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XENA:: Episode Guides: 4-6
SEASON FOUR
1. Adventures in the Sin Trade I
Xena is looking for Gabrielle and tracks her down to the land of the Amazons of the dead, where other Amazons are trapped from the gates of eternity. To open those gates to free the spirits of those dead Amazons and to see Gabrielle one more time, Xena must fight Alti, who was her former ally.
2. Adventures in the Sin Trade II
Xena, with the help of the young Amazons, fights Alti, with their spiritual bodies. Xena learns that it was Alti who put a curse on her son, Solan, that he would never feel the love of both his parents. Alti also enriched Xena with a glimpse of her future, and in that vision was Gabrielle. Xena kills Alti and now knows that Gabrielle is still alive.
3. A Family Affair
Gabrielle is back, or is she? No, it's Hope along with her child, the first of the "Destroyers." But how did she survive that fall? Who else would save her but her daddy, Dahak. Hope impersonates Gabrielle and goes to Poteidaia and meets her family. At first, Xena is happy to see her friend, Gabrielle, but after fighting the monster who has been killing villagers, she knows Gabrielle is not who she appears to be. Then the real Gabrielle comes to the scene, and she and Xena cook up a plot to get rid of Hope and her monster baby for good. In the end, both Hope and her child die in each other's arms, but is it really over?
4. In Sickness and in Hell
Gabrielle's skin is peeling off, Xena's hair is full of screaming lice, and the town's people are suffering from a stomach virus. Not only that, Argo has switched sides and becomes the warlord's main horse. It's Argo against Xena.
5. A Good Day
Caesar and Pompeyare after the same village, and it's soon discoved that their civil war has spread to Greece. Xena sets a few cunning traps to fool their troops tending to the hurt with Gabby at the same time. Greek mercenary Phlanagus becomes a useful ally for them and the three manage to round up a decent army and go into battle with the romans. Gabby realizes (somewhat late) that killing is a good option, sometimes.
6. A tale of Two Muses
The pair stumble across a town that has banned dancing thinking it evil. Tara (that 16 year old Xena wannabe) has been arrested for this, and is whipped when Xena puts an end to it. As a result of the ban, naturally Gabrielle wants to dance more than ever. After a puirky plan involving Autolycus disguised as Philapon the Reformer, the pair teach all the children how to dance and an end is put to the foolishness of it all.
7. Locked up and Tied Down
Aka Shark Island prison, Xena is arrested for murder of Thelassa in her evil past. At her trial she is sentenced to life at Shark Island. Once there, she under-takes kind act after kind act even though this prison is just as bad as any other commited to film. After the mysterious reapearance of someone thought long dead and a period in which Xena has to fight of a pack of hungry rats in a pit, she is finally freed of her crime.
8. Crusader
A warrior woman called Najara rides into to town preaching salvation and spiritual guidance. Gabrielle, while in the midst of a spiritual quest herself is taken in by her pontificating but Xena has a feeling that there is more to Najara than meets the eye.
9. Daughter of Pomira
The horde is backwith a vengeance! The girls travel to the site of Evil Xena's battle with the horde who call themselves Pomira in their native language and spot a woman with them. They later meet Rahl, a member of Xena's old army who had lost his daughter to the Horde. Gabrielle is convinced that this was the same person they saw earlier and is determined to rescue her.
10. If the Shoe Fits
Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer, and Aphrodite tell stories to princess Alesia in order to make her feel better about going home to her stepmother. Each person has their own version of the story, each of which center around the Cinderella storyline.
11. Paradise Found
Xena and Gabrielle fall into a mystical world of peace run by Aiden. While Gabrielle is learning aboun inner peace, Xena is haunted by visions of violence. Xena fights Aiden in an attempt to get Gabrielle back. Once she is victorious, the land of peace and color is gone.
12. Devi
Xena and Gabrielle travel to India where they resue a magician named Eli. The people of the town believe Gabrielle is a Devi, a person who has the power to heal. Unfortunately, Gabrielle becomes posessed and fights Xena, but Xena turns around and is able to get Eli's help to perform the exorcism.
13. Between the Lines
Xena and Gabrielle continue their travels in India where they are sent into the future to face the re-incarnation of Alti by a magician named Naema. Xena is in the body of a peaceful woman and Gabrielle joins her in another body. They successfully bring Alti back to the present world and defeat her with the help of Naema.
14. The Way
Xena and Gabrielle again continue their journeys through India and rejoin with Eli and go to find Krishna, who can help them defeat Indrajit, King of the Demons. Krishna helps Xena defeat Indrajit and Xena and Gabrielle move on and talk about how Xena is on the path of the warrior and Gabrielle is on the path of peace, but that they still remain together in their travels.
15. Past Imperfect
Xena and Gabrielle go to warn the town of Actis that it is about to be sieged by an army. Xena and Gabrielle come just when the first catapults strike and they are trapped inside with the local militia. The leader of the army is using the same tactics that Xena used years ago against the city of Corinth with Barius looking for the Ixion stone. Xena learns that the mastermind of the siege was her former slave girl Satrina and goes under the city walls to investigate. Under the city Xena is shot with a sandra flower dart and pretends to we weak even though she took the antidote before she came in as she figured out who the enemy was through all the memories she has been having as of late. Satrina talks of their past at the time when Xena's baby was born when the Centaur army of Tildus attacked. Xena is consumed with anger as Satrina tells her that she played a role in Barius' death the night he tried to take Xena away on a cart.
16. Key to the Kingdom
Joxer, Meg and Autolycus team up to steal the infamous "key" that's prophesied to lead to the crown of Athena, the joke is on Autolycus when he learns the key is really a baby and Meg wants to be his mother.
17. The Plays the Thing
Gabrielle becomes a playright in a game by Zehra (queen of cons) who wants to see the play production fail so she can take money from the warlords. After several changes to the script, the play turns into a fight between Xena and the warlords.
18. The Convert
Joxer kills his first in battle helping to save Najara, a woman who claims she has a life of non-violence. Gabrielle believes her, but Xena is skeptical. A fight occurs with Xena and Criton's army where Gabrielle tries to help a wounded Xena. Najara turns on Gabrielle and Xena defeats her and sends her back to jail.
19. Takes One to Know One
Discord, Goddess of retribution must find the murderer of a woman named Ravenica and the suspects are people gathered for Gabrielle's surprise birthday party. Through deduction and several appearances by Discord, Xena deduces that it was an accident by Argo in which Ravenica fell onto her own knife. Following the effort, the group celebrates Gabrielle's birthday.
20. Endgame
The Amazons are being attacked by the Roman army, during the battle Ephiny is killed by Brutus. Once again, Gabrielle is called upon to be Queen of the Amazons. Brutus is captured and Gabrielle releases him in exchange for a promise that he delivers a treaty to Caesar. But does Caesar accept? No way! He attempts to capture the Amazons to sell them off as slaves to fund his army so that he can fulfill his destiny, but as always Xena is there to meet him and destroy his plans.
