Campbell Cooley

The spirit of the evil Shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield) attempts to capture the soul of Xena’s (Lucy Lawless) unborn child. When Xena (Lucy Lawless) experiences sharp pains in her stomach, Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor) takes her to see a midwife (Beryl Te Wiata). As the midwife examines her, a baby skeleton tears out of Xena’s belly. Horrified, Xena screams and loses consciousness. Gabrielle calls out to Xena and she wakes up - it was only a nightmare.

Led by a magical compass to the location of the Stone of Tears, Richard and Kahlan enter a mysterious, hidden valley. They find it occupied by a people whose sole purpose is to guard the object of the Seeker’s arduous search, and discover that it’s a land from which they cannot leave. Meanwhile, outside the valley Cara's reunion with a woman from her past leads her and Zedd into a deadly trap.