Wizard

Wizard
Biographical information
Species:	Hive
Sect:	Hidden Swarm Spawn of Crota Blood of Oryx The Silent Brood Savathûn's Hive Grasp of Nokris Xivu Arath's Horde Lucent Brood
Gender:	Female
Purpose:	Fire Support
Combat information
Abilities:	Darkness Blast Rapid Flight Solar Shield Poison Cloud

"Wizards, lead your followers in battle. Take enough devastation to feed your worm, and a little more to grow, and take the tithe of your followers. Then take another portion, as much as you dare, and use it for your own purposes. But if it is too much, your peers will kill you and take it. Then tithe the remainder to the Ascendant you serve."

— Oryx, the Taken King

Wizards are a powerful caste of Hive. They wear long, crumbling robes and fly overhead to unleash their spells, drawing on the power of the Darkness to fuel their powers.

Overview

"The only word for what we saw is sorcery."

— Grimoire description.

While the lesser Hive monsters carry out the Hive's will through overwhelming force, the Wizards plan the Hive's conquests and carry out the unspeakable rituals that create its menagerie of abominations. In addition to fueling the Hive's might through sorcery, the Wizards also serve as its reproductive caste. A Wizard becomes fertile either from a mate or on her own, whereupon she will produce the pupae that give rise to the Hive's legions of Thralls. In Destiny 2, Wizards gain a new look as well, appearing to have more armor on their bodies, and sporting a helmet with two glowing lines on either side of their helmets. They can possibly cast illusions upon others as well.

Gameplay

Wizards are often frustrating opponents on the battlefield, being able to unleash long range darkness blasts in rapid succession while swiftly flying around. The higher the Wizard is ranked, the faster they fire them. In addition, they can plant down poison clouds that deal damage over time, blur the player's vision, and slow them down. The vast majority of wizards come with Solar shields, except for Omnigul, who comes with an Arc shield. But once the shield of any Wizard is picked apart through concentrated fire, their defenses are effectively shut down, leaving them fully vulnerable to Guardian attacks.

In Destiny 2, Wizards on Titan appear largely the same along with their abilities. Most appear with Solar Shields but a special few, such as Savathûn's Handmaiden, have Void Shields.

Known Wizards

Blood of Oryx Wizards Alzok Däl Balwûr Gornuk Däl In Anânh, Brood Queen Ir Anûk, Deathsinger Ir Halak, Deathsinger Lokaar Zyrok Däl Hidden Swarm Wizards Ayriax Besurith, Daughter of Crota Devoted of Ir Yût Gotra, Eir Spawn Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota Ir Absuul, First Aria Ir Airâm, Deathsinger Ir Nagash, Second Aria Ir Sûfra, Third Aria Kinox Lisknis, the Devils Executor Malura, the Fated Mormu, Xol Spawn Oxiith, Abandoned Spawn Räkta, the Mournful Sulmâkta, High Conductor Umra, Xol Spawn Volmâr, the Tempted Voshyr Vurok, Eir Spawn Xyor, the Unwed Yishra

Spawn of Crota Wizards Heart of Crota Ir Yût, the Deathsinger Omnigul, Will of Crota Savathûn's Brood Wizards Azyrax, Exalted Conjurer Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return Exhara, Ambassador of Savathûn Gravetide Summoner Karugul Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn Xivu Arath's Horde Wizards Hasaak, Venom of Xivu Arath Ir Yun, Cult of Megor Soulfire Hierarch Grasp of Nokris Devoted of Nokris Ilheru Xolborne Nokris, Herald of Xol Šimmumah ur-Nokru Sulhava, Vassal to Xol Thanatologist Ir'Handi Thanatologist Merga Lucent Brood Wizards Hadragal, Keeper of Memory Ir Olena, Moth Keeper Unknown affiliation Ir Abassin, Broodlost Navôta, Eir Spawn Osmium Traitor Verok

Variants

• Abyssal Sorcerer
• Apprentice of the Cryptoglyph
• Ascendant Wizard — Epic difficulty Wizard
• Brood Mother
• Brood Queen — High ranking Wizards, known for birthing entire broods or sects.
• Chosen Wizard — Heroic difficulty Wizard
• Conjurer
  • Null Conjurer
• Deathsinger — these Ultra wizards are encountered exclusively in Raids (apart from Story mission Last Rites), and will kill the entire party after a certain time limit if they are not killed beforehand.
• Deceived Wizard
• Drenched Sorceress
• Envoy of Savathûn
• Hallowed Wizard — Major Wizard
  • Unhallowed Wizard
  • Dread Unhallowed Wizard
• Hollow Wizard
• Kamus Wizard
• Lamplighter Wizard
• Lightbearer Wizard
• Lunar Scavenger
• Namuš Wizard
• Necromantis
• Omen of the Broken Blade
• Paraversal Contender
• Profane Wizard
• Ravagers of Xivu Arath
• Revenant Wizard
• Renewal Wizard
• Rite Wizard
• Ritual Hierarch
• Ritual Wizard
• Scholar of the Cryptoglyph
• Siphon Witch
• Sky-Eater Wizard
• Soaring Keen
• Waker of Crota — encountered exclusively in Siege of the Warmind and The Wakening. Wakers of Crota glow green and are capable of summoning traps called Vestiges. Vestiges damage players who walk over them. Killing Wakers will prevent more Vestiges from appearing.
• Watcher of Crota
• Wizard Pillager of Xivu Arath
• Worm Keeper

Trivia

• The phrase "That Wizard came from the Moon!" (as uttered by the Ghost) has become an infamous line among the Destiny community. Bungie has released a shirt and a poster in recognition of the meme.
• All Wizards are females capable of reproduction, either sexually or asexually through parthenogenesis, besides Nokris, who is the only known male Wizard.

Gallery

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  Early concept of the Wizard.

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  Pre-alpha version of Wizard, re-used in The Dark Below

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  Close-up view of pre-alpha Wizard.

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  Early version of Wizard in-game.

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  A Wizard floats on the air.

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  A Wizard in battle

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  Wizards demonstrating a ritual in the Chamber of Night.

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  T-shirt art.

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  A Blood of Oryx Wizard.

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  A Hidden Swarm Wizard.

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  A Spawn of Crota Wizard.

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  A Silent Brood Wizard.

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  A Savathûn's Hive Wizard.

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  A Grasp of Nokris Wizard.

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  A Shadowkeep Hidden Swarm Wizard.

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  Close-up of Wizard's face.

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  A Lucent Brood Wizard

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
  • Curse of Osiris
  • Warmind
  • Forsaken
  • Shadowkeep