Warrior Princess 101 - Lesson 16: Giving Up the Old Dream for a New One
with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker
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Reference Materials for today’s class:
Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.13 – Athens City Academy of Performing Bards
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Gabrielle started out as a less than simple village girl who wanted to see more of the world than an arranged marriage in her hometown could provide. When she first began her travels with Xena, she stayed on the sidelines watching as the warrior woman beat up ruffians and fought angry kings and foiled the plans of vindictive goddesses. But she wasn’t just hanging around twiddling her thumbs and waiting until the fighting was over. All the time she was gathering the details of Xena’s adventures into her brain and turning them into stories, because what Gabrielle wanted most was to someday be a bard. Why else would she have been born with such a wonderful Power of Gab? Read more »



