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These are the stories of a time long ago…
A time of myth and legend, when the Earth was still young. The ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they played mankind for their sport, plaguing them with suffering, besieging them with terrors. For centuries, the people had nowhere to turn-no one to look to for help-until he arrived. He was a man like no other, born of a beautiful mortal woman but fathered by Zeus, King of the Gods. Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen, a strength surpassed only by the power of his heart. But everywhere he went, he was tormented by his stepmother, Hera-the all-powerful Queen of the Gods. Hera’s eternal obsession was to destroy Hercules, for he was the constant living reminder of Zeus’ infidelity. Despite her constant harassment, no matter the obstacle, as long as there were people crying for help, he would never rest…
But, the demigod did not stand alone. Regardless of the dangers, one courageous mortal stood with the Son of Zeus, to face evil and destroy the wicked, to safeguard the innocent and stand for hope in adversity. That mortal was Iolaus of Thebes, son of Skouros, former thief, the Golden Hunter, champion charioteer, valiant warrior, the loyal heart-brother to Hercules …a mortal who inspired others with his example and who would one day come to be honoured and worshiped as a god in his own right…
These are the stories of their adventures, the stories of myth and legend that inspire through the ages-the stories of a friendship that knew no bounds between two heroes who walked side by side and stood together, back to back, to bravely defend the helpless from whatever evil threatened…
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| # | Episode Title | Author | Air Date (posted on the evening of) | synopsis |
| 1 | Amazon Women | by Arianna | 19 September 2003 | Hercules returns home to attend his best friend's wedding and gets called away to help out a village with some mysterious 'monster' attacks which result in dire consequences for both our heroes. |
| 2 | Circle of Fire | by Melinda | 26 September 2003 | Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man but what if the gods took it back? |
| 3 | In Sickness and in Health | by Ceryndip | 3 October 2003 | This is what happens when a demigod and his best friend decide to settle down and be regular citizens.... |
| 4 | Underworld | by Owlharp | 10 October 2003 | Hercules is asked by a beautiful nurian maiden to help a village where a huge, smoking hole has opened in the ground. |
| 5 | Maze of the Minotaur | by Melisande | 17 October 2003 | Hercules and Iolaus set out to have a little adventure on their own but things are never quite what they seem |
| 6 | Beyond the Eastern Horizon | by Arianna | 24 October 2003 | After the death of his son, Iolaus decides to journey East |
| 7 | The Wrong Path | by Rhiannon | 31 October 2003 | Hercules' family are brutally murdered and he must find his way again alone. |
| 8 | Eye of the Beholder | by Caro | 7 November 2003 | Hercules tangles with an angry cyclops and 50 women who want to have his baby while Iolaus takes care of things back home. |
| 9 | The Road to Calydon | by Margui | 14 November 2003 | Hercules stops to help some villagers find a new home while Jason arrives in Thebes to pay his respects. Neither man gets quite what he bargained for... |
| 10 | As Darkness Falls | by Quiet Wolf | 21 November 2003 | Hercules attends the wedding of an old friend and ends up dealing with racism, attempted murder, kidnapping and blindness. |
| 11 | March to Freedom | by Arianna | 5 December 2003 | Oi-Lan and Cyrus, a young, newly married, couple in search of a new future are enslaved. When Hercules and Iolaus try to help, their motivations are misunderstood. |
| 12 | Ares | by Quiet Wolf | 12 December 2003 | Hercules and Iolaus deal with a group of kids that are working for the God of War, or so they think. |
| 13 | Festival of Dionysus | by Bwell | 19 December 2003 | Hercules and Iolaus are called to a kingdom in time for the annual festival to bless the new wine. |
| 14 | Pride Comes Before A Brawl | by Sandman | 9 January 2004 | Nemesis arrives with her sights on Iolaus. Can Hercules stop her from killing his best friend? And does he need to save him? |
