Enduriel was an elven Dragon Rider, bonded to a Dragon of unknown color, who joined Galbatorix and became one of the Forsworn. Ajihad was the steward of his chief estate before he escaped. Galbatorix said that Enduriel was not particularly intelligent and that His Dragon was rather more cunning than Enduriel was himself. In an interview with Random Buzzers in December 2011, Christopher Paolini revealed that Enduriel was an elf.