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Though Grendel may have been defeated, there is another monster that rises. Broken and bowed, outcast from all sweetness, the enemy of mankind made for his death-den. But now his mother had sallied forth on a savage journey, grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge. She attacked the mead-hall one pure rage and revenge, slaying a noble man and dear friend to King Hrothgar. Once her compensation has been fulfilled, she retreated back to to her underwater hell of a home. Upon the findings of the attack and murder, the King and his people were put into great sorrow and depression. Once again, the mighty hero Beowulf swears to avenge King Hrothgar and his people and slay the beast that now haunts them. Beowulf and his men travel to the wicked beast's swampy lair and prepare for an underwater battle. Beowulf alone decides to slay the beast on his own and for his men to stay away from the battle. Ready when he was, Beowulf jumped into the murky swamp to battle the new monster that threatens the mead-hall. Upon entering the dreary waters, the hero observed that swamp-thing from hell, the tarn-hag in all her terrible strength, then heaved his war-sword and swung his arm: the decorated blade come down ringing and singing on her head. But he soon found his battle-torch extinguished: the shining blade refused to bite. It spared her and failed the man in his need. Even though things looked bad for the mighty hero, he prevailed out of the two by slaying her with her own dagger. And that's how Grendel's Mother came to an end.