Cult of Dahak

The Cult of Dahak was a religious-type faction, led by the evil god Dahak and his Demi-god daughter, Hope. Dahak and his followers' were on a mission to take over the world, in order to use the planet as their homeland.

His cult began with a few followers meeting in a castle in Britannia. Dahak sent his deliverer, Krafstar, to seduce Gabrielle and bring her into a meeting of the cult, where she was forced to kill and subsequently impregnated with Dahak's child, Hope. This child would grow to build antagonistic relationships with Xena and Callisto, after allying with the latter. She would also go on to have a child with Ares, known as the Destroyer. After Xena and Gabrielle (with help from Callisto and Joxer) attempt to stop Dahak, they kill Hope and the Destroyer.

However, Dahak lived on and continued to haunt Hercules and Iolaus, when the latter was sacrificed to him whilst in Sumeria. Dahak inhabited his body and tried to enter the world this way, but he failed when Hercules stopepd him and revived Iolaus.