The final ep of the Xena Virtual Season, War Cries, was the only one I wrote for: the script was powerful, but the ending needed altering to match the 1st ep of season 8. Since season 7 began with a ritual (to bring Xena back), it made sense to end it with a ritual. I had done a lot of research into South America’s Amazon tribes, & took a shot at depicting how the ancient Chibcha might have resolved Gab’s spiritual dilemma of killing an innocent man. I mention before using Shakira for inspiration, but for this episode, I listened to the elegiac soundtrack to The Mission by Ennio Morricone,  which uses the same panpipe sound to tell a story of loss & redemption, also set in historical South America.