The document lists important people and places from the epic poem Beowulf including King Hrothgar of the Danes who built the mead hall Herot, the monster Grendel who attacks Herot from his lair, Grendel's mother who seeks revenge, and the hero Beowulf from Geatland who defeats both Grendel and his mother and later in life slays a dragon before dying and being succeeded by his loyal warrior Wiglaf.