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-> Directed by Creator/JohmFawcett
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-> Directed by Creator/JohmFawcett
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-> Written by Creator/RJStewart
-> Directed by Creator/JohmFawcett
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No flying horses were harmed during the making of this motion picture, although several villages were bombarded with aerial manure.]]''
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No flying horses were harmed during the making of this motion picture, although several villages were bombarded with aerial manure.]]''
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* WhamShot: Other than the new armor and the terrifying monster, it didn't seem to be out of the ordinary for a Xena episode. That changes when Xena hops on a horse... that proceeds to fly on its own.
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* WhamShot: Other than the new armor and the terrifying monster, it didn't seem to be out of the ordinary for a Xena episode. That changes when Xena hops on a horse... that proceeds to fly on its own.own.
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* {{Valkyries}}: It's revealed that Xena was once a Valkyrie under the service of Odin.
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* {{Valkyries}}: It's revealed that Xena was once a Valkyrie under the service of Odin.Odin.
* WhamShot: Other than the new armor and the terrifying monster, it didn't seem to be out of the ordinary for a Xena episode. That changes when Xena hops on a horse... that proceeds to fly on its own.
* WhamShot: Other than the new armor and the terrifying monster, it didn't seem to be out of the ordinary for a Xena episode. That changes when Xena hops on a horse... that proceeds to fly on its own.
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* SealedEvilInACan: Grendel was trapped in a prison created by Odin. 35 years later, it was revealed that he has escaped.
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* CoolHorse: Valkyries ride horses that can fly without the need for wings.
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* SparingTheAces: Xena decides to spare head valkyries Brunhilde for reasons unknown at the time.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Gabrielle finding Beowulf but no sign of Xena other than her armor.
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* FightingYourFriend: Gabrielle ends up fighting the woman she was talking to earlier in the day. Gabrielle puts up a good fight and draws blood, but she is eventually overwhelmed. It turns out the lady wanted to see how good Gabrielle was in a fight.
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* RingOfPower: Xena creates a ring out of the rheingold in order to make her invincible.
* StoryArc: This is the first of a three-episode arc set in Northern Europe.
* StoryArc: This is the first of a three-episode arc set in Northern Europe.
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* LastStand: Evil Xena convinces a group of vikings to stand and fight instead of retreating as suggested by Brunhilde.
-->''Xena'': This is a battlefield! The only thing to do here is fight. Your pursuers come over that rise in seconds. So you can surrender and crawl back to your hovels and the everlasting scorn of your kinfolk, or you can go out in a blaze of glory and fight and die in Odin's name!
-->''Xena'': This is a battlefield! The only thing to do here is fight. Your pursuers come over that rise in seconds. So you can surrender and crawl back to your hovels and the everlasting scorn of your kinfolk, or you can go out in a blaze of glory and fight and die in Odin's name!
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Gabrielle tracks down Xena who is going on a suicide mission to settle unfinished business in Nordic lands.
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* BarrierBustingBlow: Just when the two thought the area has become quiet, Grendel punches through the gate and sends him flying.
* DearJohnLetter: Xena leaves behind a letter to Gabrielle stating she doesn't expect to make it back to her.
* {{Greed}}: Evil Xena approves of the way the vikings died in the name of greed:
->''"Greed is one of the fundamentals of life. It's like sex. It's-it's like the will to power. It's survival."''
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Both Xena and Beowulf are knocked around all over the barn.
* SuicideMission: Xena makes things clear to Gabrielle on her letter that her trip up north is one she sees no chance of surviving. It's why she left Gabrielle behind.
* {{Valkyries}}: It's revealed that Xena was once a Valkyrie under the service of Odin.
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* BarrierBustingBlow: Just when the two thought the area has become quiet, Grendel punches through the gate and sends him flying.
* DearJohnLetter: Xena leaves behind a letter to Gabrielle stating she doesn't expect to make it back to her.
* {{Greed}}: Evil Xena approves of the way the vikings died in the name of greed:
->''"Greed is one of the fundamentals of life. It's like sex. It's-it's like the will to power. It's survival."''
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Both Xena and Beowulf are knocked around all over the barn.
* SuicideMission: Xena makes things clear to Gabrielle on her letter that her trip up north is one she sees no chance of surviving. It's why she left Gabrielle behind.
* {{Valkyries}}: It's revealed that Xena was once a Valkyrie under the service of Odin.
