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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/XenaS06E22AFriendInNeedPart2 "I am at your service, Lord Yodoshi." "You most certainly are. An eternity of playing the whore to service my appetite for souls."]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I am at your service, Lord Yodoshi." "You most certainly are. An eternity of playing the whore to service my appetite for souls."]]

-->--'''Ares''' on '''Dahak''', ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', "[[Recap/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneysS4E13ArmageddonNowPart1 Armageddon Now: Part 1]]"

* [[AntagonisticOffspring Ming Tien]], debuting in "The Debt" [[Recap/XenaS03E06TheDebtPartI two]]-[[Recap/XenaS03E07TheDebtPartII parter]], is the son of Ming Tzu, who grew up despising his "weak" father after the latter's assassination at the hands of Xena. Ming Tien grows up to be a cruel tyrant who personally tortured his own mother Lao Ma to death to take the throne, sadistically gloating to Xena how she refused to fight back against her own son the entire time even as Ming tore out her still-warm heart. [[Recap/XenaS03E12TheBitterSuite After his demise]], Ming's spirit is kept intact through the power of sheer hatred and [[Recap/XenaS05E07BackInTheBottle attempts to burn all of Chin to the ground with black powder]] in revenge.
* "[[Recap/XenaS06E02TheHauntingOfAmphipolis The Haunting Of Amphipolis]]": {{Mephistopheles}} is the first true ruler of Hell. A depraved demon who subjects every being in his realm to [[AndIMustScream an eternity]] of [[ColdBloodedTorture horrible torture]], Mephistopheles masterminded the death of Xena's mother and seeks to take over the Earth to turn it into a brand new hell. Attempting to trick Xena with [[MindRape horrific mental torments]], Mephistopheles plans to break the [[{{Hellgate}} barrier]] by having Xena kill her own innocent baby to unleash him upon the world.
* "[[Recap/XenaS06E04WhosGurkhan Who's Gurkhan?]]": Gurkhan TheMagnificent is the mysterious warlord responsible for the death of Gabrielle's parents in order to get at their other daughter, Sarah. Gurkhan regularly [[RapePillageAndBurn loots villages]] for would-be wives, [[{{Polyamory}} marrying women by the dozens]] while having any who fail to please him [[DomesticAbuse beaten to a bloody pulp]] and left in the dungeons to die. Not even longtime loyalty guarantees Gurkhan's favor, as Gurkhan orders Sarah murdered and her head put up on a platter on a whim after Sarah spent years clawing her way into Gurkhan's graces.
* "A Friend in Need" [[Recap/XenaS06E21AFriendInNeedPart1 two]]-[[Recap/XenaS06E22AFriendInNeedPart2 part]] SeriesFinale: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Yodoshi]] was a Japanese warlord in life who, after being slain by his own daughter Akemi after he murdered every other member of his family, was rejected from the underworld for being too evil. Yodoshi [[SoulEating feasts upon the souls]] of anyone he comes across, in one case devouring all 40,000 lives of a town Xena accidentally destroyed, keeping them [[AndIMustScream enslaved and in perpetual torment]] within him. Yodoshi even devours the soul of Akemi in the final battle, and promises Xena that he'll personally tear Gabrielle's head off her shoulders after he's done devouring Xena's soul.

* "The Debt" [[Recap/XenaS03E06TheDebtPartI two]]-[[Recap/XenaS03E07TheDebtPartII parter]]: [[AntagonisticOffspring Ming Tien]] is the son of Ming Tzu, who grew up despising his "weak" father after the latter's assassination at the hands of Xena. Ming Tien grows up to be a [[EvilOverlord cruel tyrant]] who personally tortured his own mother Lao Ma to death to take the throne, sadistically gloating to Xena how she refused to fight back against her own son the entire time even as Ming tore out her still-warm heart. [[Recap/XenaS03E12TheBitterSuite After his demise]], Ming's spirit is kept intact through [[ThePowerOfHate the power of sheer hatred]] and [[Recap/XenaS05E07BackInTheBottle attempts to burn all of Chin to the ground with black powder]] in revenge.