21. Ides of March
Xena's haunted vision is coming true. Callisto comes back to divert Xena from staying on the Way of the Warrior by offering her a life with only peace and love. On the Ides of March, Ceasar was about to proclaim himself emperor until Brutus and the Senate took turns stabbing Caesar. Ceasar dies while at the same moment Gabrielle and Xena are being hammered onto the cross. Their spirits rise into the heavens.
22. Deja Vu All Over Again
This episode takes place in present day. Annie believes herself to be the reincarnated soul of Xena the warrior princess. She and her boyfriend, Harry, go to a past life counselor only to reveal that's she not Xena at all, she's Joxer. So who is the Xena vigilante making headlines in the newspaper? Ares is back to his old tricks to get what he always wanted....Xena.
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SEASON FIVE
1. Fallen Angel
Xena and Gabrielle rising to the heavens were attacked by demons from hell. The guardian angels lose their grip on Gabrielle and she falls into the hands of Callisto. Xena is initiated as an archangel to save Gabrielle's soul. Xena fights with Callisto whom says that Xena was the one responsible putting her in hell because Xena had killed her family. Xena felt Callisto's suffering and so she passed on her light to Callisto. In doing so, Xena has given up her soul to evil and now has become a demon, in turn, Callisto is purified and a spirit of the light. Gabrielle is outraged but later forgives Callisto for all the bad she has done to her. Archangel Gabrielle fights Demon Xena in the battle of good and evil, but down in earth, with the help of Callisto, Eli touches the dead bodies of Xena and Gabrielle and brings them back to life. They live to fight another day and Callisto is finally in peace and reunited with her family.
2. Chakram
Xena and Gabrielle return, but Xena cannot remember her dark past as a warrior. Gabrielle, Joxer and Amarice try to give her reminders so that she can help continue her quests. Ares and Kal (another war god), try to get the one "pure" person to reunite the light and dark chakram, a tool that can kill a god. With the help of Eli and the others, Xena re-unites the chakram and becomes a warrior again. She destroys Kal with the chakram and then destroys it so that nobody would have that ultimate power. She is left with a new chakram that has the ability to split into two halves.
3. Succession
Mavican, a female warrior is determined to succeed Xena as Ares' main warrior. She tries to defeat Xena in battle and Ares decides to make a game of the challenge. Ares' intent was to find a successor, but it wasn't Mavican, it was Gabrielle (who had been learning to be a better warrior). In Ares' game, Xena and Gabrielle share one body, Xena taking the day, Gabrielle taking the night. Xena learns of the trick and sets up a trap for Mavican. Meanwhile, Ares tries to tempt Gabrielle to become his apprentice. Xena and Mavican fight and Xena nearly defeats her when Mavican asks Ares for help. That releases Xena and Gabrielle since Ares' rule is that "anyone who asks for help doesn't deserve it."
4. Animal Attraction
Xena and the gang (Gabrielle, Joxer, and Amarice) travel, find a trapped horse on the road, and save it. They go to a town called Spamona where Xena meets up with an old friend named Talia (who is the sherriff of the town). The town looks much like an old western town. Amarice meets a friend of Joxer named Armand and falls in love with him, but is torn because she is an amazon who has only known to hate men. Xena comes to learn from the local healer that she is pregnant and must tell the gang about it. Xena helps Talia, against her wishes, to fight Darkon, a marauder who is Talia's husband. The gang pulls together to defeat Darkon and his henchmen and ride off from town. Gabrielle has a new horse, the one she saved and communicated with from their earlier travel.
5. Them Bones, Them Bones
Alti attempts to capture the soul of Xena's unborn child in order to rejoin the world. Xena, Gabrielle, and Amarice journey to find Yakut, the leader of the Northern Amazons who is also a shaman. Gabrielle attempts to enter the dreamworld to defeat Alti, but is unsuccessful. Following this, Xena sends Gabrielle and Amarice to get amber to use to encase Alti's skeleton so she cannot come back to the world. Xena and the Amazons trick Alti into a separate dreamworld where she battles Alti's skeleton. Gabrielle pours the amber onto Alti's skeleton in the real world as Xena defeats her in the dreamworld.
6. Purity
When Xena returns to Chin to recover Lao Ma's book of power, she must defeat one of Lao Ma's twin daughters, who wants to acquire the power for her own evil purposes.
7. Back in the Bottle
Xena must master Lao Ma's powers to save Gabrielle, Joxer and the people of Chin from a militia led by the evil spirits of Pao Ssu and her brother, Ming Tien.
8. Little Problems
Aphrodite casts magic that puts Xena's soul into the body of a young girl named Daphne. Gabrielle and Aphrodite must work together to get a magic oil that can separate twins from Castor. At the same time, Tharon (a warlord) is trying to find Xena since she defeated his men in battle. Xena helps Daphne to learn about why her father is so sad after the death of their mother who drowned in the sea. Daphne's father, Galantis, is captured by Tharon's army. Aphrodite and Gabrielle retrieve the oil and meet Daphne at Tharon's castle where they defeat the army and apply the oil and return Xena's spirit to her own body while Daphne and Galantis reunite happy.
9. Seeds of Faith
Eli takes on Ares in effort to overthrow the gods and Xena learns the true identity of her baby's father.
10. Lyre Lyre Heart's on Fire
This is another musical episode like The Bitter Suite. Draco find Turpsicor's lyre but its on Amazon land and they want it. Before they can fight Xena comes along, steps in, and sings to them. Then they head into Melodia, the music capital of Greece, and hold a concert to decide who gets the lyre. Joxer runs into his other brother, Jace, who is a cabaret singer and Gabby keeps trying to keep Draco off of her. Xena runs into her mom who is trying to fix her up with some guy since she is pregnant. Draco then captures Gabby and since she doesn't love him he tries to kill her but she escapes and Xena comes in and fights Draco. After she kicks his butt she gets onstage and sings with Gabby, who actually sings this time, Joxer and Jace.
11. Punch Lines
Gabrielle and Argo are shrunken into miniature versions of themselves when they cross paths with Lachrymose, the god of despair
12. God Fearing Child
Xena's baby is born, after Hercules steps in, to save xena and her baby from Hercules's father Zues. Zues wants Xena and her child killed because the fates predicted that as soon as the birth of Xena's child takes place it will signal the end of the Olympian Order.
13. Eternal Bonds
Xena, Gabby and Eve are running from the gods who are trying to kill them when they come across Joxer. They're then attacked and Joxer is cut by a sword that is coated in a poison. He and Gabby set off to find he antidote and Xena starts laying false trails because three temple armies are after her. While she is running Ares keeps appearing and says he will protect her and Eve if she will give him a baby. The armies then attack and Gabby and Xena fight them off. They get to the tree and Joxer is cured.
