Orphan of War

Xena comes to the aid of a village of Centaurs when their existence is threatened by an ex-member of her army named Dagnine (Mark Ferguson) threatens their destruction to get his hands on the Ixion Stone. She also must face her past when she encounters Kaleipus (Paul Gittins) who is the man who raised her son Solon (David Taylor). Now Xena must chose between revealing the truth about her identity to her son or walking away and letting him live a normal life.

We all come to a point in our lives when we look back and say to ourselves: "I wish I had done things differently." Well Xena is given exactly that chance. She saves a Temple to the Fates from a group of thugs, and in the process kills a young boy, barely out of his teens. Filled with regret, Xena goes into the temple to find Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the three faces of fate, waiting for her inside. They give her one more chance to save not only the boys life but a chance to live her own life differently. Xena, of course, jumps at the chance. Who wouldn't? She leaves the temple and steps into a world much different than what she expects to find. Once again her beloved brother Lyceus (Aaron Devitt) walks the Earth, but it has other problems as well. We soon discover that the villains she stopped in her alternate life as a Warrior have virtually free reign in the world, doing evil without worry of punishment. Her mother is dead, her home village is under Siege, Gabrielle is a slave, and the Centaurs and Amazon's are all but extinct. It would seem, dear friends, that the world is a better place with the Warrior Princess in it...

Xena and Gabrielle team up with Joxer (Ted Raimi) and the disembodied head of Orpheus (Matthew Chamberlain) to stop Bacchus, god of wine, from turning innocent girls into deadly doggie monsters.

Callisto escapes from prison and goes on a war path to destroy Xena. Meanwhile Gabrielle and Perdicas marry. Their lives of happiness is destroyed however when Callisto kills Perdicas in an attempt to kill Gabrielle. This sets Gabrielle on her own war path to kill Callisto in revenge. When all is said and done Xena decides to allow Callisto to sink into a quicksand pit to die.

Xena discovers she has another look alike when she encounters Meg (Lucy Lawless) doubling as Diana (Lucy Lawless). Now Xena must stop Agus (Chris Bailey) from taking over King Lias’ (Norman Forsey) Kingdom and using his powerful army to take over the world.

Xena is experiencing guilt over allowing Callisto to die and the beautiful blond psychopath (along with Ares) uses this against Xena. Callisto trades bodies with Xena and sets out to destroy her hard-earned good name. Hades gives Xena one day to prove she is not Callisto or she will have to take her enemies place in Tartarus forever. Xena succeeds in proving to Hades she is not Callisto and he takes Callisto’s soul back to Tartarus, but Xena’s soul remains trapped in Callisto’s body.

Angry with Ares for invading his kingdom and playing with his souls, Hades steals Ares sword (which holds his godhood). Now Xena must help him retrieve it for without a god of war the people of the earth become aggressive. Xena poses as Callisto and goes to an island to retrieve the sword, and finds out that Hades has struck a deal with Sisyphus (Charles Siebert) that if he will send 10 of Greece’s best warriors to Tartarus Sisyphus can have his life back. What Hades really wanted was Ares. Xena succeeds in helping Ares get his godhood back, but will he live up to his end of the bargain of putting her soul back in her body?

Xena and Gabrielle must show a hard-hearted king the meaning of the spirit of love and winter solstice. (Basically “A Christmas Carol B.C).

The Xena Scrolls are discovered in the ‘40’s by Janice Covington (Renee O’Connor) and Melinda Pappas (Lucy Lawless). Their journey soon reveals to them that they are descendants of Xena and Gabrielle. Now they have awakened Ares and Xena’s spirit must return to put him back in his cage.

Xena is wounded saving Gabrielle and a group of slave girls from the barbarian king Sitacles (Slade Leef), and asks to be taken to an old friend/healer named Nicklio (Nathaniel Lees) who lives on Mount Nestos. While on the way she is lost in her memories of the past when she encountered Julius Caesar (Karl Urban) and met M’Lila (Eboni Smith), the girl-warrior who taught her the pinch. Unfortunately Xena’s wounds are too great and she dies.

Gabrielle is returning Xena’s body home when Ephiny (Danielle Cormack) beggs her to come take her place as Queen of the Amazons before a ruthless warrior named Velasca (Melinda Clarke), who killed Queen Malosa, takes over the tribe. Gabrielle agrees, much to Velasca’s dismay. Meanwhile Xena takes over Autolycus’ (Bruce Campbell) and uses him to help her find a stash of ambrosia so that she may be resurrected.

