Hercules defends Ares in a difficult trial.

Hercules half-brother, Hephaestus, falls out of the sky and endangers the cadets.

While Jason and Iolaus compete to kill a Golden Hind, Hercules falls for a mysterious girl in the forest.

Ares kidnaps Cheiron and it is up to Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith to decipher the three clues Cheiron left in order to find him, but Ares is hoping they succeed, because he plans on Hercules trading his life for that of Cheiron's.