M'LilA

The one who taught Xena the pinch, M'Lila first met Xena on her ship, as a cast away.  Xena saw the way she fought and saw how she just touched the guy's legs in certain places and it went completely limp.  She then went up to M'Lila and asked her to teach her how to do that.  The pinch became part of Xena, except she used it for evil back then.  Now she uses it to get information.  When M'Lila died in her arms, Xena was reborn-the mission, death.