Xena's inventive wit allows her to struggle free and she watches doubtfully as Callisto is sucked under. A fight ensues and Xena and Callisto fall into quicksand. Xena catches her again and is wracked with guilt as Callisto taunts her about her past. She finds Xena, but is still unable to defeat her and instead makes her suffer by plunging her sword though the heart of Gabrielle's recently-wedded husband, Perdicas. However, Callisto later escapes, weaponless, easily crippling and killing her guards. She hands her over to the authorities, who throw her in jail.Ĭallisto dies for the first time, in " Return of Callisto" Xena has no choice but to engage with her and in a close fight Xena beats her, but cannot kill her. She hopes to revive Xena's reputation as a villain planning to kill Xena after destroying her reputation. She begins her campaign of revenge by raiding and burning villages and savagely slaughtering people in Xena's name. In Callisto's first episode, we see that Callisto has recruited a small army and spends her days training hard with them until she is "as good as Xena". But if Xena killed Callisto, she is proving that her past deeds would never be forgotten nor set right. If she lets Callisto live, she would continue to wreck havoc, kill, plunder and pillage. I want no part of it." ―Callisto, in " Return of Callisto"Ĭallisto's first two episodes set up the themes of hatred, revenge and guilt, and posed the ethical dilemma of how Xena could never put right the damage of her evil past. Love is a trick that nature plays to get us to reproduce. It was shown in the Hercules episode Armageddon Now Part 2 that after the death of her family, Callisto's heart was filled with vengeance and hatred.Ĭallisto after being handed over to the authorities in " Callisto". Every living thing was devoured by the flames that swept through the village. She grew up in the little village of Cirra, which was attacked by Xena's army. She also commented on having a sister, but she has never been seen. Young Callisto and her mother, during the attack on Cirra, in " Armageddon Now Part 2"Ĭallisto was the daughter of Arleia and Pankos. She displays signs of borderline personality disorder and sociopathy constantly. On many occasions she has let the opportunity to simply kill Xena pass by, as she would rather have Xena suffer and feel the same pain that she did. She cares not for honor or fair play and takes delight in tormenting her foes. Traumatized by the raid on her home town as a child, Callisto has been consumed with a twisted hatred and love for violence, pain and torment. She has outsmarted and beaten Xena on several occasions and also seems to have a strange affiliation with Xena's Chakram, catching and using it whenever the opportunity arose. However she would often get carried away when fighting, entering a blind rage which would cause her to lose focus. She was a highly skilled strategist and martial artist, with fighting skills on par with Xena. Her murderous nature led to the deaths of several people, such as Strife, Perdicus and Solan, which helped her to build antagonistic relationships with Ares, Gabrielle and Xena, respectively. She was then sent to Heaven by Xena and became an Angel, before reincarnating into Eve, Xena's daughter, who would later become the bringer of Twilight and peace. After her final death, she was sent to Hell and became a Demon and later an Archdemon. She has been a mortal, an immortal, due to the Golden Apples, and a Goddess, due to Ambrosia. She witnessed the death her family and the destruction of her home, died twice at the hands of Xena and was sent to Tartarus, Hell and Heaven. She built an antagonistic relationship with Xena throughout the years, (along with others, notably Gabrielle and Hercules) constantly attempting to destroy her both mentally and physically.ĭespite her short temper and evil behavior, Callisto's life was filled by many events. She was one of the most bloody and ruthless warlords of the time, due to witnessing the horrific deaths of her mother, father and sister at the hands of Xena, during a chaotic assault on her village. Do you understand me?" ―Callisto to Xena in " Sacrifice II"Ĭallisto of Cirra was a major character and villain on Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. All the love and joy I had died that night in Cirra when you killed my family. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys " I just want my creator to know why I have to enter Oblivion.
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