| 15 | Gladiator | by Sandman | 16 January 2004 | Hercules decides to help a woman free her husband from jail by having he and Iolaus go undercover as prisoners. |
| 16 | Vanishing Dead | by Arianna | 23 January 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus get caught between two feuding sibblings |
| 17 | Strife | by Melinda | 30 January 2004 | Hercules, Iolaus and Jason deal with tragedy and racism at home |
| 18 | Warrior Princess | by MaryE | 7 February 2004 | Iolaus meets a woman who isn't quite what she appears. |
| 19 | Gauntlet | by MaryE | 14 February 2004 | Hercules runs into a Xena that's no longer in charge of her own army. |
| 20 | Unchained Heart | by MaryE | 21 February 2004 | Hercules, Iolaus, Xena, and Salmoneus band together to defeat Xena's forces. |
| # | Episode Title | Author | Air Date | Synopsis |
| 1 | The King of Thieves | by Llyra | 16 July 2004 | Iolaus is on trial for a crime he didn't commit. Can Hercules find the real culprit in time? |
| 2 | All That Glitters | by Margui | 23 July 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus discover that King Midas has converted his kingdom to a questionable new economy. One that may not be in his people's best interests. |
| 3 | What's in A Name? | by Bwell | 30 July 2004 | Hercules meets his brother unexpectedly and opens old wounds. |
| 4 | Siege at Naxos | by Ziggy | 6 August 2004 | Iolaus shows Hercules one of his best fishing spots but, as usual, the local warlord is never far away. |
| 5 | Outcast | by Quietwolf | 13 August 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus deal with prejudice and hatred first hand when they pay a visit to Deric and Lyla's new home. |
| 6 | Under the Broken Sky | by Ceryndip | 20 August 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus go to help Salmoneus with his business and end up helping a whole town. Meanwhile King Jason is dealing with troubles of his own. |
| 7 | The Mother of All Monsters | by Melisande | 27 August 2004 | Hercules returns home to find a plot against his life and his mother in the arms of a suitor which brings back memories of the past. |
| 8 | The Other Side | by MaryE | 15 October 2004 | Persephone has been kidnapped by Hades and while her mother, Demeter, mourns her missing daughter, the mortals are slowly freezing. |
| 9 | The Fire Down Below | by Quietwolf | 22 October 2004 | Salmoneus is in trouble again, only this time he's attracted the attention of the gods. It's up to Hercules and Iolaus to come to his rescue. |
| 10 | Prometheus | by Ziggy | 29 October 2004 | Prometheus stole fire from the gods and now he's back in the hands of the gods and men can no longer make fire. Will a hero make the ultimate sacrifice to free him? |
| 11 | Cast A Giant Shadow | by Marcia | 5 November 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus again must face the wrath of Echidna |
| 12 | Highway to Hades | by Arianna | 12 November 2004 | Hades enlists Hercules’ help to ensure the spirit of King Sisyphus of Patras is brought to the Other Side where it belongs. The mission is complicated by the tragedy of Timeron, who was tricked into taking Sisyphus’ place on his wedding night… |
| 13 | The Sword of Veracity | by Melisande | 19 November 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus intend to visit an old friend only to find their friend under arrest for murder. |
| 14 | The Enforcer | by Sandman | 3 December 2004 | Hercules meets an old love and Iolaus may have to make the ultimate sacrifice for his partner. |
| 15 | Once A Hero | by Caro | 10 December 2004 | Hercules and Iolaus return to Corinth for an Argonauts reunion only to find that the object of their original quest has been stolen. Jason is having difficulties dealing with his recent losses and kingdom politics. |
| 16 | Heedless Hearts | by Bwell | 31 December 2004 | Just an average day, Hercules and Iolaus get involved in a local revolution, Hercules nearly falls in love and Iolaus has visions of the future. |
| 17 | Let the Games Begin | by Sandman | 7 January 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus invent a new way to settle disputes called the Olympic Games and they work until Ares gets involved. |
