Eve (Xena: Warrior Princess)
| Eve / Livia | |
|---|---|
| Xena: Warrior Princess character | |
| First appearance | "God Fearing Child" |
| Last appearance | "Path of Vengeance" |
| Created by | Robert Tapert |
| Portrayed by | Adrienne Wilkinson |
| Information | |
| Aliases | "Champion of Rome" "Bitch of Rome" "Messenger of the Elijans" "Destroyer of the Amazon Nation" "The Child of Light" "Bringer of the Twilight" |
| Species | Human |
| Occupation | Commander of the Roman Legions as Livia Messenger of Peace as Eve |
| Family |
Xena (Mother; Deceased) Solan (Brother; Deceased) Cyrene (Grandmother; Deceased) Atrius (Grandfather; Deceased) |
| Significant other(s) | Ares when Livia |
| Affiliation | Xena, Gabrielle, Ares, Eli, Octavius, Virgil |
Eve/Livia is a fictional character created by Robert Tapert for the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She is portrayed by Adrienne Wilkinson as an adult and as a baby by infant actors. She is loosely based on Livia Drusilla who was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus.
Eve is the daughter of Xena and older sister of Solan, born of a miraculous conception after Xena and Gabrielle encounter a deity called the God of Light. When Xena chooses to save her former enemy, Callisto, from eternal suffering, the redeemed spirit of Callisto allows her to conceive a child, who is then selected to be her reincarnation.
Before her birth, Xena's unborn daughter is prophesied by the Fates to become the Bringer of Twilight, the human who will bring about the end of the rule of the Olympian gods.Zeus attempts to kill Xena and her child before this happens, but is thwarted by his son Hercules, who kills him with a rib of Cronus. Xena delivers the baby with Gabrielle's help in the shade of a tree, moments after Zeus's demise. Xena names the girl Eve, a name that her deceased son Solan suggested upon seeing him in the underworld. Meanwhile, Athena becomes the leader of the Olympian gods, and they continue their ceaseless persecution of the infant Eve. Driven to desperation, Xena and Gabrielle fake their own deaths, and that of Eve, by staging a fatal crash, then taking a sleeping draught in a manner similar to the ploy in Romeo and Juliet. They intend to awaken shortly afterwards, but the plan goes awry when Ares, believing them to be dead, buries Xena and Gabrielle in an ice cave on Mount Etna as great warriors and leaves Xena's sword and chakram. Eve remains in the custody of Xena's friend Octavius, who proceeds to take her to Rome and sends her to the provinces to be educated.
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