Post by Gabrielle on Jan 2, 2021 18:20:45 GMT -6
Name: Gabrielle
Alias: Battling Bard of Potidaea
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Alignment: Good
Pre-existing or Original: Pre-existing
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Greece
Physical Appearance:
Pic Base: Rene O'Connor
Special Abilities: Gabrielle has been training to be a warrior ever since meeting up with Xena, as such she is knowledgeable in several different fighting styles which involved using a wooden staff, sais, and swords. She also knows how to use the chakram which was once wielded by Xena prior to her death in Jappa.
Weapons: Sais
Chakram
History: Gabrielle was a farm girl living in her home of Potidaea with her father Herodatus, mother Hecuba, and her sister Lila, and was also to be betrothed to a man named Perdicas until Xena "Warrior Princess" came to her village. Fascinated, Gabrielle insisted on joining Xena, Xena reluctantly agreed and her journey and documentation of Xena's quest for redemption began.
Gabrielle first big milestone came while defending a wounded Amazon Princess named Terreis at the risk of her own life. Before breathing her last, Terreis passed the "right of caste" to Gabrielle making her an Amazon Princess, and the rival of Melosa's adopted daughter, Velasca, for the Amazon Queen position. Velasca's schemes were foiled by Xena and Gabrielle, and wanting to continue to travel with Xena, Gabrielle put her friend Ephiny in charge as acting Amazon Queen in her place. During her time with the Amazons, Gabrielle learned how to fight with a wooden staff which became her first signature weapon in her journey.
One year after meeting Xena, Gabrielle met up with Perdicas again in Troy, and after being proposed to decided to marry him, but their marriage was doomed to a short life as a day later Perdicas was killed by Xena's archnemesis, Callisto. Stricken by grief and anger, Gabriel found herself vowing revenge against Callisto, something that was very out of character for her, but in the end she managed to stay true to herself and resisted the impulse to take Callisto's life.
During the process of defending Britannia against Caesar, Gabrielle encountered an evil cult which tricked her to kill one of their own priestesses, losing her "blood innocence" in the process. This allowed the evil god Dahak to impregnate her with a child Gabrielle named Hope. It wouldn't take long before Hope took her first life convincing Xena that she was only a vessel for Dahak. When Xena announced her plans to kill Hope, Gabrielle saved her by sending her in a basket downriver, causing a major rift between herself and Xena to occur thereafter.
Gabrielle was reunited with her daughter several months down the road, seeing her to have aged to that of a nine year old. Hope allied herself with Callisto, and took revenge against Xena by killing her son, Solan. With no other choice but to accept that her child was evil, Gabrielle killed her with poison, and was haunted by that single act to this day. Gabrielle reconciled with Xena in the Land of Illusia, and sacrificed herself to save her by jumping into a lava pit with Hope, who was spared the funeral pyre by Dahak. By a miracle she survived, but that miracle turned out to be Ares, the God of War, who planned to use it as a means to bargain with Xena.
Still traumatized by her first kill and events concerning Hope, Gabrielle embraced pacifism as an alternative to fighting by Xena's side. Traveling to India the two met up with everything from false prophets, guruses, to a genuine healer/teacher called Eli. Interested in his philosophy (The Way of Love) Gabrielle became a follower, but when Xena got into a battle with the Romans to rescue her, Eli and a group of prisoners, Xena had her own chakram used against her by Callisto, breaking her back and leaving her vulnerable. Gabrielle picked up a sword to save her and before their crucifixion Gabrielle told Xena she had chosen, "The Way of Friendship."
Xena and Gabrielle ascended into Heaven after their deaths, but upon being ambushed by demons, Gabrielle was dragged off to hell where she faced a demonic form of Callisto. She was rescued by Xena, and a band of archangels, but learned that Xena has taken Callisto's place in Hell. Gabrielle was able to forgive Callisto for the murder of her husband and joined the other archangels in battle because of that forgiveness. In the midst of her battle with a demonic Xena, the two were brought back to life by Eli. Gabrielle dropped her philosophy of not killing in battle and acquired a pair of sais to continue to fight by Xena's side.
After their "rebirth," Xena became pregnant with a child who was said to bring about the twilight of the gods, making all three of them a target. As such, they drank a sleeping potion to fake their deaths, but Ares believed them to be dead, and placed them inside an ice cave where they slumbered peacefully for 25 years before awakening. Gabrielle reunited with her older sister, Lila, and learned that their parents and Lila's husband were killed trying to bring back Lila's daughter, Sarah, who was captured by Gurkhan.
During her struggles on claiming vengeance against Gurkhan, she was able to save Sarah, Gurkhan's other wives and alongside Xena and others, tricked his bodyguards into killing him permanently removing him as a threat. Sometime after that, Gabrielle led a tribe of Amazons into a high-casualty battle against a superior army led by the demigod, Bellerophon, son of Artemis, to rescue a fellow Amazon Queen and friend, Varia. Despite the success of the mission, Gabrielle tells Xena, "With each battle, I lose more of myself."
