One lobby poster dramatically declared:"The story of a love that became the most fearful hing that ever happened to a woman.When the storm subsided, the feverish, dying and mortally-wounded Akkadian, with poison in his bloodstream, was healed and saved that night by the Sorceress using her mystical powers by spiritually sucking the venom out of him -- she gave him his name "The Scorpion King" - noting earlier that he would now have the blood of scorpions flowing in his veins.Memnon suspected treachery, sensing she had lost her power when he thought she displayed fear after selecting the first empty urn.She sobs that her father resists and reproaches her grown-up maturity.He causes her pain when he labels her a "dirty tramp" - after she has applied red lipstick and dressed up for him.