14. Amphipolis on Fire
Xena is headed home and comes across Athena's Elite Archers attacking some border guards, she fights them off and they leave. Ares appears and tells her Athena had gathered a army and is planning on attacking her village to force Xena to give her Eve. Xena and Gabby rally the townspeople and start to fight. Ares keeps trying to get Xena to join him and she finally agrees. While they get involved, Gabby attacks and Xena hands Eve over. When Athena moves to kill her Ares appears and fights Athena. In the end Xena again outsmarts Ares and he leaves.
15. Married with Fishsticks
Aphrodite and Discord are fighting and Gabby gets hit in the head by a boom and falls in the water. She then has a dream she is a mermaid married to Joxer with 3 kids. She is getting used to this life when she discovers Joxer true intentions. Lots of humor and character switches in the episode.
16. Lifeblood
Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make Eve an Amazon princess and discover that it's up to them to prevent unnecessary bloodshed in a vengeful war.
17. Kindred Spirits
Joxer breaks Amazon laws that force Queen Gabrielle to choose between settling down in the Amazon village and life on the road with Xena.
18. Anthony and Cleopatra
When Cleopatra is assassinated, Xena and Gabrielle head to Alexandria where Xena masquerades as Cleopatra. She learns that Anthony and Brutus are trying to seize power of Rome after Caesar's death, and want to use the Egyptian Navy to help. Xena goes to Anthony and they fall in love with each other. Brutus comes to see Cleopatra only to find that its Xena. Xena is in her bedchamber where she catches someone sneaking in. While she is questioning him, someone starts throwing bombs into her room, they escape and Xena learns that the unknown person is Octavius, Caesar nephew and adopted son. Xena then tell both Brutus and Anthony to attack the other and she will use her fleet to assist them. The Romans attack each other and Brutus rams Anthony's ship and his men board. While they are fighting the Egyptian s attack both Roman fleets. Brutus attacks Gabrielle and she kills him. Anthony figures out that Cleopatra is Xena, they fight, and Xena kills him. With Octavius in power in Rome they now have an ally.
19. Looking Death in the Eye
This episode starts out in the future where an old Joxer finds Gabrielle last scroll, which depicts her and Xena's final battle with the gods. Xena, Gabrielle and Eve are again under attack by the gods. Xena goes and fights Hephaestus, the god of Arts & Crafts, and steals his chains. Death (Celeste) appears and Xena captures her. After the escape Xena talks to Celeste and saddens her so that she cries. The next day the gods come looking for Celeste, and start to chase them as they try to escape in a wagon. They head to the ocean where the gods blow the wagon off of a cliff. They land on the beach below and Gabby is out and Eve burned in the wagon. Ares appears and Xena drinks poison and dies. Joxer comes running up and is joined by Octavius. Joxer thinks that they are dead but Octavius says the Xena only wanted the tears of death which, if drank, simulate death. Eve is safe with Octavius who fills Joxer in on the plan. Gabrielle had drank the tears before they went over the cliff and then Xena drinks them as well. Ares then appears and takes Xena and Gabrielle bodies away to a cave in Mt. Etna where he places them into ice coffins.
20. Livia
When an earthquake cracks Xena's coffin she gets out and frees Gabrielle. They come across a village and find out its 25 years later. They travel to a tavern and find it is run by Joxer and his wife Meg. Joxer introduces them to his son Virgil (William Gregory Lee) and Argo's daughter. Xena goes in search of Eve and heads to Rome. She finds Octavius (now called Augustus) still in power and asks him about Eve. To her horror she discovers that Eve is now Livia, Champion of Rome and a brutal commander intent on wiping out Eli's followers. Xena then discovers Livia is allied with Ares, who is unaware the Livia is Eve and attacks. Livia is as good as Xena and fights her to a standstill. Ares figures out Livia is Eve. Gabrielle, Joxer and Virgil are captured by the Romans and Xena agrees to fight Livia for their freedom. They fight and Xena defeats Livia so Gabby, Joxer and Virgl are freed and Livia vows to make sure Xena regrets having spared her.
21. Eve
Livia is slaughtering Eli's followers in her rage. Xena is close behind and they meet and fight several times. When Xena saves Livia she escapes. They learn she's headed for the temple to Eli where his followers are gathered to pray for a miracle. Xena decides that she must kill her daughter, but Gabrielle can't let her do it. So, she goes to Livia to talk to her and is captured. Joxer goes to Livia camp to rescue Gabby and is killed by Livia when Xena attacks. They bury Joxer and head for the temple of Eli. Livia enters the temple to find Xena waiting for her, she orders her men to attack only to find Xena has brought Roman troops and they fight Livia's men. Xena beats Livia but can't kill her so Livia take advantage of the situation and is poised to kill Xena when a light comes from the sky. It shows her past and Xena's love for her, she then gets up and leaves.
22. Motherhood
(Season 5 finale) Distraught with grief, Eve runs recklessly through the wilderness closely followed by Xena and Gabrielle. Although Gabrielle doesn't think she will ever be able to forgive Eve for killing Joxer, she agrees to help Xena reform her daughter. Meanwhile, when Ares tells the gods that Livia is really Eve, they decide to call upon the Furies for help. After Xena saves Eve from a group of angry Romans determined to exact revenge for the loss of their loved ones, the Furies begin to undermine Gabrielle's thoughts in an effort to turn her against Eve. One of Eli's followers suggests they take Eve to Eli's disciple, the Baptist, who initiates sinners into "the way of love." As Eve is being baptized, Xena is bathed in a heavenly light and is infused with the power to kill gods! Soon a number of deities appear and are shocked when Xena kills Hephaestus, Poseidon and Discord. As Xena, Gabrielle and Eve flee, Xena explains that Eve's spiritual cleansing gave her the power to kill gods, a power she will retain as long as Eve is alive. Furthermore, the Archangel Michael has informed Xena that Eve is the messenger who will prepare the way for the God of love. Xena suggests to Eve that she can begin atoning for her sins by visiting people she wronged and accepting their judgment. The three women go to Joxer's tavern where Virgil is mourning the loss of his father. When Virgil sees Eve, he draws his sword and charges her, but Xena intervenes. Virgil heads for his father's grave where Gabrielle comforts him. Later, Ares appears and distracts Xena while Gabrielle is visited by the ghosts of Joxer and her daughter Hope, with their words coming from the invisible Furies, the ghosts convince Gabrielle to kill Eve. When Xena catches a glimpse of Gabrielle plunging her sai into Eve's back, she hurls her chakram hitting Gabrielle in the back of the head and severely wounding her. Instinctively, Xena knows that the Furies are responsible and even though she can't see them. Ten gods arrive and begin to battle Xena. As Xena does her best to protect the gravely wounded Eve, Aphrodite is moved to protect the unconscious Gabrielle and drags her into the next room. Believing that Xena has lost her powers and that Eve must be dead, Hades confidently approaches Xena, who kills him. With most of the gods dead and Athena and Ares wounded, the few remaining gods retreat to Olympus. Xena pleads with Aphrodite to save her dying friend, but she insists she can only heal with Athena's blessing. Xena forces Aphrodite to take them all to the palace of the gods, where Ares intercepts them. Ares offers to make Xena a god if she lets them kill Eve. Refusing, Xena shoots Ares in the leg and uses him as a shield while she offers the remaining gods a deal. If they heal Eve and Gabrielle, she will leave them in peace. When Athena refuses, the fighting continues and Xena kills Artemis. Eve dies just as Xena is impaling Athena, so the goddess is spared. Her reprieve, however, is short-lived. In a stunning turn of events, Ares is moved to heal Eve and Gabrielle, making it possible for Xena to kill the now confident and unsuspecting Athena. Ares explains that he gave up his immortality to save Eve and Gabrielle in the hopes that Xena, whom he has always loved, will give him another chance. Xena thanks Ares and then Eve, Xena, and Gabrielle are shown on the beach together.
