Xena originally appears as an outlaw, approximately ten years into her career of pillaging and marauding, Xena meets Hercules. Initially, she sets out to kill him. But "The Gauntlet" sees her army turn against her, Xena finds the way to redemption to be more painful than she thought. Her past transgressions haunting her, she is about to give up on her life as a warrior completely. Xena is granted the power to kill gods as long as her daughter lives. She killed 40,000+ people.