Ariosto

Ariosto is a griffin that Ghause Muriens gifts to her son Gabriel when the two are reunited. Although Ariosto is a baby when he is first given to the Red Knight in the Dread Wyrm, he grows incredibly quickly and by the beginning of the Plague of Swords he is big and strong enough for the Red Knight to ride while wearing armor. Ariosto also develops the ability to communicate psychically with his master by the beginning of the Plague of Swords. Initially he speaks with the simple grammar of a child but over the course of the last two books in the series, Ariosto begins speak and think more complexly, with an attitude like a teenager or young adult.

Ariosto's favorite food is sheep.