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SEASON SIX
1. Coming Home
Xena, Gabrielle, and Eve find themselves in the heart of Amazon territory after recieving an unexpected summons from Ares. The trio meet up with the Amazons during a battle. They aid the Amazons in defeating their attackers. The queen introduces herself as Marga and recognizes Gabrielle as a queen as well. An Amazon warrior, Varia, is impressed by Eve's battle skill's and feels that she's seen her before. Later at the Amazon village, Marga reveals that Ares has been attacking the Amazon lands and that those were his toops that attacked them earlier. At Ares' camp it is revealed that he has not told his troops that he is no longer a God. Then, a Fury disguised as Xena convinces Ares that the Amazons have ambrosia and that she should lead his way to destroy them. At the village Gabrielle and Marga suspect that Ares is after the ambrosia. At Ares' camp, two more Furies disguised as Gabrielle and Eve join the scene and also begin to manipulate Ares. While alone the Furies reveal that they will lead Ares to his death, thereby avenging the Olympian Gods and leaving Olympus vacant for them to rule as supreme Gods. Xena and Gabrielle go to Ares' camp in hopes of reasoning with him. They soon discover that the Furies are controlling him when they witness his irrational behavior. At the Amazon camp, Varia and Eve bond over old war stories, and while Eve shows Varia her best move, Varia suddenly realizes that she is Livia. The Amazons immediately imprison Eve. Xena and Ares begin a one on one battle near an icy pond. Xena throws her Chakram into the air and it is still ricochetting when Ares drowns her in the water. As the Furies materialise the Chakram strikes them and kills them. Gabrielle, after liberating Eve, shows up and revives Xena. Xena, Eve, and Gabrielle then part ways with Ares after Xena gives him a good-bye kiss that he'll remember for awhile.
2. The Haunting of Amphipolis
Xena, Gabrielle, and Eve journey to Amphipolis to discover that Xena's mother's tavern has been boarded up. They soon discover that an evil presence haunted the tavern and brought peril to the village so Cyrene was burned at the stake. They find out that Mephistopheles, the king of hell, is responsible and is still tormenting Cyrene's soul. The group is attacked continuously by demons and apparitions from hell as Eve uses the powers bestowed upon her as messenger of the one-god to bannish the evils, one by one. Another one of Gabrielle's outfits bites the dust as she is continuously attacked by the apparitions. She is then possesed by Mephistopheles and healed by Eve. Xena travels to hell to fight Mephistopheles and is told by him that if he is killed, his killer will become king of hell. Despite his warnings, Xena brings him into the physical world by spilling Eve's blood, and kills him. Cyrene is then released from her torment.
3. Heart of Darkness
Michael and Raphael are shown in Heaven looking down on Xena and the portal to hell in Amphipolis. they send Lucifer to carry out their orders. After killing Mephistopholes, Xena ponders whether or not she will be made Queen of Hell. Her question is quickly answered when the archangel Lucifer arrives on earth with the intent to send Xena to hell. She easily outmaneuvers him and has her sword at his throat, she then halts and allows him to live. She reveals to Eve and Gabrielle that she plans to entice him into becoming king of hell, to which Eve strongly objects to as she dissaproves of others corrupting one another. Eve then sees into the heart of Xena and sees that it is being consumed by darkness flowing out of the portal. Xena and Lucifer have a picnic in the woods where Xena does her very best to seduce the archangel. Her seductions have little effect on him. Meanwhile, Eve is preaching about the way of Eli to the people of Amphipolis with Gabrielle. The crowd becomes hostile and Eve sees that their hearts have been corrupted by the evil energy from the portal. Just then, Virgil arrives in town and starts pummling townspeople. Eve and Gabrielle stop him only to discover that he too, has had his heart corrupted. Later, Eve is in the temple of Eli praying. Xena, Gabrielle, Virgil, and the townspeople of Amphipolis along with Lucifer enter the temple and begin to have a drunken party. Eve begins to protest and is knocked out by Gabrielle whose heart is now corrupt as well. The party quickly becomes an orgy as groups of people begin to lewdly fondle one another. Gabrielle pairs up with Virgil and Xena pairs up with Lucifer. Michael and Raphael appear out of thin air and transport Xena to the portal. They then try to push her in. Lucifer arrives and tries to throw her in as well, but Xena is able to persuade him to fight Michael and Raphael with her. Xena and Lucifer evade the other two angels and retreat to Xena's quarters. Xena then tells Lucifer of her plan to kill Eve. Later that night Eve is seen running frantically through the woods with Xena and Lucifer in hot pursuit. Eve finally makes it to the temple only to be intercepted by Virgil and Gabrielle who call for Xena. Eve effortlessly overpowers Gabrielle and Virgil and takes two swords from against the wall and uses them to attack Lucifer. He fends off her attacks easily and is about to kill her when Xena stops him and says that gabrielle and herself have shared more as partners than he could ever know. She then pointed out that on his first trip to Earth he commited all seven deadly sins. Lucifer then becomes a demonoid monster and attacks Xena who throws him into the portal to hell.
4. Who's Gurkhan
Xena, Gabrielle, Virgil, and Eve are all traveling to Poteidaia, Gabrielle's hometown. Upon their arrival, a middle-aged Lila tells Gabrielle that her niece, Sara, Lila's daughter, was captured by the slaver, Gurkhan. When Gabrielle's parents and Lila's husband tried to rescue Sarah, Gurkhan executed them. Gabrielle is consumed by rage and sets sail for Northern Africa with the others in hopes of murdering Gurkhan, despite the attempts of Xena and Eve to talk her down. Upon reaching Africa, Xena uses a potion to knock Gabrielle out, and disguises herself as a slave named Sophia and Virgil as a slave trader. He auctioned off Xena and she is bought by three men who came to bid on behalf of Gurkhan, making it impossible to know who Gurkhan was. After being brought to Gurkhan's palace, Xena meets three other slave girls named Milda, Lana, and Yo, and befriends them. As Xena attempts to extract information about Sarah from them, Gurkhans first wife, Sonata, makes an appearance and roughs them up a bit. Later, Virgil appears again dressed as a slave trader with Gabrielle dressed as a slave. She dances for the three men who bid on Xena, (knowing one of them is Gurkhan.) Xena notices a dagger hidden in Gabrielle's robes and quickly disarms her. Xena is then thrown into a cell and tortured for a long time. When Gurkhan comes to question her, she tells him she fought Gabrielle so that no one could have Gurkhan before her. He was intrigued by that and renamed her Fatima. Weeks went by as Xena's extensive injuries healed and she began to win the trust of Gurkhan. He chose Xena to dance for him one night and won his heart as she did so. She asked for one request, that he deliver to her, Sarah's head on a plate. He agreed to it and Sonata protested, revealing that she was Sarah. When Xena was brought to Gurkhan's quarters, she requested that Gabrielle be brought in to join them. When Gabrielle arrived Xena put the pinch on Gurkhan and gave Gabirelle a dagger to kill him. Gabrielle couldn't bring herself to do it. So instead they dressed him as Sarah and he was beheaded in her place. In the meantime, Xena and Gabrielle liberated Sarah and the rest of the girls and set sail.
