Beowulf summary
... A Geat named Beowulf came to the Danes on a boat with fourteen of his country’s best warriors. Beowulf and his men came dressed in gleaming armor in an oak-hard boat. The watchman describes his reaction to the coming of Beowulf. ... The watchman described how Beowulf him his formal introduction. In his introduction, Beowulf told the watchman his relation to the king of his country and that his father was a famous warrior. ... ” The king was desperate for help and let Beowulf fight Grendel.