Xena: Warrior Princess 1st Appearance Collection #[nn]

Xena returns to her home in Amphipolis to find it in ruins, her past laid waste—her first thought is vengeance, and her target is Hercules. But when she confronts him, she learns the truth: he didn’t destroy her city, and together they must track down the real enemy. With Gabrielle, Iolaus, and Atalanta at her side, Xena sets out on a journey that tests her loyalty, her past, and the bonds she thought she’d lost.

In "The Warrior Princess Part Two of Three: The Shaper," Xena and Hercules race to stop a shape-shifter named Periclymenus from kidnapping Hercules’s mother in Thebes—only to learn the real threat is just beginning, as the shifter plans to seek a powerful potion from his alchemist brother. With Iolaus at their side, the trio must outwit a foe who can change his form and stay one step ahead of a scheme that could reshape the fate of the world.

In the final chapter of this trio, Xena and Hercules face the Shaper in a climactic clash that tests their resolve and reveals a chilling truth: no matter the form he takes, his stripes remain. As the battle unfolds, the line between victory and lingering threat blurs—what’s truly defeated, and what might yet return?