Cyane I

Cyane was the Queen of the Amazons of the Steppes. She was a very powerful amazon, with strong spiritual powers, capable of defeating strong opponents, such as Xena (who was defeated by the Amazon Queen in a physical battle) or Alti (who was as well defeated by Cyane, but in a spiritual battle). She fought in the name of courage, which was her holy word.

Cyane nearly killed Xena, when the warrior princess was nothing but an evil warrior, by almost choking her to death barehanded; however, Borias stopped her and made a peace treaty with her and her tribe, so they could fight against the centaurs, which were considered as a common enemy. Cyane saw the good in Borias and warned Xena to let him go, so he could accomplish his desire of changing into a good warlord: "He's trying to change, Xena. Let him. If you two stay together, you're just gonna end up killing him." She also saw the good in Xena and offered her to join her tribe, so she could leave her dark past behind, and start a new life as an amazon. Xena felt tempted, and almost accepted Cyane's offering, but in the end, she changed her mind, and betrayed the Amazon Queen, after the evil shamaness, Alti, offered her a "better deal". Xena killed Cyane, along with all her most powerful amazons, almost vanishing the entire northern tribe. She did it because Alti needed Cyane's blood to increase her dark powers, and after Alti finally managed to drink the Queen's blood, she kept Cyane's soul and the souls of all the northern amazons trapped in the land of the dead. Alti then used all of their power for herself, and transformed their Amazon essence into evil energy.

Cyane remained trapped in the land of the dead, until the reformed Xena appeared almost 10 years later, helping the dead Amazon Queen and her tribe to cross to the other side. Xena trained the new amazons of the northern tribe, teaching them what Cyane had taught her, and with their help, managed to kill Alti, finding the Amazon's new holy word: Love.

Screencaps
All the following screencaps were taken from the Adventures in the Sin Trade: Part 1 and Adventures in the Sin Trade: Part 2 episodes.

Official Images
The following are the very few official images that there are of Cyane. If anyone has others that are not included here, please don't hesitate to add them.

Official Trading Cards
This are the official trading cards that feature Cyane. Some of them came autographed and are very rare to find.

Unofficial Trading Cards
This are unofficial trading cards designed by the fans.&nbsp

Misc. Pictures
(Cyane was portrayed by the actress Victoria Pratt)