Editing Xena (section)

===Origins on ''Hercules''===
Xena originally appears as a [[villain]] in the ''Hercules'' episode "[[List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episodes|The Warrior Princess]]". Ten years into her career of pillaging and marauding, Xena meets Hercules. Initially, she sets out to kill him.<ref name="wp">{{cite episode|title=The Warrior Princess|series=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|series-link=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|airdate=13 March 1995}}</ref> In "[[The Gauntlet (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)|The Gauntlet]]", her army turns against her, believing that she has become weak after she stops her lieutenant, Darphus, from killing a child in a sacked village. Xena [[Running the gauntlet|runs a gauntlet]] and survives, becoming the only person ever to survive the gauntlet. She then fights Hercules in the hope that she will regain her army if she can bring back his head. Xena seems to be getting the upper hand until Iolaus intervenes, inadvertently giving Hercules his sword, which allows him to fight Xena on equal ground and defeat her. However, Hercules refuses to kill Xena, telling her, "Killing isn't the only way of proving you're a warrior". Inspired by Hercules' integrity, and by the fact that he too lost family and yet chooses to fight in their honor, she decides to join him and defeat her old army.<ref name="th">{{cite episode|title=[[The Gauntlet (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)|The Gauntlet]]|series=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|series-link=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|airdate=1 May 1995}}</ref>

In "[[Unchained Heart]]", the two share a brief romantic relationship before Xena decides to leave and start making amends for her past.<ref name="uh">{{cite episode|title=[[Unchained Heart]]|series=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|series-link=Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|airdate=8 May 1995}}</ref>