R.J. Stewart Archive

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Since Xena must be dead to fight Yodoshi, she allows a samurai and his warriors to kill her. Gabrielle learns that she can bring Xena back to life by burning her body and putting the ashes in a magic spring before sunset on the second day. Gabrielle fights the samurai for Xena’s body. She then builds a pyre and collects Xena’s ashes. Meanwhile, Xena’s spirit comes to a teahouse where other spirits that are against the evil Yodoshi dwell. Eventually Xena defeats Yodoshi and releases the many souls that he has held captive. But, in order for those souls to remain at peace, Xena must stay dead. Gabrielle realizes that she must sacrifice her friend for the greater good. But as she departs, Xena’s spirit promises to be with Gabrielle always.

    A Friend In Need Part 2

    Since Xena must be dead to fight Yodoshi, she allows a samurai and his warriors to kill her. Gabrielle learns that she can bring Xena back to life by burning her body and putting the ashes in a magic spring before sunset on the second day. Gabrielle fights the samurai for Xena’s body. She then builds a pyre and collects Xena’s ashes. Meanwhile, Xena’s spirit comes to a teahouse where other spirits that are against the evil Yodoshi dwell. Eventually Xena defeats Yodoshi and releases the many souls that he has held captive. But, in order for those souls to remain at peace, Xena must stay dead. Gabrielle realizes that she must sacrifice her friend for the greater good. But as she departs, Xena’s spirit promises to be with Gabrielle always.

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Xena and Gabrielle must travel to Japan to save the city of Higuchi. There is a group of samurai that stands in the way. Xena is determined to battle an evil ghost named Yodoshi, but he can only be harmed by the dead.

    A Friend In Need Part 1

    Xena and Gabrielle must travel to Japan to save the city of Higuchi. There is a group of samurai that stands in the way. Xena is determined to battle an evil ghost named Yodoshi, but he can only be harmed by the dead.

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  • Xena disguises a mortal Ares as a farmer in the middle of nowhere in order to hide him from warlords seeking revenge.

    Old Ares Had a Farm

    Xena disguises a mortal Ares as a farmer in the middle of nowhere in order to hide him from warlords seeking revenge.

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  • When Xena journeys to Norse to stop a vicious beast she created, Gabrielle soon follows and learns of Xena’s past as a valkeyrie and the crimes she committed after she made the Rheingold into a powerful ring.

    The Rheingold

    When Xena journeys to Norse to stop a vicious beast she created, Gabrielle soon follows and learns of Xena’s past as a valkeyrie and the crimes she committed after she made the Rheingold into a powerful ring.

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  • Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.

    Who’s Gurkhan?

    Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.

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  • Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

    Motherhood

    Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

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  • When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena poses as the Egyptian queen in order to find out the identity of the killer, while romancing Marc Antony.

    Antony and Cleopatra

    When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena poses as the Egyptian queen in order to find out the identity of the killer, while romancing Marc Antony.

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  • Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

    Lifeblood

    Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

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  • While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle’s bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven’s angels and Hell’s demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

    Fallen Angel

    While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle’s bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven’s angels and Hell’s demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

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  • A present-day woman believes she’s the reincarnation of Xena, the warrior princess, while her disbelieving boyfriend thinks she’s crazy, and seeks help from a past life expert, with some familiar faces along the way.

    Deju Vu All Over Again

    A present-day woman believes she’s the reincarnation of Xena, the warrior princess, while her disbelieving boyfriend thinks she’s crazy, and seeks help from a past life expert, with some familiar faces along the way.

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  • Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.

    The Way

    Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.

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  • At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.

    Adventures in the Sin Trade Part 2

    At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.

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  • After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness Alti, along the way.

    Adventures in the Sin Trade Part 1

    After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness Alti, along the way.

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  • A brash teen tries to convince Xena that she would make a better partner than Gabrielle, by leading the duo to the stolen Urn of Apollo

    Forgiven

    A brash teen tries to convince Xena that she would make a better partner than Gabrielle, by leading the duo to the stolen Urn of Apollo

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  • After Gabrielle’s betrayal of Xena’s murderous intentions, Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon and sentenced to die, and she reminisces about Lao Mao’s teachings and the debt owed to her.

    The Debt, Part 2

    After Gabrielle’s betrayal of Xena’s murderous intentions, Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon and sentenced to die, and she reminisces about Lao Mao’s teachings and the debt owed to her.

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  • When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.

    The Debt, Part 1

    When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.

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  • In Britannia, Gabrielle becomes pregnant and rapidly gives birth to a baby girl she names Hope. Xena is unsure of what to do because the child is the offspring of the evil god Dahuk and she cannot decide between killing the child or protecting her.

    Gabrielle’s Hope

    In Britannia, Gabrielle becomes pregnant and rapidly gives birth to a baby girl she names Hope. Xena is unsure of what to do because the child is the offspring of the evil god Dahuk and she cannot decide between killing the child or protecting her.

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  • At Ares’s request, Xena is judged by the Furies for not avenging the murder of her father and is punished by persecution and madness, leaving Gabrielle to try and solve the problem and reverse Xena’s insanity.

    The Furies

    At Ares’s request, Xena is judged by the Furies for not avenging the murder of her father and is punished by persecution and madness, leaving Gabrielle to try and solve the problem and reverse Xena’s insanity.

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  • Xena and Gabrielle must help Ulysses, King of Ithica, who is trying to return to his island homeland after ten years away, but the god of the sea, Poseidon, doesn’t make it easy.

    Ulysses

    Xena and Gabrielle must help Ulysses, King of Ithica, who is trying to return to his island homeland after ten years away, but the god of the sea, Poseidon, doesn’t make it easy.

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  • Xena and Gabrielle spend a day trying to save two villages, one from a band of thugs, the other from a giant, while getting on each other’s nerves and trying to not kill on another.

    A Day in the Life

    Xena and Gabrielle spend a day trying to save two villages, one from a band of thugs, the other from a giant, while getting on each other’s nerves and trying to not kill on another.

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  • After Xena’s death, Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons, while Autolycus finds himself possessed by the warrior princess, Xena who needs ambrosia to bring herself back to life. But Xena’s rebirth and Gabrielle’s life are both threatened by an Amazon bent on obtaining the Amazon crown and the ambrosia.

    The Quest

    After Xena’s death, Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons, while Autolycus finds himself possessed by the warrior princess, Xena who needs ambrosia to bring herself back to life. But Xena’s rebirth and Gabrielle’s life are both threatened by an Amazon bent on obtaining the Amazon crown and the ambrosia.

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  • After being gravely injured, Xena’s life flashes before her, including the time when she learned the art of pressure points from a slavegirl and when she met Julius Caesar for the very first time

    Destiny

    After being gravely injured, Xena’s life flashes before her, including the time when she learned the art of pressure points from a slavegirl and when she met Julius Caesar for the very first time

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  • When Diana’s father takes ill, Xena is summoned and runs into yet another lookalike, a barmaid named Meg, who seems quite taken with Joxer.

    Warrior…Princess…Tramp

    When Diana’s father takes ill, Xena is summoned and runs into yet another lookalike, a barmaid named Meg, who seems quite taken with Joxer.

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  • Gabrielle plans to marry Perdicus, her hometown sweetheart, and must leave Xena and their travels, at the same time that Callisto has escaped from prison and is headed straight for them with vengeance in mind.

    Return of Callisto

    Gabrielle plans to marry Perdicus, her hometown sweetheart, and must leave Xena and their travels, at the same time that Callisto has escaped from prison and is headed straight for them with vengeance in mind.

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