Gabrielle

Pr-Series
An attack on her home village occurred when Gabrielle was just 14 years old, Gabrielle was forced to become a bride for a king's son. Gabrielle meet a young girl about 5 years older than her named Sierra, who was working in the palace with her mother who died of an illness when she was just 16 years old. Much later the pair escaped together, but not before Sierra revealed she was trying to return to her family, The Amazons. Soon after the pair bond, and Sierra returns to her Amazon sisters, and brings Gabrielle with her. The Amazons welcome Gabrielle into there family, and later Gabrielle is shocked to learn Sierra is her half-sister, when its revealed Gabrielle's father was involved with an Amazon briefly many years before Gabrielle was born, but Sierra's mother took the baby away from him to raise her as an Amazon. Gabrielle learns Sierra's mother was not banished from Amazon lands, but decided to give her and her daughter a normal life like her father did for Gabrielle, but her mother did truely die of an illness at the palace, but after her death they made Sierra a working slave for the king. On Gabrielle's 16th birthday, an attack on the Amazons saw Sierra killed in battle, and Gabrielle goes into post-traumatic stress following this, and even forgetting the last 3 years of her life. She leaves the Amazon village, and returns home reunited with her family.

Season One
When Gabrielle enters Amazon lands during Hooves and Harlots with Xena and Richard, Gabrielle's past with the amazons is revealed. Gabrielle is really an Amazon, but an tragic event occurred when her half-sister Sierra was killed in battle, and Gabrielle went into post-traumatic stress and was unable to recall the events that led to the downfall and later left Amazon lands when she lost her memory of her Amazon life, only remembering her simply village life beforehand. It was upon visiting the Amazon lands, that Gabrielle's memory starts to return, and begins to remember her Amazon life and that she is able to fight. Gabrielle retrains with the Amazons and reconnects with Ephiny and newly recruited Amazon Amarice. Gabrielle leaves the Amazon lands with a Sierra's fighting staff along with Amarice who decides to accompany her, Xena and Richard on there travels.

Later in the season, Gabrielle returns to her hometown and reunites with Lila. The pair feud over Gabrielle leaving a second time, but they eventually make-up. Gabrielle later tells Xena, Richard and Amarice that she couldn't bring herself to tell Lila about Sierra.

Season Three
Gabrielle and Amarice both return to the Amazon's and Gabrielle is shocked when an attack on the Amazons by a rival amazon tribe, sees Sierra taking the charge. Sierra has been trained by the Queen of this tribe Marla, who told her that her sister Gabrielle abandoned her and didn't care for her. Gabrielle, Amarice, Ephiny and a few Amazons set out to rescue there kidnapped sisters, in the hopes of forming an alliance. When Amarice and Ephiny are held at knife point, Gabrielle is forced into a challenge with Sierra set-up by Marla. When the two sisters prepare to fight to the death, Xena and Richard arrive. Xena reveals Marla's true intensions, and Sierra feels betrayed. As Amarice, Ephiny and Richard take the kidnapped sisters, including many of Marla's people who have decided to abandoned there queen. Marla decides to take matters into her own hands by killing Sierra herself, but Gabrielle saves her. Xena and Marla fight to the death, and Xena wins, but Marla would rather die, and falls to her death. Xena, Gabrielle and Sierra leave Marla's camp, but both Gabrielle and Sierra tell Xena they meet both meet up with her at The Amazon village later, citing they both have somewhere important to be. Gabrielle and Sierra return to Potedia, where Sierra reunites with her father and half sister Lila.