Icus (David de Lautour), the gentle 12-year old son of Anteus (David Ackroyd) and Zora (Teresa Woodham), runs away from home when his desperate mother warns him he's about to be sacrificed by his own father. Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) intercede before a group of religious Zealots, led by Icus' older brother Maell (Karl Urban), can capture the frightened and defenseless young boy. When Xena learns about Icus' terrible predicament, she
