The verb befall has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) befall, bechance, betide -- (become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?")
2. happen, befall, bechance -- (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana))