Beowulf (guest star Renato Bartolomei), a Norse warrior, sets out on a quest with Xena (Lucy Lawless) after she decides to right a wrong from her dark past.
Detectives Goldstein and Christey investigate when a gym bag containing a man's severed head is found washed up on a beach.
When Kahlan's feelings for Richard begin to compromise her mission, she sets off in search of another Confessor to guide the Seeker. In the meantime, Richard and Zedd are attacked by a group of D'Haran soldiers and a Mord'Sith named Denna. After capturing Richard, Denna attempts to coerce him into joining forces with the evil Darken Rahl.
Xena (Lucy Lawless) must battle Grindl, a monster she created when she was an evil warrior, in order to recover a dangerous enchanted ring. With Renee O'Connor, Glen Levy, Luanne Gordon, Brittney Powell and Renato Bartolomei.
Richard learns that Darken Rahl's most trusted commander, Demmin Nass, is assembling a massive force of D'Haran troops. But when Richard refuses to believe an evil sorceress who says Nass will kill him, she casts a spell which causes Richard and an unsuspecting villager to trade identities, convincing everyone that the villager is really the Seeker.
