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While fishing with Xena (Lucy Lawless), Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) reels in a wounded Athenian soldier -- and in an instant, both of our heroines are surrounded by the Horde, a primitive tribe of warriors with whom Xena has had a traumatic previous encounter. Escaping, Xena and Gabrielle come across other Athenian victims of the Horde's brutality, and before long Xena is forced to lead the surviving Athenians against their enemy. In the thick of battle, Xena's "dark side" re-emerges, and soon she has become as vicious and ruthless as the Horde -- thereby galvanizing the more compassionate Gabrielle into desperate action.