| 18 | The Apple | by Caro | 14 January 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus attend a wedding only Aphrodite has other ideas about Iolaus and the bride. |
| 19 | Promises | by Arianna | 21 January 2005 | When Hercules and Iolaus arrive in Zebron for the wedding of the new King, Beraeus, they discover the bride-to-be has been kidnapped by a man whom Iolaus remembers as a coward from years before… |
| 20 | King for A Day: Orestes' Story | by Owlharp | 28 January 2005 | Iolaus meets an identical cousin who is about to become a king. |
| 21 | Protean Challenge | by Arianna | 4 February 2005 | Confusion abounds when Hercules and Iolaus begin to fight one another over the attentions of a lovely maiden… |
| 22 | The Wedding of Alcmene | by Quietwolf | 11 February 2005 | Jason and Alcmene decide to marry but someone else will have to be king of Corinth. |
| # | Episode Title | Author | Air Date | Synopsis |
| 1 | Second Chances I: When Love Takes A Holiday Nobody Wins | by Arianna | 8 July 2005 | Hercules escorts a prisoner to Spara, meanwhile Iolaus discovers relatives in the strangest places. |
| 2 | Second Chances II: For Love's Own Sake | by Arianna | 15 July 2005 | Iolaus continues to deal with what's become a family situation while Hercules is involved in a simple prisoner delivery gone wrong. |
| 3 | Mummy Dearest | by Barbara | 22 July 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus meet an Egyptian princess, Salmoneus runs a House of Horrors and a mummy walks. |
| 4 | Not Fade Away | by Sandman | 29 July 2005 | Hera sends an Enforcer after Hercules and Iolaus gets in the way |
| 5 | Green-Eyed Monster | by Marcia | 5 August 2005 | Being hit by Cupid's arrow makes you fall in love with the next person you see. Cupid loses his tools, Salmoneus finds them..... |
| 6 | Prince Hercules | by MaryCrawford | 12 August 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus plan to attend a festival and end up with one of them falling in love and the other falling into a vat of grapes |
| 7 | Lady and the Dragon | by Ziggy | 19 August 2005 | Iolaus and Hercules attempt to slay a dragon but things are never what they expect. |
| 8 | Long Live the King | by Owlharp | 26 August 2005 | Iolaus returns to Attica where no sacrifice is too great to protect the royal couple. |
| 9 | Encounter | by Quietwolf | 2 September 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus arrive in town to slay a monster only this monster isn't what she appears. |
| 10 | When A Man Loves a Woman | by Quietwolf | 9 September 2005 | Hercules has fallen in love with a woman who belongs to Ares. Will he sacrifice everything to be with her? |
| 11 | Judgement Day | by Quietwolf | 16 September 2005 | Hercules is framed for the murder of his wife. How high will the price of love be? |
| 12 | Surprise | by Sandman | 23 September 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus go home for a visit. Hercules' birthday turns into a near disaster. |
| 13 | Lost City | by Rhiannon | 30 September 2005 | Iolaus is called away to search for a missing cousin who it turns out has been taken in by a seemingly innocent cult. |
| 14 | Crucible of Heroes part one: Before the Legend Began | by Melisande | 7 October 2005 | Hercules, Iolaus & Jason go fishing and relive some of the bad times as well as the good and discuss how they got where they are. |
| 15 | Crucible of Heroes part II: The Golden Fleece | by Ceryndip | 14 October 2005 | Hercules, Iolaus and Jason remember their final adventure together from their Academy days. |
| 16 | The End is the Beginning | by Baisden | 21 October 2005 | A time traveling crystal and multiple Autolyci spell trouble for our two heroes |
| 17 | War Bride | by Sandman | 28 October 2005 | A spoiled princess looking for love, an ambitious sister looking for a kingdom with Hercules and Iolaus in the middle. |
| 18 | Rock and A Hard Place | by Melisande | 4 November 2005 | A murderer is dying. Will his death be punishment enough for the victims and the son he leaves behind? |
| 19 | Atlantis | by Ceryndip | 11 November 2005 | Hercules and Iolaus discover an unknown civilization just before it vanishes from the face of the Earth. |