5. Legacy
As Xena and Gabrielle continue their travels in North Africa, they come across two groups of nomads in the heat of battle. They help the group which seems to be at a disadvantage as the group is on foot and being circled by the other group on horseback. After saving the group, the two are berated by the group's leader, Kahina, who says that they shouldn't have interfered. When Gabrielle call's Xena's name the group becomes angry at her for taking the name of the warrior princess. After a quick Chakram-throwing demonstration, the group is convinced that she is Xena and proceed to tell her that is was prophesized that she would rise from the sand to aid them. After hearing that the enemy of both nomad groups is Rome, Xena is more than happy to help them. Xena plans to make peace between the two nomadic groups in hopes that they can come together to fight a common enemy. Xena eventually forges an alliance between Kahina and Tazere, the leader of the other nomadic group. Both Xena and Gabrielle disguise themselves and travel to the Roman camp to size up their enemy. On their way back, they are struck by a blinding sandstorm. Through the haze Gabrielle sees a man approaching Xena with what she thinks is a knife in his hand. She quickly kills the man only to discover it was Korah, Tazere's son, holding a scroll, not a knife. Gabrielle is oevrtaken by grief. Xena tells her to go to Kahina's empty camp as she herself goes to Tazere's to straighten things out. Xena tells the nomads that a Roman killed Tazere but when Gabrielle finds out about this she confesses. Gabrielle is then sentenced to be executed. As the execution is prepared the next day, Xena leads a roman army to distract the nomads as she frees Gabrielle. The nomads along with Xena take advantage of a sandstorm to hide in the dunes and surprise the Romans by attacking them from below their feet. Gabrielle saves Tazere's life in the battle and he decides not to execute her. Gabrielle appears to be permanently scarred by killing Korah.
6. The Abyss
While Xena and Gabrielle were on their way to rendezvous with Virgil and his friend Hosep, Gabrielle confesses to Xena that she is still plagued by her killing of Korah. Virgil and Hosep are captured by cannibals before they meet Xena and Hosep is killed. While imprisoned by the cannibals Virgil meets a man named Rubio who has been starving himself in hopes that the cannibals will eat the better fed prisoners first. Gabrielle and Xena find Virgil's ravaged camp site and go in search of him only to be confronted by a swarm of cannibals. Gabrielle is hesitant to attack and as a result receives a deep gash in her side by one of the cannibals, who then tosses her into the river. Xena dives in after her and the two take refuge in a small, damp cave that is located dangerously close to a waterfall. All their attempt to leave the river are thwarted by the mysterious warriors from the woods. Gabrielle begins to hallucinate about her daughter, Hope, but in a moment of clarity requests to be buried with Xena's family in Amphipolis. That night, Xena carries Gabrielle up a steep cliff and uses her as bait for the cannibals who quickly capture Gabrielle and take her back to their camp. She is thrown in the cell with Virgil who helps keep her warm. Xena then begins to construct a precarious dam above the waterfall held in place by a single vine. The next day as Gabrielle is being prepared to be eaten, Xena mounts a succesful rescue. She tells Rubio to lead th horses to safety, and Gabrielle and Virgil to cut the dam's vine when she leads the cannibals under the waterfall. As Xena traps the cannibals in the dry riverbed Gabrielle and Virgil are attacked and manage to kill the two warriors. Gabrielle then cuts the vine, crushing the army of cannibals just as Xena flips to safety.
7. The Rheingold
The episode began with a flashback to thirty-five years ago in Scandinavia. Xena is shown dressed in silver armor with a gold ring, and she is battling a monster called Grindl. She locks the moster in an abandoned mine shaft with a lock that looks like two ravens. Grindl stole the ring before Xena got away. Xena then jumped on her horse, which flew her away. Back in the present (so to speak), Xena and Gabrielle were eating at a tavern when a man named Beowulf approached them and handed Xena a rusted lock that looked like two ravens. Xena immediately realized that Grindl had escaped and talked with Beowulf. Later that night, after Gabrielle questioned her about her conversation with Beowulf, Xena said she didn't care to discuss the conversation. The next morning, Xena was gone and had left a note for Gabrielle saying that she would probably be dead soon and she wouldn't take Gabrielle to die with her again. Gabrielle followed Xena with haste. Her pursuit lead her to Scandinavia where she learned of the Valkyrie, who were Odin's warriors that rode flying horses. She learned that Xena was a very destructive Valkyrie about thirty-five years ago from a woman named Brunnhilda. She tells Gabrielle about Xena's life as a Valkyrie. Apparently, Xena usurped Odin's mistress, the leader of the Valkyrie, Grinhilda, in order to find the secret of the Rheingold. One who had forsaken love could harness the power of the Rheingold however, the gold could be very harmful for someone who had not. Xena feigned love for Odin in order to convince him that she had not forsaken love and he told her the gold's secret. Xena then took off for the Rhein River with Grinhilda in hot pursuit. Xena quickly overpowered Grinhilda and found the three Rhein Maidens in the Rhein River. She convinced one of the maidens to take her to the Rheingold and she stole it and forged it into a gold ring. After hearing the story, Gabrielle agreed to let Brunnhilda tag along on her quest. When Gabrielle mentions the raven lock, Brunnhilda realizes where Xena is going. Meanwhile, Xena and Beowulf are confronting Grindl and are quickly beaten. Gabrielle and Brunnhilda arrive to find a battered Beowulf and Xena's armor. She had been taken by Grindl.
