Mavican (Xena: Warrior Princess)

Mavican (Jenya Lano) is the main villainess in an episode from Xena: Warrior Princess called “Succession”
(Series 5, 1999). She is portrayed by Jenya
Lano.
Mavican is
a warlord leading a gang of bandits. She has set her mind to becoming the
successor and protégée of Ares (Kevin Smith), God of War, instead of Xena (Lucy Lawless), the warrior princess. After failing to receive the Olympian’s endorsement by sleeping with him, she decides to kill Xena in order to take her place.
Ares
decides to impose his own rules on this feud by sending Mavican, as well as
Xena and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) to an outer realm. There, Xena soon realises that Ares has
merged herself and Gabrielle into the same body, turning into herself by day
and into her companion as soon as the sun sets. However, unlike Gabrielle, Xena
can follow her friend’s moves during the night.
It is later learned that the "fame" is actually centered on Gabrielle, to succeed Xena's throne. Ares rules stated that if Xena killed Mavican then she stayed right where she was, trapped in the realm. He didn't, however say that Gabrielle couldn't kill Mavican.
After
failing to beat Xena in two successive fights, the evil Mavican then takes on
Gabrielle, who wanders aimlessly through the thick, strange forest. After
viciously strangling the young girl with a rope, she knocks her out and locks
her up in a wooden cage like a captured animal. Mavican self-importantly reveals
her true intentions to Gabrielle: she wants to be remembered for eternity as
the one who killed Xena in defiance of the gods’ will.
The rising sun unexpectedly transforms Gabrielle into Xena. Mavican realises ecstatically that
Xena is now trapped inside her cage. The heroine warns her that Ares is not to
be trusted, and that one never knows what his true intentions are. Mavican
arrogantly sneers that it is she who is playing Ares, and not the other way
around. She throws several spears into the cage to kill Xena. As she walks
towards the cage with relish in order to examine her supposed victim, she
suddenly receives a hefty blow against her head with one of the spears. Now
only semi-conscious, the overconfident villainess does not resist as a resilient Xena grabs her by the head and slams her violently against the bars. Xena manages to send the cage crashing down, freeing herself, but Mavican avoids captivity by suddenly vanishing.
Xena is
determined not to let the wicked Mavican kill Gabrielle, who is currently
trapped in the same body as herself. She lures her into another trap, where the
blonde warrior is momentarily blinded by thick smoke. Before she knows it, the
villainess is wrapped into a lasso made from thorny vines by Xena. The heroine
spins the villainess around several times, and finally comes crashing down on
her stomach, from where she tightens the ropes around her entire body. Now
defeated and rather painfully trussed up, the normally loudmouthed Mavican is
suddenly speechless. Moments later, the sun sets and Xena turns into Gabrielle
again. The villainess uses this opportunity to free herself. Fortunately for Gabrielle, Xena has prepared
another trap, by which a log hits Mavican into the stomach, offering a chance
to escape.
Although
she accumulates setbacks and injuries, Mavican has become so blinded by her
fury and ambition that she fails to realise that Ares’game is not at all about
her getting a chance to be his heir. In fact, Ares wants Gabrielle to kill
Mavican to prove her worth, and to become his successor. Ares appears before
Gabrielle in a cave with a bottomless pit and reveals his true plans. Moments
later, Mavican shows up and attacks Gabrielle. The heroine gains the upper
hand, but refuses to kill Mavican because she wants no part in Ares’ scheme.
Like Xena earlier in the episode, she offers Mavican a chance to join them
against Ares. However, the blonde villainess refuses and continues the fight.
Daylight finally comes, and Gabrielle turns into Xena again. During the fight,
the warrior princess causes several big rocks to fall down so that the only
exit from the cave is blocked. Mavican is aghast as she realises that her
self-appointed destiny to become known as she who killed Xena will never be
fulfilled. Even if she does Xena in there, no one will ever know.
Mavican’s
desperate attempts to overpower Xena come to nothing. In fact, she is now
kicked around like a doll by her adversary. Xena finally seizes the villainess
and jumps over the bottomless pit, where they both grab one of the ropes in the
middle, from where they cannot reach firm ground. Trapped in this way, Mavican
now panics and calls upon Ares for help. The god of war appears, but shows his
disappointment at his self-appointed successor, now pathetically begging for succour.
He re-opens the gate to the real world, but only lets Xena escape through it. Mavican
is horrified to realise that her destiny will be nothing more than hanging over
the void, possibly forever. As she screams in shock and dismay, the scene
closes on her, and she is never seen or heard of again. 
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