| 20 | A Star to Guide Them | by Barbara | 16 December 2005 | Iolaus has a vision that sends him north, a confused Hercules following in his wake. |
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| # | Episode Title | Author | Air Date | Synopsis |
| 1 | Hero's Heart | by Melisande | 26 January 2007 | Fortune tries to help Iolaus after he fails to save a woman’s life and doubts himself. |
| 2 | Regrets...I've Had A Few | by Barbara | 2 February 2007 | Some memories are bittersweet. Hercules and Iolaus are reminded of this when they visit a friend whose time left on this earth is all too short. |
| 3 | Web of Desire | by Quietwolf | 9 February 2007 | Hercules and Iolaus take refuge from a storm in a pirate infested cave but are pirates the only other residents? |
| 4 | Stranger in A Strange World | by Arianna | 16 February 2007 | Two parallel universes collide and Iolaus gets trapped on the other side where the only way to save Zeus in both universes is for him to kill his best friend. |
| 5 | Two Men and A Baby | by Ceryndip | 23 February 2007 | Hercules and Iolaus are left with a baby and a mother in need of saving. |
| 6 | ...And Fancy Free | by Quietwolf | 2 March 2007 | Hercules helps a young dancer make her dreams come true. |
| 7 | If I Had a Hammer | by Arianna | 9 March 2007 | A lonely Atalanta builds herself a man and Hercules has a run in with a bunch of grapes. |
| 8 | Hercules on Trial | by Barbara | 23 March 2007 | No good deed goes unpunished. Hercules learns the meaning of this when his heroic deeds land him in trouble with the law. |
| 9 | Men in Pink | by Quietwolf | 30 March 2007 | Salmoneus and Autolycus take refuge in a most unusual place. |
| 10 | Armageddon Now Part 1 | by Ceryndip | 6 April 2007 | An evil entity frees Callisto from her prison and makes a deal that will remove Hercules from Greece forever. |
| 11 | Armageddon Now Part 2 | by Ceryndip | 13 April 2007 | After failing to save Alcmene, Iolaus must continue traveling in time into a Greece without a Hercules to stop Callisto and her dark partner from permanently changing history. |
| 12 | Let Sleeping Gods Lie | by Baisden | 20 April 2007 | Hercules has a run in with a divine device that has him wallowing in mud? |
| 13 | One Fowl Day | by Baisden | 27 April 2007 | The repercussions continue as Hercules tries to sort out a mess of divine mayhem. |
| 14 | My Fair Cupcake | by Ceryndip | 4 May 2007 | Autolycus gets a second chance at love but will his own schemes force him to give her to another man? |
| 15 | War Wounds | by Arianna | 11 May 2007 | Hercules and Iolaus return to Corinth for a visit but find Iphicles in the middle of a situation with some disinfranchised vetrans. |
| 16 | Twilight | by Sandman | 18 May 2007 | Alcmene is dying but is her illness of natural or divine making? |
| 17 | Top God | by Sandman | 25 May 2007 | Concerned about what is to come for Greece and his son, Zeus makes a deal with Hercules in order to coerce him to stand by his side against the coming darkness. Zeus chooses the one thing he knows Hercules would do anything for, his mother’s life. |
| 18 | Reunion | by Sandman | 1 June 2007 | Iolaus, now partnerless, returns to reconcile with his mother. Godhood, just doesn’t work out as either Hercules or Zeus planned. |
| 19 | Medea Culpa | by Melisande | TBA | A flashback story detailing the continuing story of Jason and Medea's life together. |
| # | Episode Title | Author | Air Date | Synopsis |
| 1 | Faith | by Quietwolf | 2 October 2007 | Hercules and Iolaus travel to Sumeria to help the people there dispite Iolaus’s misgivings about going. |
| 2 | Descent | by Quietwolf | 9 October 2007 | Hercules refuses to accept Iolaus’s death and travels to the Sumerian Underworld to retrieve his partner. |
| 3 | Resurrection | by Ceryndip | 16 October 2007 | Having failed in his task, Hercules’s grief takes him north to a new land where a young Druid has been having visions of a coming hero. Can Hercules find the hero within himself in time to save the village from the coming invaders set on destroying it? |
| 5 | Norse by Norsevest | by Sandman | 23 October 2007 | Following a dream, Hercules stows away on a ship heading east into the Norse lands where yet another plot against another set of gods awaits him. |
