The dragon (Beowulf) and the Goblet of Fire" (2000) by J. K. Rowling was influenced by the confrontation between the dragon and the title character in "Beowulf". The dragon (Beowulf) The final act of the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" is about the hero Beowulf's fight with a dragon, the third monster he encounters in the epic. On his return from Heorot, where he killed Grendel and Grendel's mother, Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules peacefully for fifty winters until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair. When the angry dragon mercilessly burns the Geats'
Saga of Old City Saga of Old City Saga of Old City is a 1985 fantasy novel by Gary Gygax, set in the world of Greyhawk, which is based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. "Saga of Old City" was the first novel to feature Gord the Rogue. "Saga of Old City" starts in Gord's childhood, and ends with his triumphant return to Greyhawk City as a young man and master thief. He learns his trade in the 'beggars' guild', and gets involved in the gang war touched off by the beggars encroaching on the official thieves' guild's territory. He travels and