A seasoned adventurer from a hamlet known as Laagard, Beowulf made his start to the adventuring career when he was 16 years old and still studying the Occult arts. He did minor jobs around Laagard; slaying invading goblins with his friends, hunting for would be treasure, and sometimes going to taverns to try and get lucky with some women (though failing for the most part). His adventuring partner and life long friend, Durton, found a job for the both of them. There was an orc encampment close by, and they had kidnapped a local girl from the hamlet. The two set off to go do their regular business of protecting their home, arriving at the orc camp and devising a plan to go in and save her. The two had decided to go to opposite ends of the camp, and rush two of the guards to flank them from either side, then proceed to stick close and wipe out the rest who came near. All went well until their leader: Yovkurok, came out from his tent with his sword drawn. While Beowulf held off one of the orcs, Durton charged at Yovkurok. The fight did not last long as Durton received a grievous wound to his gut which caused him to collapse to the floor. Before Beowulf could save his friend, the orc's blade came down upon him and had slain Durton. Enraged, Beowulf has a hard time recalling what happened afterwards, however the girl he was supposed to be saving had to help him out of the camp, half-carrying him to their horses and riding them back to the hamlet.

Beowulf later buried Durton, and harbors a deep hatred for orc kind. Along with this, he has continued his study of Occult magic in the hopes of finding a way to contact Durton, still carrying around the longsword that he wielded named "Spellcasting". Durton had named his blade after the art of casting magic due to the fact that, despite his interest in it, he had lacked the mental capacity to study it and gave up in favor of swordplay.