What would that be pray tell? Xena and Gabrielle believe they have gotten away lucky. Xena' is alive and reunited with Gabrielle. Ephiny is now standing Queen in Gabrielle's absence, but BEST of all Velasca is...dead? If I'm not mistaken, that broken and bloody beauty dragging herself into camp is the so-called DEAD Velasca. It would seem that Xena isn't the only one with a taste for Ambrosia now is it? Our ruthless Amazon wanna-be Queen is alive by her sheer hatred for Gabrielle alone. She eats the Ambrosia, right there in front of everyone (what, none for me? I said you were pretty for heaven's sake!) and morphs into this ruthless...bitch god with a lust for Gabrielle's blood. Even the Warrior Princess can only hold her own against a god for so long, and we all know Velasca's not about to share her little sack of goodies so what to do? What to do...The best way to fight a god, is with another god, but If you don't have a god handy, then go for an immortal. Xena and Gabrielle free Callisto from Hercules' little prison with the promise of Ambrosia. Like cheese dangling before a hungry mouse, Callisto just can't resist...

We are rewarded with a glimpse into just what a normal day for Xena and Gabrielle is like. They are summoned by Hower (Murray Keane) to save their village Laurel from the evil warlord Zagreus (Willy De Witt), and a giant named Gareth (Jim Ngaata). There they meet Minya (Alison Wall) who simply worships Xena. That fan worship quickly turns to jealousy when Hower confesses his love for Xena. Now Xena must stop a warlord, a giant and an the ugly green-eyed monster of jealousy before it destroys Laurel and the relationship between Minya and Hower.

Gabrielle is left to save the day when Aphrodite turns Joxer into a don Juan to break up the marriage of Prince Sarpedon (Craig Parker) and Princess Ileandra (Mandie Gillette) when their union would mean the destruction of many of her temples.

Important Character Introduction: Aphrodite. This episode is Aphrodite’s first appearance on Xena. Welcome Alexandra Tydings.

Xena must prove the innocence of Gabrielle’s friend Meleager (Tim Thomerson) when he is accused of murder and sentenced to death. In order to do this she will have to expose Judge Arbus (Tony Blackett) for the fraud he really is.

A brash young warrior named Palaemon (Jeremy Callaghan) kidnaps Gabrielle and gives her to Apex (Chris Bailey). Apex has plans to marry Gabrielle off to their dead king Solus and then cremate her so to keep the secret that the king died without an heir. This way the kingdom will go to Apex instead of the kings distant cousin. Meanwhile Xena must battle Palaemon (who wants to kill her in battle so he can be the best). In the fight she gets oil laced with sumac into her eyes. If she doesn’t get to the cure she will go blind forever. She convinces Palaemon to help her rescue Gabrielle even though doing so means she will lose her vision forever.

He's tall, he's dark, he's handsome, and he's got eyes to die for. A woman could just melt into them, and Xena does. He is the legendary Ulysses (John D'Aquino)and he's going home to Ithaca, if he can fight his way past Poseidon's traps. Xena and Gabrielle help him past those traps, and Ulysses wants Xena to stay to rule with him, since his wife Penelope is dead. Or is she? Just when Xena believe she may have found Mr. Right she has to let him go in the interest of honesty and morality.

Xena and Gabrielle think they've found paradise, especially for Xena when she finds that the fish are "Practically jumping on shore!" The much deserved vacation will have to wait however when the Horde, a violent race of warriors that once destroyed a scouting party from Xena's army years before, make their presence known. Xena and Gabrielle barely escape the first attack, and find shelter with a stranded company of Athenian soldiers. Xena has resigned herself to save these men, or die trying, while Gabrielle wants to find a way to establish peace. Xena begins to slip away into the darkness she barely keeps at arms length, and all hope looks lost until Gabrielle has mercy on a captive enemy and inadvertently discovers the key to peace. In this episode Gabrielle undeniably shines through as the Hero. I feel that it was this kind of difference between Xena and Gabrielle's personality and behavior that made this show so great. Ah...I miss this Gabby. Don't you?

When their ship is wrecked Gabrielle and Xena become separated. Gabrielle is picked up by the legendary and cursed Cecropse (Tony Todd), and to save her Xena jumps on board. Now the only way of is to redeem Cecropse and thereby break Poseidon’s curse.

Bliss (Cameron Russell) escapes with his father Cupid’s (Karl Urban) arrows and goes on a shooting spree in a village where Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer are working to stop Draco (Jay Laga’aia) from kidnapping a flock of Hestian Virgin’s to sell them into slavery.