Wizard

"That Wizard came from the Moon!"

— Ghost

A Wizard

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

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.

Variants

• Chosen Wizard - Heroic difficulty Wizard
• Hallowed Wizard - Major Wizard
• Ascendant Wizard - Epic difficulty Wizard
• 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.
• Deathsingers - These Ultra wizards are encountered exclusively in raids, and will kill the entire party after a certain time limit if they are not killed beforehand.

Known Wizards

• Gotra, Eir Spawn
• Heart of Crota
• Ir Anûk, Deathsinger
• Ir Halak, Deathsinger
• Ir Yût, the Deathsinger
• Mormu, Xol Spawn
• Omnigul, Will of Crota
• Verok
• Vurok, Eir Spawn
• Xyor, the Unwed

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 in recognition of the meme.

• All Wizards are actually female.

Gallery

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  A Wizard in-game.

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  Early concept of the Wizard.

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  A Wizard floats on the air.

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  Wizards demonstrating a ritual.

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  A Wizard in battle

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

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  T-shirt art

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)