Beowulf's Return (Tales of Beowulf)

There was a time when heroes and monsters walked the earth. After the great Roman Empire fell and before the high days of chivalry arose, the peoples of Europe fell into darkness. The tribes of the north began great migrations across seas and continents, fighting others and themselves, taking lands by the sword and founding mighty kingdoms. In those days men worshipped heathen Gods: Woden, Frey and Thunor. It was a time of ruthless kings and valiant heroes who fought enemies both human and supernatural. In the wastes and wildernesses, the freezing tops of the mountains and the misty, murky bogs dwelt the demons who haunted and tormented these people: man devouring Ettins, blood drinking thyrsar, dark elves who worked evil magic and dreag, the revenants of dead men who returned from their graves. In this time came the hero Beowulf. An epic poem tells how he travelled from his home in the land of the Geats and defeated the terrible man-eating creature Grendal in the land of the Spear-Danes. When Grendal's mother sought revenge Beowulf killed her too. The poem tells also how many years later Beowulf fought against a dragon but in the decades in between Beowulf had many other adventures. This is one of them.

This was the time of the Middle Earth.