Hope (Xena)
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In Xena:Warrior Princess, Hope is the daughter of Dahak, born of Gabrielle. She is a recurring villainess in the series.
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When helping to defend Britannia against Julius Caesar, Gabrielle came in contact with an evil cult that tricked her into killing one of its priestess, Meridian. Using her, the dark god, Dahak, had managed to impregnate her, just as Xena was able to rescue her. For two weeks, the child inside Gabrielle grew, and eventually was born a girl. Gabrielle named her Hope. Fearing that the child would become a danger to the world and a pawn for its evil father, Xena wanted to kill her, but unbeknownst to Xena, Gabrielle saved her daughter by putting her in a basket and sending her downriver. This precipitated a major rift between Xena and Gabrielle, a story arc that spanned several episodes and included Gabrielle betraying Xena by foiling Xena's attempt to assassinate the tyrant Ming-Tian. Gabrielle alerted Ming-Tian to the plan and unintentionally caused Xena to be imprisoned and tortured.
A year later, Gabrielle found Hope again, now looking like a nine year old, and already in the process of helping her father, Dahak, implement his plan to take over the world. Hope allied herself with Xena's enemy, Callisto. In revenge for Xena's attempt to kill her as a baby, Hope murdered Xena's only son, Solan. This forced Gabrielle to accept that Hope was indeed dangerous. She killed her daughter by giving her poison, an act that continued to haunt Gabrielle throughout the series. She held herself responsible for Solan's death, as well as for betraying Xena a second time, even after reconciliation with Xena was effected through the musical journey in The Bitter Suite.
Therefore, when she once again encountered Hope, who had been saved from the funeral pyre by her father Dahak, Gabrielle sacrificed herself to save Xena by jumping into a lava pit and taking Hope down with her. At the time, Hope was pregnant with Ares' child, the first Destroyer (there were supposed to be six more in Dahak’s plan). Dahak once again saved his daughter, inadvertently saving Gabrielle as well.
Hope ultimately gave birth to the Destroyer. Pretending to be Gabrielle, she returned to Gabrielle's hometown Poteideia. Xena later returned to Poteideia and was reunited with "Gabrielle". With news of a wild beast brutally murderering animals at night, Xena found the Destroyer and barely escaped with her life. Discovering that she was dealing with Dahak's grandson, Xena deduces that "Gabrielle" was really Hope. Finding the real Gabrielle, the two devised a plan to kill Hope and the Destroyer.
Gabrielle found the Destroyer, who (thinking she was its mother) hugged her. Xena used this moment to stab it in the back with her sword, fatally wounding it. When Hope ran out to help her child, the Destroyer (thinking she had betrayed it) stabbed her before realizing how it had been tricked by Xena and Gabrielle. Crying, it hugged its mother before the two died.
