The Battling Bard of Potedeia

Prompt: Tell us 13 strange facts about you.

"Well, I know my mun already wrote a few facts about me. But strange facts? I suppose I'll give it a go.

1. I was born with six toes, but I no longer have them.
2. I briefly was able to live my future life.
3. I was also briefly able to live an alternative version of myself.
4. Twice.
5. In one of those alternative versions of myself, I destroyed the Fates' loom and re-set the course of this time back to normal, after Caesar tampered with it...
6. There was a time where I had a premonition about how Xena would die in a battle against the Persians.
7. The tattoo on my back was done by a ghost.
8. Also, that tattoo has some sort of protective spells against malicious spirits, but this was something I was not aware of when I had it made.
9. I can grab things with my toes and undo some complicated knots.
10. I know who my soulmate is, I don't think many people get to know who is their soulmate.
11. My seasickness is quite something. By that I mean it's pretty bad, bad enough that Xena had to knock me out sometimes.
12. I have the scars of my crucifixion in my palms, a small scar hiding in the back of my head from when Xena cut my head to stop the Furies and a barely visible scar on my cheek from my time during my 25 year sleep. All of those things seem to make no sense for whoever reads without any context.
13. I died.


LOCKED from interaction.

PROMPT: Five people who have died and one who's still alive.

"Five people who have died... Off the top of my head I think of Perdicus, who died in the hands of Callisto. I think of Eli, who died by the hands of Ares. I think of Hope, killed by her own son. I think of Solan, who my own daughter -- Hope -- killed. And lastly, even if my heart aches, I think of Xena. The Legendary Warrior Princess, dead at the hands of an dishonorable samurai who outnumbered her a thousand to one.

The person who is still alive is me, to tell their stories."


LOCKED from interaction. Takes place POST-CANON.

"I sing of Meleager The Mighty, the man who saved my village. A man nearly wrongfully convicted to execution.

You would think I would talk about Xena, which I would. But I write of her in every other scroll I make. Today I want to dedicate a scroll to a dear friend. These days I've been ruminating about that dear old friend of mine that even wrote me in his testatement before his botched execution. When I met him, he was a man carrying the weight of his lifestyle on his shoulders, slowly succumbing to it. A good for nothing alcoholic, I thought, but the more I got to know him, the more I learned of the famed Hero.

But I looked beyond his habits and actually learned of the man behind the legend. A man of good heart, bravery and skills to boot. His history, his deeds, speak heights of him enough, but to truly be able to meet him was an honor I will never forget. To be able to help him at least try to fight back his urges to drink, or inspire him to do so, was an honor. He saw me as his daughter, a daughter that he could never have. I assume because of the lifestyle he led, or who knows.

But now, after my twenty-five year sleep... I fear that he might no longer be with us. If he died before I hibernated or after is irrelevant, as I know now that he would have not survived this long, being as old as he already was. I don't know where he may be buried, if there's a statue in his honor or the sorts, but I would like to go there to pay my respects.

For today I honor an old friend from where I sit writing, and hope that he had passed away peacefully and proud of the life he lived."

PROMPT: What do you do to relax?

"When Xena and I are not running around solving problems and doing heroic deeds, I suppose I like to sit down and write. Chronicling our feats and defeats, understanding the lesson in it all, it always helps me relax. Something about having that scroll in my lap, smelling that particular scent of brand-new parchment and having that quill gripped in my hand is cathartic, no matter the backdrop. Be it the beautiful mountains in the distance, or near the always soothing waterfalls, the quiet ponds or the desert with its strange beauty.

Besides that, there's nothing a nice bath can't help. Anything and everything leaves my body the moment I touch water and swim. Having a dip with Xena is particularly fun, there really is never a dull moment with her. Whether we start to playfully fight or massage each other after a long day, swimming with Xena never fails to relax me."