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Grendel feared the coming battle because he didn't not know how he would perform since he had never done battle like that before. Unknown to most of his opponents, Grendel possessed a charm that guarded him from weapons. There was no charm against hand to hand combat so he was troubled he might not emerge the winner in the conflict.

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