Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) aided by the alluring and powerful Atalanta (Cory Everson) confronts his wicked half-brother Ares, the god of war, who uses a band of boy-soldiers to quench his undying thirst for bloodshed. Hercules goes to Ares’ cave. There he sees his wicked half-brother, rising from behind a pool of blood, his huge bulbous skull-head atop a body of mangled corpses of fallen warriors. A fierce battle ensues.
On their way to deliver the Helmet of Hermes to Thebes, Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor) save the young virgin Genia (Katie Stuart) from being sacrificed by religious zealots.
Hercules (Kevin Sorbo), with the help of the Amazon Ephiny, the Centaur Nagus and a youth marked for murder (Danielle Cormack, James Gaylyn, Jonathon Roberts), must stop a volcano from destroying the people of Mount Pelion.