Grindl

Grindl is the monstrous creature that was created from The Ring. The monster is actually the Valkyrie, Grinhilda wearing The Ring. She had forsaken love for Odin and the ring robbed her of her beauty.

When Grinhilda put on The Ring, 35 years before the events in The Ring Trilogy, Xena trapped her in a forest by chaining together gates with Odin's lock. But when it escapes, Xena sets out to put things right.

Grindl had a child, of whom Xena killed, thinking it was her.