04 What can you tell me about Gabrielle? (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.
04 What can you tell me about Gabrielle? (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Gabrielle comes from a walled village of simple people,
Poteidaia. Gabrielle's parents are both alive, as well as Lilla,
her sister.
Xena saved Poteidaia from destruction by the forces of Draco. It
was one of Xena's first "village" rescues after her conversion to
good. Gabrielle wanted to go with Xena to lead a "more exciting
life" and gradually insinuated her way into Xena's company.
Gabrielle is a talker. She has turned this into a skill and is
quite a storyteller. She has earned money as a bard and even won
the right to study at the Academy for Performing Bards. She
turned it down to "live the stories" with Xena. Originally
Gabrielle had no fighting skills, but in the "Hooves and Harlots"
episode she became an "Amazon princess" and chose to learn the
staff as her primary weapon.
Gabrielle and Xena are now "the best of friends" in the highest
and best ways that we can understand this phrase. Gabrielle also
plays an increasing role in helping Xena to see the good and the
light in all they encounter.
Gabrielle was engaged to a farmer named Perdicas when she met
Xena. He showed up later in the "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts"
episode as an officer in the Trojan Army.
In "The Return of Callisto", Perdicas tracked down Xena and
Gabrielle. He asked Gabrielle to marry him and when she saw how
sickened he was by killing she consented. Callisto killed
Perdicas in an attempt to draw Xena into a final confrontation.
Perdicas was played by Anotn Bentley in "Sins of the Past", but
he was played by Scott Garrison in "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts"
and "The Return Of Callisto".
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