
At a later point in the series Beowulf discovers that the only way to slay Grendel is with the nectar of the 'Zumak Fruit'.


Somehow, Beowulf and friends fall through a dimensional gateway beneath a patch of quicksand into a fiery underworld they refer to as Hell. Meanwhile, for some reason Grendel and his mother reveal to the reader that they are descendants of Cain. Beowulf, Nan-Zee, and his companions Wiglaf and Hondscio continue onwards to Castle Hrothgar, but are again detoured, ending up in a bog where they battle 'Swamp Men'. On the way there Beowulf and his men take a detour into the Underworld where they rescue Nan-zee, a Swedish scylfing warrior from the Demons who have been controlling her. Under instructions from a being known as 'The Shaper', Beowulf travels to Castle Hrothgar in Daneland, to fight the monster Grendel.
