When Ares gets a new protégée, Agathon, and gives him the powerful metal of Hephaestus to do with whatever he pleases, Xena and Gabrielle join forces with four murderers from Xena’s past to stop Agathon. But Ares’ obsession with Xena is growing and Agathon can see it and though Ares agrees to let Agathon take on Xena without any interference from the God of War, Ares comes to Xena to warn Agathon of his plans in an attempt to save Xena’s life.