Sacrifice has become a familiar motif in the show. A lot of people have died along the way. It doesn't pay to get close to Xena. Xena's darkness engulfs characters like a consuming cloud of despair. Queens drop like flies.
Brothers vanish in the twinkling of an eye.
That was kind of sad, and goofy, but this show has been goofy ever since Gabrielle tried to throw her first punch. It just sort of goes with the territory. If you get involved with Xena, you'll turn both dark and goofy. So I suppose it was inevitable that Draco, the villain whom everyone loved, ended up consigned to the halls of lovesick goofiness. But he does a great shock-rock video.