"Beowulf, follower and strongest of the Geats...quickly commanded a boat fitted out, procliming that he'd go" help the king (Burton Raffel pg 46).
Attentive, agile, immediate
Selfless, couragous, unafraid
"Grant me then, Lord and protector of this noble place..that I alone.. may purge all evil from this hall" (Burton Raffel pg 47).
"A prince of the Geats had killed Grendel, ended the greif, the sorrow, the suffering forced on Hrothgar's helpless people by a bloodthirsty fiend" (Burton Raffel pg 53).