* [[ComicBook/XenaWarriorPrincess Comic]] (Creator/DynamiteComics): [[EverybodyHatesHades Anubis]], the [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]] God of the Dead, has designs on [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering the entire planet for himself]]. Manipulating a [[DivineConflict conflict]] between the Egyptian and Greek pantheons, Anubis takes advantage of the chaos to usurp Hades by poisonous, god-suppressing snakes while he tortures Hades [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]. Amassing an army of the dead, Anubis plans to unleash them on the world, killing every living thing to add to the ranks of the dead while he swells in power till everything submits or dies.

* "[[Recap/XenaS06E02TheHauntingOfAmphipolis The Haunting Of Amphipolis]]": [[Myth/{{Faust}} Mephistopheles]] is the first true ruler of Hell. A depraved demon who subjects every being in his realm to [[AndIMustScream an eternity]] of [[ColdBloodedTorture horrible torture]], Mephistopheles masterminded the death of Xena's mother and seeks to take over the Earth to turn it into a brand new hell. Attempting to trick Xena with [[MindRape horrific mental torments]], Mephistopheles plans to break the [[{{Hellgate}} barrier]] by having Xena kill her own innocent baby to unleash him upon the world.

* [[{{Mephistopheles}} Dahak]], lord of [[GodOfChaos chaos]] and [[GodOfEvil evil]], is a god who predates even the Titans themselves. Seeking to plunge the world into chaos to [[KillAllHumans destroy most of humanity]], Dahak is responsible for sowing evil through his cults and countless murders and cruelties. When the prophet Zarathustra refused to murder his family, Dahak killed them and cursed Zarathustra with immortality to never forget. Dahak rapes Xena's companion Gabrielle to beget the child Hope so he may use her to spawn a race of monsters to wipe out humanity and allow Dahak's coming upon earth. Dahak [[TheCorrupter corrupts]] the former hero Gilgamesh to destroy the world, with the latter killing Hercules's companion Iolaus. Dahak then tries to trick Hercules into damning Iolaus's soul while preparing to arrive upon Earth and enact his schemes of eternal chaos.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Dahak]], lord of [[GodOfChaos chaos]] and [[GodOfEvil evil]], is a god who predates even the Titans themselves. Seeking to plunge the world into chaos to [[KillAllHumans destroy most of humanity]], Dahak is responsible for sowing evil through his cults and countless murders and cruelties. When the prophet Zarathustra refused to murder his family, Dahak killed them and cursed Zarathustra with immortality to never forget. Dahak rapes Xena's companion Gabrielle to beget the child Hope so he may use her to spawn a race of monsters to wipe out humanity and allow Dahak's coming upon earth. Dahak [[TheCorrupter corrupts]] the former hero Gilgamesh to destroy the world, with the latter killing Hercules's companion Iolaus. Dahak then tries to trick Hercules into damning Iolaus's soul while preparing to arrive upon Earth and enact his schemes of eternal chaos.

[[Franchise/HercXenaverse A time long ago, a time of myth and legend, when the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering]]. The world cried out for heroes. These are [[CompleteMonster the worst]] that [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]], [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]], and their companions have ever faced, rather [[JerkassGods god]], [[TheConqueror warlord]], or [[EvilOverlord king]].

* [[Recap/XenaS06E04WhosGurkhan Who's Gurkhan?]]: Gurkhan TheMagnificent is the mysterious warlord responsible for the death of Gabrielle's parents in order to get at their other daughter, Sarah. Gurkhan regularly [[RapePillageAndBurn loots villages]] for would-be wives, [[{{Polyamory}} marrying women by the dozens]] while having any who fail to please him [[DomesticAbuse beaten to a bloody pulp]] and left in the dungeons to die. Not even longtime loyalty guarantees Gurkhan's favor, as Gurkhan orders Sarah murdered and her head put up on a platter on a whim after Sarah spent years clawing her way into Gurkhan's graces.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I am at your service, Lord Yodoshi."]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"You most certainly are. An eternity of playing the whore to service my appetite for souls."]]