In Xena's earlier years. She and her family (her mother
Cyrene,
her father Atrius, her older brother Toris, and her younger
brother
Lyceus) lived in a village called Amphipolis, which
bordered
Macedonia and Thrace. Xena's father was a devoted
follower of
Ares, the God of War, which in turn lead to his death,
because one
night he came back from Ares's temple drunk and angry
and said that Xena had to die. Cyrene's motherly instances kicked in and
refused to let Atrius to kill Xena. So he said they both will die
then, and off
he went to the barn to sharpen a knife. This lead
Cyrene to the
only thing she could do to save her child..... she
picked up an ax and
killed Xena's father. Xena however, doesn't learn
of this till much
later in her life when the furies make her insane
for not avenging
her father's death.
Years later, when Xena was a teenager, an army raided
her village
under the order's of a warlord named Cortese. Xena's oldest
brother Toris, tried to persuaded the villagers to take to the hills and
hide,
but, Xena and Lyceus got some of them to stay and fight.
![]() It was during this time that Xena fell in love with a
warlord named
Petracles, who asked Xena to marry him. Xena said
yes and then
found out that he only wanted to conquer her, so when
she said yes, he lost interest. It was also during this period in her life
that she
captured a Roman noblemen by the name of Julius Caesar.
As well
as a Gaelic slave named M'Lia.
![]() the use of pressure points. When making
friends with M'Lia, Xena started (or so she thought) a
relationship with Caesar, who later betrayed her. Caesar captured Xena
and her men to
![]() ![]() After this Xena went east and found herself caught up
with a warlord named Borias. Xena became close to him as well.
They were known as being ruthless butcher's. When Borias then tried to
start some political maneuverings with Ming Tzu,
![]() ![]() After that, Xena formed a new army (with Broias as her
chief
lieutenant) and went on a bloody rampage of destruction.
Xena was
now known as "The Destroy of Nations". I'm not sure
as to why she went on this rampage, maybe to try to ease her own pain?,
but in any
case she did and during it she came across the Ixion Stone.
Ixion was
the father of all centaurs, and the stone was said
to carry all the essence of Ixion's evil centaur. Also it was said
that the stone would bestow great power to who ever use the stone to change
himself into that wicked centaur. Xena wanted this power and she
and her army fought the group of centaurs (lead by Kaleipus) who was guarding
the stone. It seemed that Xena would bet the centaurs and gained
the stone, if it wasn't for the fact the Borias once again betrayed her
and helped to keep the stone from her. Xena ordered for the capture
of Boris (alive) but Dagnine (another of her lieutenant's) killed him,
which Xena didn't find out till years later. Xena distort at the
loss of Borias, made a deal with Kaleipus. She promised to withdraw
![]() After this it is assumed the Xena made her returned to
Greece and went the bloodiest rampage you could image. Raiding village's
left, right, and center. This is where Callisto comes into play.
![]() ![]() Now to what I believe was Xena's greatest task.... Hercules!.
Xena by this time really wanted to make a name for herself, and hey, what
better way to do that then to kill the son of Zeus!
Go to the next page to read about Xena's fight to kill
Hercules.
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