Grendels mother.

Grendels mother arrives in the night to avenge her sons death. She kills and takes away Aeschere's, one of Hrothgar's most valued advisers. Beowulf follows a path the grendels mother had left and found Aeschere's head at the foot of a sea cliff. The water was invested with sea dragons and reptiles. Beowuf prepared to agian battle another monster. Beowulf asks Hrothgar to care for his comrades if he is killed. He then dives into the lake, taking nearly a day to reach the bottom to where grendels mother had lived. As he fights grendels mother she takes him to her court. He is forced to fight her bare handed when he spots a sword and useds it to cut off grendels head. He decideds to leave the treasures and returns to shore. Beowulf once agian challenges a monster and succeeds with the encouragment of the people and his men.