Pride In Beowulf's Pride

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Picture a dagger, bloody upon the blade; red-ish blood dripping down, and a hero fighting like never before with this nemesis hellfire creature. It takes great pride to even stand up to what’s wrong in this era. Although, once there was a prince, adore by all his people; a man with strength out of this world. Named Beowulf, the wolf with fangs in the night, and man hunter in the day. Beowulf pride came from making his people happy, being loyal to all his comrades and training hard to gain an incredible

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