Taken Wizard

Taken Wizard
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Class:	Wizard
Height:	7 ft
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Necromantic Gaze
Abilities:	Void Shield Rapid Flight Summon Shadow Thrall

"You are a Wizard. Master of forbidden secrets. Butcher of physics. [...] Behind all your furious power, behind your shields and your legions of attendants, you know you might yet be stripped of your defenses and pinned to ruin. You need to never be alone. There is a knife for you. It is shaped like [call forth the numberless]. Take up the knife. Issue forth a horde. Take your new shape."

— Grimoire description

Taken Wizard is a type of Taken Hive which can summon Shadow Thralls. Fires Solar Darkness Blasts that move rapidly, and has a Void shield.

Known Taken Wizards

• An Salaak, the Weft
• Blighted Wizard
• Disrok
• Drarok, the Watching
• Ereshkel, Insight of Savathûn
• Erruk, the Taken
• Gamoth, the Consumed
• Haraal, Venom of Oryx
• Inkasi, Disciple of Quria
• Iraz, Eye of Savathûn
• Kagoor
• Keeper of Petitions
• Khendiss, World Corruptor
• Kurumo, the Uprooter
• Mar-Zik, the Blightcaller
• Mat Azar, Riven's Welcome
• Mysik, Daughter of Oryx
• Nolthok, the Withering
• Norr, the Taken
• Om Alir, Ascendant Sentinel
• Purtra, the False Tongue
• Sarkoor
• Surnon, Darksong
• The Navigator's Claw
• Thyshik, Matron of Oryx
• Trulus the Failed
• Urlos, Greeting of Riven
• Wyr, the Taken
• Zyrak, Daughter of Oryx

Variants

• Archersbane Wizard
• Blighted Wizard
• Consumed Wizard
• Devoured Wizard
• Emissary of Savathûn
• Ensnaring Wizard
• Envoy of Savathûn
• Priest of Incaru
• Primeval Envoy
• Ravenous Taken Wizard
• Taken Asphyxiator
• Taken Fleshcrafter
• Taken Shield Weaver
• Taken Virologist
• Tortured Wizard

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
  • Forsaken

Trivia

• Despite in the Grimoire card for the Taken Wizard using an arc darkness blast, they are never seen using this in-game.