Gabrielle (Hercules-Xena)

Gabrielle is a female television character who features in Xena: Warrior Princess.

Biography

Gabrielle

In this time, she was a farm girl living in the village of Poteidaia with her parents Herodatus and Hecuba and her sister Lila. Gabrielle insists on following an initially reluctant Xena on the road. The two women soon develop a strong bond of love and friendship. Over the six years of the series, Gabrielle evolves from a naive, idealistic teenager into a fully fledged, but deeply conflicted warrior fighting alongside Xena.

Although Xena was always hesitant to keep her out of danger, when Xena was shot with an arrow and needed to recover, leaving Gabrielle to fend for herself alone. She talks her way around an overbearing warrior and into Sphaerus's lap. Later she makes him guilty about hurting Xena while at the same time providing him with a way to become free from the situation. The experience dealing with Sphaerus and his father allows Gabrielle to appreciate Xena and what she can do, and while Gabrielle still depends on Xena for protection, Xena is now opening up to help from Gabrielle.

Gabrielle's innocence came to be tested when she was kidnapped to become the bride of Morpheus. Gabrielle wants to be a warrior like Xena, but soon she is once again able to get out of a situation using her own skills of survival without using a weapon by talking her way out of it. When Gabrielle says she simply wants to learn to survive, Xena tells her there is a difference between weapons.

Gabrielle becomes an Amazon when she risks her life to defend a mortally wounded Amazon Princess during an ambush. Before she dies, the Princess Terreis passes her "right of caste" to Gabrielle, so Gabrielle inherits her rank as princess of the Amazons. This makes Gabrielle the heiress presumptive to the Amazon Queen, Melosa. Melosa's adopted daughter Velasca becomes a rival for the position of Queen of the Amazons after Melosa's death, but Velasca's schemes (which include aspirations to goddesshood) are foiled by Xena and Gabrielle. As Gabrielle wishes to travel with Xena rather than rule the Amazons, she appoints her friend Ephiny to act as Amazon Queen in her place. Gabrielle learns how to fight with a fighting staff from the Amazons. With Xena's encouragement, she develops a philosophy of fighting for the greater good without killing. Years later Gabrielle passes her right of caste to the baby Eve, daughter of Xena.

Notes

• Gabrielle was created by Robert Tapert where she was portrayed by actor Renee O'Connor and featured in the Hercules-Xena universe.

Appearances

• Xena: Warrior Princess:

External Links

• Hercules-Xena Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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