Beowulf Cadmus Beowulf Cadmus , also known as Beowulf Kadmas , is an optional character from " Final Fantasy Tactics " . A former captain of the Gryphon Knights of Lionel , he spends his time looking for his fiancée Reis Duelar . His birthday is October 4 . Story . Captain of the Gryphon Knights . Beowulf used to be the captain of Lionel ' s Gryphon knights . Liked by his men , he became good friends with his lieutenant , Aliste Rosenheim . He considered him a rival as well as the only person with skills to match his own . Beowulf fell in love with the Dragonkin Reis Duelar . The two were engaged , but the Celebrant Bremondt Freitberg was also infatuated with Reis , and would do anything for her love . He saw Beowulf as an obstacle , and tried to dispose of him . He first claimed the captain was a heretic and stripped him of his rank . When Beowulf would still not leave Reis , he prepared a curse for him . Reis sacrificed herself for her love , and took the curse in his place , becoming the Holy Dragon . Reis left , and Beowulf went in pursuit . Coal mine rescue . Beowulf discovers Reis is in the underground colliery at the Mining Town of Gollund . He journeys to the Royal City of Lesalia , where Ramza Beoulve is told about monsters in the colliery . Realizing that Ramza would attempt to defeat the monsters , Beowulf asks Ramza for the right to join him for the trip . After fighting their way into the colliery , they find Reis , still stuck in dragon form , being threatened by the Archaeodaemon , Syneugh . Ramza and Beowulf defeat Syneugh and the other monsters , rescuing her . Beowulf longs to undo the transformation and he and Reis join Ramza ' s party , hoping to find a way to return Reis to normal . Grateful to Ramza , Beowulf rewards him with an auracite . Ramza takes the stone back to the Clockwork City of Goug where he uses it to activate Construct 8 . Ramza continues his travels towards Zeltennia Castle where he meets with his childhood friend Delita , and kills Confessor Zalmour Lucianada . A rumor concerning Nelveska Temple begins circulating in the Zeltennia area and can be heard at Zeltennia Castle . Even though Ramza and team could travel to Nelveska Temple after hearing the rumor , they first decide to travel through Beddha Sandwaste and Fort Besselat , thus gaining Orlandeau as an ally after the battle at Besselat . Ramza travels to Sal Ghidos and buys a flower from the Flower Girl there . Ramza is prompted to return to Goug , where Besrudio struggles activating an strange - looking machine , which turns out to need the Cancer Stone to activate . They travel to Nelveska Temple , where they encounter Construct 7 . A battle ensues and the heroes emerge victorious , recovering the Cancer auracite . Beowulf uses it to revert Reis to normal . Bremondt ' s revenge . When Beowulf and Reis return to Lionel , Reis laments that as long as Beowulf is a heretic , they cannot return home , but Beowulf claims that as long as he is with her , he will always be home . Beowulf leaves Reis to go and see if Ramza needs him . As Beowulf walks away , he hears Reis screaming . Running back , he sees Aliste Rosenheim , having been hired by Bremondt to kidnap Reis and take her to Lionel Castle . Beowulf takes Ramza to the castle , where they encounter Aliste . Wanting to fight Beowulf to the death , he attacks his former friend . Beowulf and Ramza overcome the Templar and in his dying breath , he tells Beowulf how he suffers from a terminal illness , and wanted to fight him before he died . Realizing Bremondt had taken advantage of this , he rushes into the castle to kill the celebrant . Beowulf confronts Bremondt , who claims he can buy Reis ' s love with money . Beowulf tries to tell Bremondt that no matter what he does , Reis has never loved him and never will . Beowulf and Ramza defeat Bremondt and his guards and before he dies , Bremondt uses his own dark magick on himself , turning into a Dark Dragon . Even in this form he is no match for Ramza and Beowulf , and is killed . Beowulf finds Reis in the castle , and Beowulf cannot convey how much he appreciates Ramza ' s help . Beowulf and Reis remain with Ramza throughout his quest to defeat the Lucavi . Gameplay . Recruitment . Once in Chapter 4 the player must head for the Clockwork City of Goug to witness a cutscene , then listen to a rumor at Mining Town of Gollund . Traveling to Lesalia will introduce Beowulf in the pub , looking for people to hire to help him on his quest . If the player agrees to help him he will join the party as a guest . The player must return to Gollund to fight a sequence of four battles in the mines , one of which is a boss . Winning these battles has Beowulf join as a full party member . Battle . When Beowulf joins the party , his level is based on the party ' s , and he starts with 45 Bravery and 65 Faith . His equipment and abilities , other than Spellblade and a Runeblade , will always be randomized . His unique job class is Templar . Rendezvous . When fought in the eleventh Rendezvous battle : All - Star Melee , he is two levels higher than the highest level deployed unit . He starts with 45 Bravery and 65 Faith in his default Templar job , equipped with the Ragnarok a full set of Crystal equipment , and an Angel Ring . He has access to the Spellblade and Martial Arts commands , as well as to the abilities First Strike , Safeguard , and Move + 3 . When fought in the fourteenth Rendezvous battle : Brave Story , he is level 99 and starts with 60 Bravery and 73 Faith . He is equipped with the Ragnarok , Maximillian , Grand Helm , Venetian Shield , and Germinas Boots . He has access to the Spellblade and Iaido commands , as well as the abilities First Strike , Safeguard , and Manafont . Etymology . Another character from the poem , Wiglaf , the one knight to stand with Beowulf during his final battle against the dragon , is the name source for Beowulf Cadmus ' s fellow Knight Templar , Wiegraf Folles . Beowulf shares the same character model sprite with Wiegraf . This can be a further reference of the links between the original source characters .