ponniyin is a chol prince who recovered from an attack in a monestany when assasins from pandya try to attack him . he goes back to tajore where his father , the emperor rules Nandini , the empowers longlost daughter plots to kil allthe rullers at once so that she can take over . after succesfully killing one of the emporers sons , the pandaya kingdom invades chol and are defeated ponniyin appoints his fathers right hand man as new empoeror.