escape. After much groveling he agrees to rescue Maythayus, and the two become friends.

Now that he's escaped, Maythayus seeks to regain his honor by destroying Memnon and the Sorceress. Arpid leads him to Memnon's castle in the legendary city of Gomorrah where he must fight his way in and attempt to destroy the evil warlord.

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For what it's worth,

-Diello

Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here to add a little something on the subject. Seems that over at CHUD's Creature Corner today, they've got a review of the script, filling in many of the holes in the report of the above spy. Betweent the two reports, sounds like a pretty solid glimpse into what Chuck Russell and... *sigh*... THE ROCK are up to.