8. The Ring
Along with Brunnhilda and Beowulf, Xena and Gabrielle are able to fight and kill Grindl who Xena believes to be Grinnhilda as it is revealed that after Xena forged the Rheingold ring, Grinhilda put it on. Since she had not foresaken love, she lost what she held most dear, her humanity and beauty. Later it is revealed that Grindl was Grinhilda's child, as she was pregnant when she was imprisoned by Xena. Odin and his new order of Valkrie attempt to take the ring from Xena. Odin reveals that he has foresaken love and wants the power of the ring for himself. Xena refuses to relinquish it. It is revealed that Brunnhilda was commissioned by Odin to kill Xena and take the ring and if that failed to kidnap Gabrielle to use as a bargaining chip. But, Gabrielle touched Brunnhilda's heart so once she'd stolen Gabrielle, she did not give her to Odin but rather kept her safe from him. Eventually when forced into a seemibgly hopeless situation, Xena put the ring on and used its power to defeat Odin and the Valkyrie, however she lost the thing that she values the most: her memories. The memories of what she and Gabrielle had done together and of nearly everything else. Brunnhilda devised a way to safeguard Gabrielle and the ring until Xena finds them. She turned herself into a wall of fire around Gabrielle, who fell into a sleep that could only be disturbed by her soulmate. Only when Xena awakens Gabrielle will she obtain her lost memory.
9. The Return of the Valkyrie
A year has passed since Xena lost her memory, and Gabrielle was sealed within Brunnhilda's eternal flame. It is discovered by Beowulf that Xena was told by a Norse king that she was the sole survivor of a shipwreck and that she was betrothed to him. Beowulf was able to liberate Xena, despite her protests, as she remembered nothing about him or anything else that occurred in the past. Beowulf manages to bring Xena to the site of the eternal flame despite the attempts of the Valkyrie to stop them. The Valkyrie ambush Xena and Beowulf, but are quickly dealt with just before Grinhilda appears, who has been guarding the flame. Grinhilda imapales Beowulf as Xena dives through the flame. She awakens Gabrielle with a kiss. Xena's memory is then restored. Xena takes the ring from Gabrielle and faces Grinhilda. Xena is able to reach into Grinhilda's soul and transform her back into the beautiful woman that she once was. Beowulf survives and the two warriors return Grinhilda to her home with Odin. Xena and Gabrielle then return the Rheingold to the Rhein maidens.
10. Old Ares Had a Farm
A price had been put on Ares head by the warlords he has crossed during his time as a God on Olympus. After Xena and Gabrielle learned of this they quickly tracked the former war-god down and offered to help him avoid harm. Ares assumed that they were going to join him in battle, but the two had another plan. They took Ares to Xena's childhood home; a run-down farmhouse. Xena explained that she and Gabrielle would help Ares fix the place up and he could live out his days as a farmer and no one would ever know he was the God of war. One day while working the trio received word from a gossipy neighbor named Greba that the warlord Gasgar's army was headed their way. Xena found Gasgar and claimed that Ares could have still been a God and that they needed her if her claim was found to be true. Back at the farmhouse, many objects had been disapearing. Through clever observation of the culprit's tracks, the group discovered that a dog had been pilfering their house. Ares adopts the dog as his own after taking a liking to it. While Ares was outside killing a chicken one day, Gasgar's army approached over the hills. Xena revealed that she lured them there on purpose as she put on her warrior garbs and headed out of sight. Ares quickly dressed as a simple farmer. Gabrielle was left to distract the army by prancing around half-naked while waiting for Ares. Ares appeared and put on his best performance in hopes of convincing the army that he was just a simple farmer. Xena arrived from the woods and acted as if she was interrogating Ares, who claimed that the God of war recently visited him but that he hadn't seen him since. The army was fooled and they left. Later in the day, Ares' dog's owner, a traveling salesman, arrived and claimed the dog. Later still Gasgar's army found the salesmen and saw the dog chewing on one of Ares' gaunlets. When Greba informed Xena that the army was heading back to the farm, Xena realized they must have discovered the truth. Gabrielle and Xena then staged a fight between themselves in front of the army in order to convince them that their partnership had dissolved. Gabrielle then convinced Gasgar that Ares has skipped town to board a ship to Anatolia. Later that day, Xena and Gabrielle arrived back on the farm with the dog who's owner had given it to them. They bid Ares farewell and Xena asked him to keep a low profile at the farm. She then said that if he did she might just show up to visit him sometime.
11. Dangerous Prey
The episode opens with Marga being chased through the woods by Prince Morloch. He takes down the Amazon queen and tells her he needs her to deliver a message to the Amazons. Back at the Amazon camp, Xena and Gabrielle have just arrived at Marga's request. Varia explains that many of their number including Marga have ventured off and not returned. Varia becomes angered with Xena's presence and storms off into the woods. Xena follows her and stumbles upon a beaten Marga. She tells Xena to protect Varia and gives her a necklace. Marga then dies. Xena notices a message carved on Marga by Morloch, challenging all willing Amazons. Xena and Varia run across some of Morloch's men and only one survives after the two are through. He rides back to Morloch and tells him of Xena. Morloch is intrigued with her and orders her to be brought in. Morloch attempts several times to capture Xena but fails. He then sets fire to the forest in hopes of herding Xena to a specific location. Xena decides to launch the wounded Varia through the trees on a makeshift catapult. Varia is intercepted by a net and is captured by Morloch. Xena goes to his camp and frees Varia. Morloch wants nothing more than to fight Xena, as she is a worthy adversary to him. Xena refuses to give him the pleasure and begins to leave when he lunges at her and she impales him with a wooden spike. Later, Marga is cremated and Xena gives Varia the necklace, making her the queen of the Amazons.
12. The God You Know
On a battlefield, Xena and Gabrielle see the results of the merciless warlord, and emperor of Rome, Caligula. Michael appears and informs them that he is immortal and Xena is the only one who can kill him. He also tells the duo that Eve has gone to Rome to confront Caligula. Upon arriving in Rome, The two meet up with Ares who tells them that they can't kill Caligula because his life is linked to Aphrodite's, and that she will die if he dies. When Ares gave up his power as being the God of War, Aphrodite became unbalanced. Xena infiltrates the palace under the guise of being Saba, the Celtic Goddess of sex. Michael tells Caligula that to achieve absolute power he must spill Eve's blood. Michael then sends Eve to meet Caligula. Xena is able to intervene before Eve is hurt but she refuses to kill Caligula. She then tries to kill Michael and Eli removes her power to kill Gods. A short time later, Caligula saps the last of Aphrodite's godliness from her, leaving her a mere mortal, and him a full-fledged God. Xena convinces Caligula to have a chariot race with her, the winner having the honor of killing Eve. Xena wins the race and reveals her true identity. Caligula's people lose their faith in him as he is defeated by the warrior princess. Xena manages to convince the hysterical Caligula to take his own life, so that he would be remembered forever. Xena can't help but feeling dirty after convincing an insane man to kill himself, but she accepts that she had to do it to save Eve. Xena, Gabrielle, Eve, Ares, and Aphrodite all walk from the palace together.
