Xena Scrolls
by Gabrielle Bard of Potedia

• # 1 - Sins of the Past :: It was a warm day in Podedia when the bard awoke as she moved softly through the village. It was a time for new beginnings. For old allies to become new enemi...
   
  
• # 2 - Chariots of War :: And so we were off on our first official journey together. Xena the warrior princess and her trusty traveling companion Gabrielle Bard of Potedia. It wasn’t l...
   
  
• # 3 - Dreamworker :: There are many lessons to be learned from the warrior princess. I know that she can teach me, but convincing her of my value and skill is another story. Earli...
   
  
• # 4 - Cradle of Hope :: Do the things we encounter in life happen because of fate or is it simply by chance. My adventure with Xena began one morning upon awakening over a large nasty...
   
  
• # 5 - The Path Not Taken :: There was once this feud between two families that had gone on for many centuries. The families had been at war with one another for so long that one day they ...
   
  
• # 6 - The Reckoning :: Life is like a stream for the water it carries is the like the blood that runs through our veins. Only the water is the earth’s blood which supports all life. ...
   
  
• # 7 - The Titans :: I sing of a day when giants were freed and a friend was to prove herself to the one she looked to most. It all began when the sun was at its highest point whil...
   
  
• # 8 - Hooves and Harlots :: I sing of a warrior princess and an amazon princess who brought peace to a land in great turmoil. Their story begins upon walking through amazon territory whil...
   
  
• # 9 - Prometheous :: Once a long long time ago all people had four legs and two heads. And then the gods threw down thunderbolts and split everyone into two. Each had then two leg...
   
  
• # 10 - Death In Chains :: Most people think of death as the end. When in fact death can be the beginning of a wonderful tale. So I sing the tale of love and of death for there was once...
   
  
• # 11 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards :: There were once two orphans who spent their days together searching the world for their true families. They searched for a lifetime together feeling unsuccessf...
   
  
• # 12 - The Black Wolf :: There was once this rebel group in a small village between Amphipolis and Corinth. They challenged their leader Zercies for he taxed them into poverty. Most i...
   
  
• # 13 - The Warrior Princess :: I sing of a friendship that was tested. A friendship that was threatened by the desires of an evil warrior. Two vibrant brave heroes who were seemingly insepe...
   
  
• # 14 - Fistful of Dinars :: I sing of a virtue worth more than the largest treasure upon the earth. It is the virtue of trust and of a journey begun by four divided in half. This tale be...
   
  
• # 15 - The Gauntlet :: Inside all of us there is a yearning to do good and to be good. And its the same with the warrior princess. Her transformation from the ways of darkness into...
   
  
• # 16 - Royal Couple of Thieves :: Finding truth in others can be a difficult task, but finding truth in oneself can be an even greater journey. Xena and Gabrielle had been called upon by some o...
   
  
• # 17 - Unchained Heart :: I sing of the darkness which has bound the heart of the warrior princess. It was seemingly impossible to escape the chains which had bound it for so many long ...
   
  
• # 18 - Warrior, Princess :: In the kingdom near Liberia there once lived a young princess who looked very much like a warrior. Though her manners were that of royalty. King Lius was her ...
   
  
• # 19 - Mortal Beloved :: There was once a young girl who wandered through the woods late at night. She was carrying a basket full of flowers for a special occasion that was to take pla...
   
  
• # 20 - Beware of Greeks Baring Gifts :: There once was a face that was so beautiful that it launched a fleet of one thousand ships. The face was that of the beautiful Helen from the Trojan city of Tr...
   
  
• # 21 - Altared States :: There was once a young boy whose name was Icus. He was in grave danger for the almighty laid claim to his life. Icus’s father was Ateous a faithful follower t...
   
  
• # 22 - The Prodigal :: I sing of my own journey to becoming a warrior and of the lesson of a truth within myself. Xena and I were traveling along a treacherous rocky cliff as I playe...
   
