He is the

hero of
the Geats
who
comes to
the aid of
Hrothgar,
the king
of the
Danes,
whose
mead hall
in Heorot
has been
under
attack by
a monster
known as
Grendel.
Grendel is
described
as "a
creature
of
darkness,
exiled
from
happiness
and
accursed
of God,
the
destroyer
and
devourer
of our
human
kind.
Heorot or
Herot is a
mead-hall
and major
point of
focus in
the Anglo-
Saxon
poem
Beowulf.
The hall,
located in
Denmark,
serves as
a seat of
rule for
King
Hrothgar,
a
legendary
Danish
king. King
Hrothgar,
the son of
Halfdane,
is known
as the
ruler of
the
Danes..
After
inheriting
the
throne,
Hrothgar
has
become a
powerful
ruler. He is
the one
who has
built the
mead-hall
Heorot,
which has
unfortuna
tely
become
Grendel's
playgroun
d.