DEATH MASK

The men who attacked Xena's hometown turn up. "It was fighting him that twisted me...." -Xena. One of Corteze's raiders is Xena's brother! His name is Taurus and he, too, is after Corteze. We learn of the other brother, Lyceus, who died on the same mission. (Xena can pop a blade out between her breasts?!) Taurus is banished and Xena brought into camp. She learns that there's an inside man at the king's castle. She and Taurus go to tell the king. But the king is Corteze! He escapes. So do Xena and Taurus. We learn that Xena thinks Gabrielle wise when it comes to justice. She tries to talk Taurus out of becoming an assassin. (She doesn't want to lose another brother.) The baddies capture Taurus and set a trap for Xena. They let themselves get sent into the castle prison. She coerces the head guard into giving information about the king's location and lets Taurus leave. A fight! They all pool together in the courtyard with Corteze captured. "Fight now; talk later." -Xena. In the end, Taurus doesn't take revenge and feels all the more free.