Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics of the hero by accepting Grendel and the dragon." In Tolkien's view, the poem is essentially about a "man at war with the hostile world, and his inevitable overthrow in Time". The underlying tragedy is man's brief mortal life. Grendel and the dragon are identified as enemies of a Christian God, unlike the monsters encountered by Odysseus on his travels. What had happened is that Northern courage, exultant, defiant in the face of inevitable defeat by "Chaos and Unreason" (Tolkien cites Ker's words), fuses with a Christian faith and outlook. The "Beowulf" poet uses both what he knew to be
Saga of the Shadow Lord does what it sets out to do perfectly adequately, and if an action-packed blood-and-thunder adventure without too much emphasis on plot and justification is your kind of thing, "Saga of the Shadow Lords" is worth looking at". Saga of the Shadow Lord Saga of the Shadow Lord is a 1986 adventure module for the Basic Rules of the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. "Saga of the Shadow Lord" consists of two linked adventures as a mini-campaign: In the first adventure called "Elvenstar", player characters try to steal a magic item from the Shadow Lord to thwart his planned invasion