The Road to Arcane (Xena 2.0 episode)

Plot
Day 3

Road to Amphpolis

The episode continues from where the events of the previous left off, with the Dark Priest's followers throwing Richard and Amarice off a cliff into the waterfall. But as they are falling, they suddenly find themselves on the foreshore where Ares is standing behind them. He tells them that he owed them one, from their previous encounter when he was briefly mortal. But Richard tells Ares that he wants one more favour, and requests that he help them with learning what Cyrene knows. Ares then tells Richard that he will owe a favour to the god of war, and Richard accepts it.

Day 4

Omphale Kingdom

Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Brittany arrive at Omphale's border, after they learn that King Omphale only comes out in public once a year for his slave auction. Luckily, the slave auction take place today. Sadly, the 48 brothers of Martnis that guard the gate won't let Xena and her friends pass. Xena fights off a few, but ultimately decides to do the smarter thing, which is to climb in over the wall. Xena ends up having Brittany put her up for auction as a slave for a day, knowing that it is the only way he can see Omphale. Once Omphale buys Xena for the day, he declares it to be a holiday and lets Xena relax, promising to give her the compass later on.

Amphpolis

Richard and Amarice arrive at Cyrene's tarven. When Cyrene sees then, she is both surprised and worried. They tell her that Xena is fine, but that she sent them to ask about Arcane. Cyrene has no clue what they are talking about, suddenly Ares appears. Cyrene asks what Ares is doing there, but Amarice mentions hes here to help her with her memory. Athena suddenly appears, then Cyrene is wondering why the gods are so invovled. Athena tells Cyrene that has protected this city for a long time, and that it may help. Cyrene's memory gets restored, flashes of the past suddenly comes back to her of Arcane. Both Athena and Ares both are wondering about what the other gods are going to think, especially Hera, but decide to stay out of the matter for the time being, before leaving.

Omphale Kingdom

That night, Brittany, Joxer and Gabrielle meets some of Omphale’s eunuchs as she eats a bare-bones meal at a seedy tavern. One of them is a chubby man named Waylin who is proud to be a eunuch. As typical, Malus comes into the tavern to bully the eunuchs for a daily payment of “protection” gold. Brittany stands up to him, claiming she's the Princess of Thesalonia. She ends up paying what the tavern owes Malus with the money she got from the auction. Though she chases them away, Malus promises to slit her “royal” throat if he sees her again. Gabrielle and Joxer back her up saying they are with her. Waylin tells Brittany that, despite the good she attempted to do, Malus will just want double next time.

Later, Dieaneria runs into her follower, who helps her escape from Malus and his gang. When she asks him why he is following her, he tells her that as she follows her destiny he follows her.

To Be Continued...

Appearances
Starring


 * Xena
 * Gabrielle
 * Richard
 * Ares
 * Athena
 * Amarice
 * Joxer

Guest Starring


 * Brittany
 * Dark Priest
 * Cyrene
 * King Omphale
 * Waylin

Continuity

 * This episode begins immediately following those in "The Calling".