When the voice of Daqiqi was silenced, the master poet turned his spirit toward the throne of the realm, resolved to undertake the monumental task: to gather the ancient prose chronicles of Iran and recast them into living verse. Fearing the relentless march of time and the sudden twists of fate—lest death claim him before the grand chronicle could be rendered, or lest poverty stall his hand—he searched endlessly among the learned for the lost tales of antiquity. The world around him was fractured with strife and war, narrowing the horizons for those who sought nobility of mind. Yet he knew in his soul that no earthly treasure surpasses the divine gift of speech, through which the heavenly guidance of the prophets was revealed to mankind. In the midst of his tribulations, a devoted and kind-hearted friend appeared in his home city—a companion so intimate they seemed to share a single soul. Seeing the poet's noble intention, the friend commended his path and brought forth the cherished Pahlavi manuscript of the Ancient Kings. As the priceless text was placed in the master's hands, his darkened, sorrowful soul caught flame with radiant purpose, setting in motion the birth of the immortal Shahnameh.