44 Is the chakram -- Xena's round killing thing -- a real weapon? (Xena: Warrior Princess)
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This article is from the Xena: Warrior Princess FAQ, by Paul Hilling p.hilling@bigfoot.com with numerous contributions by others.
44 Is the chakram -- Xena's round killing thing -- a real weapon? (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Kind of. It is derived from an item found in India.
From Jessica:
The chakram was indeed a weapon used by the Sikhs of northwest
India.
And from Linda Gaunt:
"Chakram or war-quoit, a thin, razor-sharp steel ring, once the
characteristic weapon of the Sikhs. The chakram is said to have
been thrown by being whirled around the index finger before
release." WEAPONS, New York, St Martin's Press, 1990, p. 81
Other information:
A long and wonderful article about chakrams was posted to
alt.tv.xena in early 1996. Check Deja News if you're spinning in
circles because you need to know more.
An alternative method of using the chakram was to whirl it around
a pole. This would give it greater spin than whirling it around
a finger (and would hurt less).
In theory, a chakram could be bounced off walls, but in practice
it was not used in any way like Xena uses her weapon. Xena's
chakram exploits are pretty much fantasy.
In "The Xena Scrolls" we learn that the chakram, broken in half,
is the key to releasing Ares from his tomb. The chakram must
bounce off the eye of Hephaestus to allow Ares to leave. When
the chakram is "made whole" with a "Shazaam" from Mel (Xena's
descendent), the spirit of Xena enters her descendent and Xena
appears in 1942. In the episode "Chakram", we learn that Xena
has been using the 'Dark' Chakram all these years after Ares (or
even Xena) grabs it from a temple. Xena has now also got the
'Light' Chakram, and has combined the two to make a stronger more
powerful weapon.
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