Spoilers through Fourth Wing. The overview is spoiler free; facts that give away later events stay folded under the book that reveals them.
Also called Ridoc
Cadet in the Riders Quadrant, introduced in Fourth Wing
Ridoc Gamlyn is introduced in Fourth Wing, the first book of Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series, where some guides call him just Ridoc. He is a cadet at Basgiath War College, in its Riders Quadrant. His squad, his friendship with Violet and his dragon are all revealed during Fourth Wing, so they stay folded below. Each line there credits the fan guides, at least two, that list it.
Ridoc first appears in Fourth Wing, book one of the series.
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Ridoc is a cadet at Basgiath War College, in its Riders Quadrant.
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He is placed in Second Squad, Flame Section, Fourth Wing, the same squad as Violet Sorrengail.
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He becomes a close friend of Violet Sorrengail.
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His dragon is Aotrom.
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