| 6 | Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge | by Sandman | 30 October 2007 | Will Hercules be able to save the Norse gods from themselves and the dark evil that has invaded their land? |
| 7 | Bliss | by Barbara | 6 November 2007 | The hunter becomes the hunted. While on his journey to the Greek Afterlife, Iolaus comes to the attention of two warring factions. |
| 8 | Darkness Rising | by Arianna | 13 November 2007 | Hercules returns to Sumeria to help Nebula defend her land and in hopes of defeating Dahak before he can travel to Greece. |
| 9 | Meanwhile Back in Greece | by Barbara | 27 November 2007 | The gods and mortals alike prepare for the coming of Dahak and his horsemen. |
| 10 | All You Need is Love | by Arianna | 4 December 2007 | Hercules and Iolaus return to Greece to find it and it’s gods already ravaged by Dahak’s horsemen and Dahak in control of the land and it’s people who cried out for their hero but he wasn’t there. The showdown between good and evil will happen but which side will win? |
| 11 | Redemptions and Revelations, War and Peace | by Owlharp | 11 December 2007 | Dahak is gone but his horsemen remain. There is still one more battle to fight. Iolaus has returned to Hercules’s side but he wears the body of an evil entity and the woman he loves must return to her kingdom. Will he stay in Greece or go to be a king in another land? |
| 13 | As Fortune Would Have It | by MaryE | TBA | TBA |
| 14 | Stranger and Stranger | by Llyra | TBA | TBA |
| 15 | Just Passing Through | by Baisden | TBA | TBA |
| 16 | Greece is Burning | by Jane | TBA | TBA |
| 17 | We'll Always Have A Wicked Good Time | by Quietwolf | TBA | TBA |
| 18 | The Academy | by Sandman | TBA | TBA |
| 19 | Love on the Rocks | by Gem | TBA | TBA |
| 20 | Fade Out | by Llyra | TBA | TBA |
| 21 | My Best Girl's Wedding | by Bwell | TBA | TBA |
| 22 | There's Always A Bigger Fish | by Ceryndip | TBA | TBA |
Credits:
Managing Board: Ceryndip, Quietwolf, Arianna, Owlharp, Bwell, Margui, Jane
Season Betas: Rhiannon (season 1), Arianna (season 1), Quietwolf (season 2 and 3, and 4, and 5)
Series Creative Consultants: Ceredwyn, Melinda, DreamCatcher
Writing Staff season 1: Sandman, Melinda, MaryE, Quietwolf, Gem, Pythia, Llyra, Caro, Ceryndip, Arianna, Owlharp, Bwell, Margui, Melisande, Rhiannon, Llyra
First Season Discussion Group: Melinda, Arianna, Bwell, Margui, Owlharp, Ceryndip, Sandman, MaryE, Ceredwyn, Quietwolf, Gem, Pythia, Rhiannon, Llyra, Ziggy, Caro, Rielle, Kleandra, Allie, Annabelle, Marcia, Keesha, Skylark, Renne, Leigh
Writing Staff season 2: Llyra, Margui, Bwell, Ziggy, Quietwolf, Melisande, Ceryndip, MaryE, Marcia, Arianna, Sandman, Caro, Owlharp
Second season discussion group: Melinda, Arianna, Bwell, Margui, Owlharp, Ceryndip, Sandman, MaryE, Ceredwyn, Quietwolf, Gem, Pythia, Rhiannon, Llyra, Ziggy, Caro, Annabelle, Marcia
Writing Staff season 3: Arianna, Barbara, Sandman, MaryE, Marcia, MaryC, Ziggy, Owlharp, Quietwolf, Rhiannon, Melisande, Ceryndip, Bwell, Baisden
Third season discussion group: Melinda, Arianna, Bwell, Margui, Owlharp, Ceryndip, Sandman, MaryE, Ceredwyn, Quietwolf, Gem, Pythia, Rhiannon, Llyra, Ziggy, Caro, Annabelle, Marcia, Barbara, MaryC
Writing Staff season 4: Melisande, Barbara, Quietwolf, Arianna, Ceryndip, Bwell, Baisden, Sandman
Discussion group season 4:
Writing Staff season 5: Ceryndip, Quietwolf, Arianna, MaryE, Owlharp, Baisden, Bwell, Gem, Llyra, Barbara, Sandman, Melisande
Discussion group season 5: Ceryndip, Jane, Bwell, Margui, Owlharp, Arianna, Quietwolf, Rhiannon, MaryE, Gem, Melinda, Llyra, Pythia
This is a big job and what we need most right now are writers. If we can get enough writers signed on, we'll each only have to write one or two episodes a season. That's an amount that won't overwhelm anyone's schedule. SO don't be afraid to volunteer. It's your duty to the fans and Herc and Iolaus to help right these wrongs and fix these inconsistencies.
If you'd like to sign on, just email Ceryndip and we'll get you and your muse excited and back to writing again like never before.
We've always heard that we could do better than they did, now's our chance to put our pens to the task and show them how it's done and done well.
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