  The Ancients storyline was reduced during   the course of production because filmmakers felt that there were too many   conflicting vampire agendas in the movie. In the final cut of the film, the   Ancients are more in the background, and simply serve as allies of Maharet   and Marius. In this scene we are introduced to Pandora, Armand, Mael,   Khayman and Maharet as they first approach Marius next to the Hollywood   sign, and we are given some insight into their relationships with each   other. In this scene we hear a line that was used in the trailers, Khayman   says "Akasha takes pleasure in only one thing: Destroying life." 