King Hrothgar Quotes

But, in the end, it was none of these things, of course. It was only Hrothgar's claustrophobic mead hall with the monster waiting in the darkness without. We had our Grendel, to be sure. We even had our Hrothgar if one squints a bit at sad King Billy's poor slouched profile.

The Germanic prince must be glad-minded, cheerful, and gentle, whatever the actual circumstances. When Grendel harries Heorot, Hrothgar is all the same the glad-minded Hrothgar—the good king, who in all his sorrow had nothing to reproach himself. A man must be eadig (steadfast in his luck).

A king’s greatest battle is never against steel, but against the choices that tear his heart between love, duty, and destiny.” — C.K. Ball, Born of Kings: Hrothgar The Dragon King

Blood remembers. Long after kingdoms fall and names fade from stone, the lineage we carry still whispers who we were always meant to be.” — C.K. Ball, Born of Kings: Hrothgar The Dragon King