13. You Are There
This episode is from the point of view of a nosey investigative reporter who is looking to find a juicy story about Xena. The interviewer obnoxiously questions many of the folks that Xena has run across in her travels. They include Odin, Ares, Michael, Lucifer, Charon, Caligula, Eve, Grinnhilda, and eventually Aphrodite; all of which (with the exception of Aphrodite) seem to be acting strangely, as if they had no love in their hearts. The most "love-less" person appeared to be Eve who unleashed a dazzling array of profanity and punches upon the interviewer when he questioned her about Xena's relationship with Ares. Through his questions, the interviewer learns that Xena is attempting to storm Valhalla and steel the Golden Apples from Odin. One who eats a Golden Apple becomes a God. At first, the interviewer is lead to believe that Xena intends to make Ares a God and rule alongside him. He then comes to the conclusion that Xena is going to make Aphrodite a God so she can restore love to the world. Grinnhilda helps Xena enter Valhalla and steal the apples. Xena then uses them to make Ares and Aphrodite both Gods. She then returns the apples to Odin. Later at a tavern, the interviewer questions Xena and Gabrielle about the true nature of their relationship. Just when Xena is about to explain the camera runs out of power before she can.
14. Path of Vengeance
Amazon tribes from all over the world are converging on the location of Varia's tribe to form one great Amazon nation. While this was happening, Eve was on a trek towards Varia's camp to bring her a message of peace. A group of Roman soldiers was sent to guard Eve, who was displeased with the military presence. The Amazons overwhelmed the Romans and even killed those who surrendered, at Varia's order. They took Eve captive and lead her back to the camp. Varia ordered the Siberian Amazons under the rule of Cyane to guard the entrance to their land. Upon hearing of the attack on the Romans, Xena and Gabrielle headed towards the Amazon land. Eve was on trial in front of the council of queens when the two arrived. Gabrielle was able to join the council as she was an Amazon queen. Xena discovered that Ares had been influencing Varia and encouraging her lust for vengeance. She decided to try and show the Amazons that Ares would lead them to their destruction, with little avail. Gabrielle, seeing no other course of action within Amazon law, challenged Varia for the right to be queen. Gabrielle lost the challenge and Eve's life was put in Xena's hands. Xena attacked Varia before Eve could be executed, and was able to show her the error in her ways. Varia then left the path of vengeance and set Eve free. Eve left Xena and Gabrielle and headed east.
15. To Helicon and Back
At Varia's coronation, a group of masked warriors attack and kidnap the new queen. They kill many Amazons in the process. The Amazons and Xena discover that Varia was taken to a nearby fortress known as Helicon. Xena sets out to infiltrate the fortress and kill the leader of the masked men. The Amazons, lead by Gabrielle, board a ship and sail towards Helicon under the cover of darkness. Xena confronts the leader of the warriors, Bellerophon, who reveals that he is the half-god son of Artemis. He plans to kill all the Amazons because they deserted Artemis when she tried to kill Eve. Xena escapes from Helicon and rendevous with the Amazons, who were attacked with a catapult from Helicon. The Amazons have suffered heavy casualties. Bellerophon sets Varia free so she can die with her tribe. He also promises to not kill the Amazons if Varia kills Gabrielle. Xena discovers this and stops Varia. Gabrielle strips Varia of her position as queen and harshly reprimands her. Many Amazons, including the queens Gwyn-Teir and Mawu-ka are killed. Xena lures Bellerophon into a heavily wooded area, where the Amazons attack him and his troops. Most of the Amazons engage in hand to hand combat but Cyane stays in the trees and shoots arrows at Bellerophon's men, until she runs out. Xena kills Bellerophon. The sparse handful of tearful Amazons that are left alive join together and solemnly anoint their victory.
16. Send In the Clones
The year was 2001, and three dedicated Xena fans, along with Doctor Alexis Los Alamos, had tracked down a strand of hair from Xena and Gabrielle. The quartet managed to successfully clone the ancient heroes. They attempted to jog the memories of the two in order to wake them up, by playing a series of clips from the television, very similar to some that are shown at the conventions. After Xena and Gabrielle had woken up, Alexis lured Gabrielle away from the group and had her arrested. She then sent Xena on a spree of destruction to save Gabrielle. At this point, the three fans realized that the doctor was not who she claimed, and she revealed herself to be the evil shamaness Alti. The sorceress tracked Xena and Gabrielle to a junkyard where she fought Xena, and was destroyed. However, in killing Alti Xena caused some fluid canisters to ignite and explode. She was able to save the fans, but she and Gabrielle appeared to perish.
17. Last of the Centaurs
As Gabrielle walked with Xena through the marketplace of a town, she stopped to try on a cap and shall. While she was changing, the ghost of Ephiny appeared to her. Only Gabrielle could see Ephiny because the two were linked through their Right of Caste. Ephiny informed Gabrielle that King Belach has put a price on the head of her Centaur son, Xenan. Xena, Gabrielle, and the ghost of Ephiny went to Belach under the guise of being bounty hunters. They discovered that Belach was the son of Borias, Xena's former deceased lover. The three then tracked down Xenan, who had allegedly kidnapped Belach's daughter, Princess Nicha. When they found Xenan, they discovered that he and Nicha were in love and married, and that Nicha was pregnant with Xenan's son. The whole group began to travel until they found the remains of every Centaur from Xenan's village. This enraged Xenan. The warrior princess set out to talk to Belach only to discover that he was nothing like his noble father, and he only wanted to destroy and kill the Centaurs. However, she was able to eventually get through to him after his grandson was born. Belach accepted his daughter's husband. Xenan and Nicha named their child Borias.
18. When Fates Collide
The mutilated soul of the long dead Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, had chained the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. With the Fates out of the way, Caesar proceeded to unravel a portion of the Fates foreboding loom. He re-wove the strand to recreate his fate. Reality altered as a new time stream developed. Caesar was, once again, the Emperor of Rome, but in this reality, Xena was his mighty Empress. The two were undergoing negotiations with Lao Maa, ruler of Chin. She sent two emissaries to Rome. The emissaries offered Caesar some documents and were killed shortly after by the High Priestess and chief advisor to Caesar, Alti. In this reality, Alti had a younger appearance and had not yet unearthed her true powers and true evil. Even her voice was more innocent. Later that evening, the palace turned out to see a play, written by the famous playwright, Gabrielle. After the performance, Xena went to Gabrielle to tell her how much the play had moved her. The two then became engrossed in a deep discussion about love. Even later still in the evening, Xena walked to the balcony that faced Gabrielle's. As she stared at the playwright, Alti approached Xena. She told the Empress that it was her intention to usurp her power and take her place as Caesar's Empress. The two began to attack one another and during the altercation, Alti used her power to make Xena relive her past, and live her future subconsciously. However, Xena recalled events from the actual reality before Caesar meddled with Fate. Alti was stopped by Caesar and taken to the dungeon. Alti implicated Gabrielle in her crime and she, too, was arrested. Xena was intrigued by the other reality so she ventured to Alti's cell, with the help of the prison guard, Joxer. There, Alti showed Xena the alternate reality, and Alti learned about her role in Xena's life, and of her true evil powers. Seconds later, Gabrielle was taken from her cell to be crucified. Xena managed to stop the execution by telling Caesar that she knew about the alternate reality, and she would destroy him if he didn't spare Gabrielle. Xena made certain the Gabrielle got a horse rode out of Rome, but Xena knew Caesar could not be trusted so she rode after Gabrielle, only to find Alti viciously attacking the playwright. Xena fought the Priestess but was ambushed by the Royal Roman Guard. The hardened Joxer managed to save Gabrielle. The playwright went to Xena in her cell and could hardly contain her emotions. Gabrielle left Xena and fled to the Temple of the fates while Xena was being crucified. Gabrielle took a torch from the wall of the temple and said that because of the Fates, her life was destroyed and her love was lost and she did not care about the fate of the world now. So, she threw the torch into the loom, causing a shockwave that was felt across the Universe. All was restored to normal as Xena and Gabrielle were reunited in the woods.