  
• # 23 - The Ties That Bind :: They say that family is what binds people together stronger than any other force. The love of one’s family and the love they give in return seems greater than ...
   
  
• # 24 - The Greater Good :: Gabrielle a bard in training. Working delligently with her staff attempting to perfect the art of the warrior. Her victim was Xena’s noble horse Argo as she m...
   
  
• # 25 - Death Mask :: I sing of the wrath of vegence. Of how it began and of how it could end. Gabrielle walked alongside Xena and Argo twirling her staff about. She pondered the ...
   
  
• # 26 - Callisto :: I sing of the woes of Callisto. A woman who was struck down by the cycle of violence. Her life began in a village called Syra located somewhere between Corint...
   
  
• # 27 - Is There A Doctor In the House :: Pride holds a cost larger than ourselves. If only we could choose the peaceful value of life over blood and death putting our own selfish pride aside. For th...
   
  
• # 28 - Orphan of War :: The bard of Potedia had been traveling alongside the warrior princess now for over six seasons. She had learned so much about her friend the warrior princess a...
   
  
• # 29 - Remember Nothing :: I sing of a time when Xena the Warrior Princess never existed, and her best friend and loyal sidekick Gabrielle remembered nothing. It all began on this day el...
   
  
• # 30 - The Giant Killer :: I sing of David the warrior poet of Isreal. His courage shown on the battlefield, his gentle nature within his home. David’s truest passion was in his psalms,...
   
  
• # 31 - A Solstace Carol :: I sing of the king whose name was Silvace for he could not find the love in his heart to allow a celebration of winter solstace. An older poor couple was broug...
   
  
• # 32 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun :: All was silent in the Baccae forrest for Gabrielle did not hear a single note. The music of Orpheous did not speak. It was now six young girls from the neighb...
   
  
• # 33 - Warrior,Princess,Tramp... :: It seemed that word traveled fast in the land of Greece for Xena the warrior princess was needed by everyone. Her schedule was so busy and so dangerous that sh...
   
  
• # 34 - Return of Callisto :: I sing of the wrath of Callisto, the pain of Gabrielle, the courage of Xena, and the inefitable mystery of a friendship as immortal as the Gods. This tragedy b...
   
  
• # 35 - Intimate Stranger :: In life there is a fine line between what is a dream and what is a reality. Though sometimes it is difficult to define. The warrior princess awoke from severa...
   
  
• # 75 - A Good Day :: When does one know if upon awakening to the day if this day will be a good day, and when does one know if this day will be his last? Men make choices based upo...
   
  
• # 89 - Fallen Angel :: After death it is said that we either go to the Ellysian Fields if we are heros and champions of the greater good or we find ourselves in the clutches of Tartar...
   
  
• # 97 - Seeds of Faith :: I reveal to you a story of truth and of tragedy. It is the heart breaking story of the courage of those who have chosen to follow the way of love and peace for...
   
  
• # 106 - Anthony & Cleopatra :: I sing of a story that has already been sung, yet sung by those who may not know the real truth that I shall cast upon this scroll. It is a battle of epic prop...
   
  
• # 107 - Looking Death In The Eye :: Her celebrations at Thebes and Egypt were cut short because Xena the mighty warrior princess fought both night and day for the life of her newborn child as she ...
   
  
• # 110 - Motherhood :: I give resolution to a battle that has lasted since the birth of Xena’s child twenty-five years in passing. This story is of love which comes to us and is expr...
   
  
• # 115 - Legacy :: As I take a breath within this moment I do not know how it shall all end. Shall the greater good and its justice take precedence over a soul that once shun wit...
   
  
• # 127 - When Fates Collide :: Who can define the fine line between what is reality and what is only a wild story imagined within a nightmare. We don’t really know if we are in life or if we...
   
  
• # 129 - A Friend In Need :: The universe is full of wonder and of mystery. It is a tapestry woven with such complexity yet larger in simplicity. I found myself awakening in the early mor...