# Hengest — Beowulf character guide

> Hengest in Beowulf by Anonymous.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-xvii-banquet-continued-the-scop-s-song-of-finn-and-hnaef

## Who they are

Danish warrior who stays with Finn after a battle and later avenges his lord.

## In the story

### [XVII: Banquet (Continued)—The Scop’s Song of Finn and Hnaef](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beowulf_se/chapters/xvii-banquet-continued-the-scop-s-song-of-finn-and-hnaef)

Hengest leads the surviving Danes after Hnaef's fall and agrees to the truce with Finn.

### [XVIII: The Finn Episode (Continued)—The Banquet Continues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beowulf_se/chapters/xviii-the-finn-episode-continued-the-banquet-continues)

Bides with Finn through the winter, then avenges Hnaef by killing Finn.

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