Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 1x3 - Series 1, Episode 3

With Slean and Thane Scorann missing, Beowulf and Rate, Thaneof the Varni, charge out into the forest in search of them.Butwith the Gathering fast approaching and Rheda's bid forleadership depending on the hope of ever-loyal Scorann's vote,Beowulf questions whether their disappearance might be morethan a simple coincidence.Beowulf and Rate continue theirjourney, tracking deep into the forest and are soon remindedthat the Shieldlands are a dangerous place when they are setupon by Warig creatures. With their pride firmly at stake,some one-upmanship ensues and the men race after the creature,which leads them to a bigger, more dangerous situation wheretheir steel is put to the test. Having overcome the Mudborn whowere baying for their blood, they soon close in on Slean andScorann's trail, and an Outcast straggling behind the maingroup holding the Thane and Rheda's son Slean captive, leadsthem one-step closer to uncovering the truth behind thekidnapping.Now, almost in touching distance of their people,Beowulf hatches a plan to secure their release, however theirsuccess is not without injury or cost and one of our party payswith their life during the battle for freedom, whilst anotherrealises the shocking truth of Herot's traitor.