19. Many Happy Returns
It was the eve of Gabrielle's birthday and the two were on their way to Thebes to deliver the Helmet of Hermes. On the way, Gabrielle made Xena promise not to play any practical jokes on her during her birthday. However, Xena crossed her fingers. The two ran across a religious cult preparing to sacrifice a young maiden named Genia. The two saved Genia, but she was not about to thank them. She'd been raised her whole life to be sacrificed and was dismayed by her liberation. While playing practical joke after practical joke on one another, and with the help of Aphrodite, Xena and Gabrielle attempted to show Genia that she shouldn't blindly follow some god. All the while, the warlord Ferragus attempted to steal the Helmet of Hermes from Xena. Eventually Xena thwarted Ferragus and instilled in Genia a sense of self worth. The episode closed with Gabrielle reading a poem by Sappho that Xena had given her and the two of them using the helmet to fly across the ocean.
20. Soul Possession
In the modern times, a new Xena scroll was discovered. It was read at a C.H.A.K.R.A.M. (Center for the Historical Accuracy of Key Research in Ancient Mythology) conference. A conference that was attended by Annie, the reincarnation of Joxer. The scroll was said to reveal that Ares and Xena were married. As it was read, it revealed a sequence of events that occurred after Gabrielle and Hope plummeted into the lava pit in Sacrifice II. The scroll began after Xena had seen Alti's vision of Gabrielle's death alongside herself. She returned to Greece to find a drunken Joxer. As the two searched for Gabrielle, Ares intervened and said he would reunite Xena and Gabrielle if Xena married him in front of the Fates. (A marriage in front of the fates is eternal.) Xena eventually agreed, but she insisted that they be married by the lava pit. At the wedding, before their marriage was finalized, Xena jumped into the lava pit, but she was rescued by Ares. She then deduced that Ares had saved both Hope and Gabrielle. He agreed to give Gabrielle to Xena if she agreed to marry him. However he would let her live her current life with Gabrielle, without interfering. Xena agreed and the contract was made. However, Xena stole the contract and hid it with the lost scroll in the ocean, where it was found 2000 years later. After the scroll was read at the conference (which was now being attended by the newlywed Harry and Mattie, formerly Xena and Gabrielle) Ares arrived to claim Xena as his wife. Xena's soul was placed into Annie's body by Ares, and Joxer's was placed into Harry's. Annie managed to trick Ares into destroying the contract. Xena and Gabrielle were then reunited as Annie and Mattie.
21. A Friend in Need - Part 1
Xena and Gabrielle were talking about their future at their campsite when a young monk named Kenji approached them. He informed that Xena needed to go to Japan at the request of a ghost named Akemi. On their voyage to the East, Xena disclosed her past involving Akemi. According to Xena, she and Borias had kidnapped Akemi from an evil man, and she was grateful to them. Xena taught her the ways of a warrior, including the pinch. Xena and Akemi traveled through Japan to find Akemi's father, Yodoshi, but they stopped to pay respects to her grandfather, and to obtain a sacred kitana. When they reached Akemi's father, Akemi used the pinch to kill him because he was evil. She then asked Xena to kill her with the sacred blade and bring her ashes to Higuchi. Xena agreed to do so after Akemi mortally wounded herself. After Xena told Gabrielle of her past, the two disembarked from the boat and swam ashore to Higuchi, which was being attacked with fire balls. The two used a series of dazzling acrobatics to punch a hole into a water tower to douse the burning city. After they saved the city, the resident ghost killer told Xena that while she saved the city this time, she could never atone for killing 40,000 innocent inhabitants of it. Xena was unaware, but when she ventured to the city to return Akemi's ashes, she had started a fire that destroyed the village. She knew that she had to atone for her past. The next morning, Xena showed Gabrielle the pinch. Also, the ghost killer told Xena that he had the power to kill Yodoshi, who had become an evil spirit, but he could not get close enough to the demon, only another ghost could. Xena and Gabrielle prepared for war as armies led by the lord of the dark land, Yodoshi, gathered on the horizons.
22. A Friend in Need - Part 2 (Series Finale)
Before the battle against Yodoshi's army commenced, Xena was shown burying her armor and her sword. She kept her chakram. Xena engineered a huge explosion that wiped out much of Yodoshi's troops, however, it did not destroy enough. The army shot a barrage of arrows at Xena, and her head was cut off by the general of the army, Morimoto. Xena's spirit then joined Akemi's spirit in the teahouse. Her spirit met with Gabrielle in the woods, and she explained that only a spirit could kill Yodoshi, so she allowed herself to be killed. Xena then allowed Harukata to kill Miyuki, and Xena stole her anklet. Kenji explained to Gabrielle that she could bring Xena back from the dead if she burned Xena's body, and sprinkled her ashes into the Fountain of Strength on Mount Fuji before the sun set for a second time after Xena died. Before Gabrielle left the teahouse, Akemi gave her two tattoos, a dragon on her back and left calf. Gabrielle then left, reclaimed Xena's body and set out for Mount Fuji. Back at the teahouse, the group made an attempt to kill Yodoshi. But, they were unsuccessful because Yodoshi was too strong. It was then discovered that Yodoshi's strength was due to the fact that he had been drinking from the Fountain of Strength. Xena knew that in order to kill Yodoshi, she would have to go to Mount Fuji. As Gabrielle reached the mountain top, she encountered Morimoto. She quickly knocked him out, but the urn containing Xena's ashes had fallen onto an outcropping on a cliff side. Just then, Yodoshi arrived to drink from the fountain. Gabrielle was able to give Xena some of the water, rejuvenating her. Xena then engaged Yodoshi in an epic battle through the tree tops, and eventually killed him by chopping off his head. Just before Gabrielle could pour Xena's ashes into the fountain, Xena's spirit stopped her. She told Gabrielle that she had freed the 40,000 souls, but they could not reach a state of peace unless they were avenged. This could only happened if Xena died, and stayed dead. So, after exchanging "I love you's" Xena and Gabrielle embraced as the sun set and Xena's soul disappeared. Gabrielle then returned to the boat that they came to Japan on, and sailed away with Xena's ashes, alone.
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