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Beowolf suceeds King Hrothgar after his suicide. Grindel is the offspring of a water demon and King Hrothgar. Grindels exsistance represents his fathers shame and inability to reproduce an heir to the kingdom. Grindel is a tortured demon, that decimates the kings prize "meade hall" when his people celebrate.

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