Xena and Gabrielle's quest together came to an end in Jappa, where Xena sacrificed her own life to right the wrong she had committed many years ago. After which Gabrielle is seen heading off to Egypt on a ship with Xena's spirit accompanying her. On the way however, a rift opened up in front of the ship and Gabrielle was pulled into it finding herself in an unknown location, Jenesis
Alias: Battling Bard of Potidaea
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Alignment: Good
Pre-existing or Original: Pre-existing
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Greece
Physical Appearance:
Pic Base: Rene O'Connor
Special Abilities: Gabrielle has been training to be a warrior ever since meeting up with Xena, as such she is knowledgeable in several different fighting styles which involved using a wooden staff, sais, and swords. She also knows how to use the chakram which was once wielded by Xena prior to her death in Jappa.
Weapons: Sais
Chakram
History: Gabrielle was a farm girl living in her home of Potidaea with her father Herodatus, mother Hecuba, and her sister Lila, and was also to be betrothed to a man named Perdicas until Xena "Warrior Princess" came to her village. Fascinated, Gabrielle insisted on joining Xena, Xena reluctantly agreed and her journey and documentation of Xena's quest for redemption began.
Gabrielle first big milestone came while defending a wounded Amazon Princess named Terreis at the risk of her own life. Before breathing her last, Terreis passed the "right of caste" to Gabrielle making her an Amazon Princess, and the rival of Melosa's adopted daughter, Velasca, for the Amazon Queen position. Velasca's schemes were foiled by Xena and Gabrielle, and wanting to continue to travel with Xena, Gabrielle put her friend Ephiny in charge as acting Amazon Queen in her place. During her time with the Amazons, Gabrielle learned how to fight with a wooden staff which became her first signature weapon in her journey.
One year after meeting Xena, Gabrielle met up with Perdicas again in Troy, and after being proposed to decided to marry him, but their marriage was doomed to a short life as a day later Perdicas was killed by Xena's archnemesis, Callisto. Stricken by grief and anger, Gabriel found herself vowing revenge against Callisto, something that was very out of character for her, but in the end she managed to stay true to herself and resisted the impulse to take Callisto's life.
During the process of defending Britannia against Caesar, Gabrielle encountered an evil cult which tricked her to kill one of their own priestesses, losing her "blood innocence" in the process. This allowed the evil god Dahak to impregnate her with a child Gabrielle named Hope. It wouldn't take long before Hope took her first life convincing Xena that she was only a vessel for Dahak. When Xena announced her plans to kill Hope, Gabrielle saved her by sending her in a basket downriver, causing a major rift between herself and Xena to occur thereafter.
Gabrielle was reunited with her daughter several months down the road, seeing her to have aged to that of a nine year old. Hope allied herself with Callisto, and took revenge against Xena by killing her son, Solan. With no other choice but to accept that her child was evil, Gabrielle killed her with poison, and was haunted by that single act to this day. Gabrielle reconciled with Xena in the Land of Illusia, and sacrificed herself to save her by jumping into a lava pit with Hope, who was spared the funeral pyre by Dahak. By a miracle she survived, but that miracle turned out to be Ares, the God of War, who planned to use it as a means to bargain with Xena.
Still traumatized by her first kill and events concerning Hope, Gabrielle embraced pacifism as an alternative to fighting by Xena's side. Traveling to India the two met up with everything from false prophets, guruses, to a genuine healer/teacher called Eli. Interested in his philosophy (The Way of Love) Gabrielle became a follower, but when Xena got into a battle with the Romans to rescue her, Eli and a group of prisoners, Xena had her own chakram used against her by Callisto, breaking her back and leaving her vulnerable. Gabrielle picked up a sword to save her and before their crucifixion Gabrielle told Xena she had chosen, "The Way of Friendship."
Xena and Gabrielle ascended into Heaven after their deaths, but upon being ambushed by demons, Gabrielle was dragged off to hell where she faced a demonic form of Callisto. She was rescued by Xena, and a band of archangels, but learned that Xena has taken Callisto's place in Hell. Gabrielle was able to forgive Callisto for the murder of her husband and joined the other archangels in battle because of that forgiveness. In the midst of her battle with a demonic Xena, the two were brought back to life by Eli. Gabrielle dropped her philosophy of not killing in battle and acquired a pair of sais to continue to fight by Xena's side.
After their "rebirth," Xena became pregnant with a child who was said to bring about the twilight of the gods, making all three of them a target. As such, they drank a sleeping potion to fake their deaths, but Ares believed them to be dead, and placed them inside an ice cave where they slumbered peacefully for 25 years before awakening. Gabrielle reunited with her older sister, Lila, and learned that their parents and Lila's husband were killed trying to bring back Lila's daughter, Sarah, who was captured by Gurkhan.
During her struggles on claiming vengeance against Gurkhan, she was able to save Sarah, Gurkhan's other wives and alongside Xena and others, tricked his bodyguards into killing him permanently removing him as a threat. Sometime after that, Gabrielle led a tribe of Amazons into a high-casualty battle against a superior army led by the demigod, Bellerophon, son of Artemis, to rescue a fellow Amazon Queen and friend, Varia. Despite the success of the mission, Gabrielle tells Xena, "With each battle, I lose more of myself."
Xena and Gabrielle's quest together came to an end in Jappa, where Xena sacrificed her own life to right the wrong she had committed many years ago. After which Gabrielle is seen heading off to Egypt on a ship with Xena's spirit accompanying her. On the way however, a rift opened up in front of the ship and Gabrielle was pulled into it finding herself in an unknown location, Jenesis
