Season 1 Episode 09 - Death In Chains

Hades appears to Xena and asks her to help him free his sister, Celeste, who has been kidnapped by an elderly but good King. It's not however straight forward since Celeste is Death and with her held captive no one can die. At first Xena thinks this is a good thing and ignores the request, but when Xena and Gabrielle meet some injured people in the road, her opinion begins to change. When they visit a hospital, she becomes convinced that she must free Celeste so that these peoples suffering can come to an end. Assisted by Gabrielle and a friend she's met on the road who has knowledge of the King's Palace, Xena sets off to release Celeste. This proves difficult but Xena does it in the end and Gabrielle finds out that the man she met before was dying on a terminal illness, so by freeing Celeste they killed the man.