The Battling Bard of Potedeia

This is a list of mostly canon (unless stated otherwise) places Gabrielle has travelled or passed by during the run of the show. Reminder that the Xena timeline in itself borrows and moves myths and legends about, so it's not an exact science in what specific era this show takes place. Note, this doesn't necessarily count Xena's own adventures, only places where Gabrielle has been in, with or without Xena.

Additionally, some names of countries and cities are completely different from their modern day counter parts and some names are practically made up by the show's canon. So this should explain why places like Nippon/Japan are referred to as Jappa/Land of The Rising Sun in the show. The reason for the name changes also seems to stem from production and other external decisions to allow the show on air. One could also argue it was to give more degree of separation from the Xenaverse to the real life parts, given that the show was put in a bit of a spot with religious groups in the past.

There's also made up places, locations that are not exact, and a lot of traveling. Here we go!


DIVIDED BY CONTINENT:

• EUROPE: Greece, Britannia, Italia, Norseland (Explained below), Macedonia (Only in reincarnation).

• ASIA: Turkey, Chin, Jappa, India, Syria, Siberia, Phoenicia (Lebanon), Palestine.

• AFRICA: Egypt, Morocco, Unspecified desert (Suspected to be Argelia - explained way below),

• AMERICA (NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH): United States (only visited in Reincarnations and in 'Send In The clones'), otherwise never visited in canon.

• ANTARTICA: Never visited in canon.

• OTHERWORDLY/FANTASY REALMS: Illusia, Aiden's Realm, Tartarus*, Hell*, Heaven*, Amazon Land of The Dead.


Under the cut, there's more goodies and more details.
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So, I was researching tattoos in Japan, especially on Samurai, and I came up with a few interesting details that I thought I would share.

As I was reading this article, I came across some interesting bits.

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It's been so much fun finding out new things about Gabrielle, and it goes to show how much detail and passion was put in the show.

PROMPT: Talk about your Muse's parents/family.


While Gabrielle had no problem leaving her family behind to go on adventures with Xena, it's later on seen that she may miss them quite a bit -- as she has told Xena stories about them, about her sister Lila especially. Gabrielle's parents do not seem to take Xena so kindly, seeing as they had a totally different future envisioned for Gabrielle and somehow blame Xena for the path she took (not knowing Gabrielle was the one that got the idea in Xena's head anyways). To then, she probably was the farm girl still, their little girl, no matter how much she's grown. After the whole Hope thing, they may have been left with some bittersweet feelings after all.

I don't think they ever fully liked Xena, but they learned to accept that Xena was a part of Gabrielle and that Gabrielle was happy to be with her.

Some spoilers ahead, as with everything in this profile.
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So, this marks the beginning of the character study tag! In here, I'll grab prompts, questions, lists and questionnares in regards to Gabrielle and her character. I'll be taking some liberties here and there, but it's a good exploration of character. So, I figured I would share on the journal too!