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so as a fun fact for dmc fans, beowulf (the set of gauntlets and boots) is likely called that because beowulf (as in the epic hero) chose to fight the man-eating murder-spreeing demon grendel barehanded (in the name of fairness, since grendel was unarmed. bc that's the only way he could know he was truly stronger, get proper glory for it, etc). so naming a punching and kicking weapon used against demons "beowulf" makes sense. [but at the same time you're not really fighting barehanded, in the same way using brass knuckles isn't really barehanded...?] anyway that's still probably why they called it that