Brief Author's Note
So this is the story of Beowulf applied to modern day standards, however, the modern day, Beowulf has read the Anglo-Saxon poem, they have similar beliefs to those of the Anglo-Saxons, and I've placed the Geats in America… Hopefully this will all make more sense once the story has started! Text, from the story, Beowulf, was gotten from the enotes site.
~Introduction~
There are those who live on the fringes of the societies we know today. These are the ones who have seen all of life's squanders and hardships, along with the brutality that seems to reside in each generation of their fellow humans. These people choose to live on the outskirts of society, embracing a different way of life, throwing away what science has told them is true, and embracing that our world is indeed filled with creatures and monsters the likes of which scientists have never seen. In this different way of living, heroes are regarded as being the strongest, bravest, kindest, and most talked about. Generosity is a key component to becoming a leader in this different way of living, along with being able to get what your followers need; be it food, weapons, or money.
This is not a new way of living though… This style of living that these people have based their way of life on is based off of the ways of the Anglo-Saxons. They believe in kinship, friendship, loyalty, bravery, generosity, and so many simple things that the societies today have lost sight of. These people also have a greater understanding of the world than most…they understand that they are only on the Earth for so long, and they also understand that history tends to repeat itself, which is their ONE difference from the Anglo-Saxons. They believe that history repeats itself, and since history repeats itself, why shouldn't the story of Beowulf?
They have based their entire goings on the story of Beowulf believing it to be actual happenings, which is where our story starts…