{{class_navbox|[[Category:Classes (Diablo III)]]}}[[Image:ss71_hires.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Female Wizard Artwork]]The '''Wizard''' is a pure spell [[caster |spellcaster]], harnessing arcane and elemental magic to do her bidding. Very similar Similar to the [[Sorcerer]] and [[Sorceress]] of previously Diablo games.  ==Background==The word "wizard" is used derogatory for rogue [[Sorcerer]]s and magi that are dangerous to the world at large in the world of [[Sanctuary]].  The female Wizard character in [[Diablo III]] is from the island [[Xiansai]], an island to the far north with a culture similar to Asia in our world. [[Abd al-Hazir]] writes about a 'wizard' wreaking havoc in [[Caldeum]] in his [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0007|seventh entry]] of the [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir]].  This female 19 year old wizard was sent to the [[Zann Esu]] [[mage clan]], but later handed over to the powerful [[Vizjerei]] since she was a "rude and uncooperative student," that the smaller mage clan could not control. They hoped the harsh discipline at Vizjerei "would break her anarchic spirit." Yet even the Vizjerei instructors were unable to rein her in. She was continually being caught seeking out dangerous and forbidden magics without care for herself or anyone around her.  It was rumoured in Caldeum that she ventured into the infamous [[Bitter Depths]] below the [[Sanctum]], but the truth is she was caught in the [[Ancient Repositories]], where the most dangerous incantations are housed for the safety of the public.  [[Valthek]], a great Vizjerei mage confronted her and she attacked him. She somehow relied on trickery and deceit to bring Valthek unconscious and then proceeded to flee the city immediately after the encounter. The extensive property damage was decided being the result of Valthek's magical prowess, not the young wizard.  Abd al-Hazir is concerned that a young, rebellious and inexperienced wizard is wandering the world, using magics she does not understand. He mentioned that certain schools of magic were too dangerous and "those wiser than you or I determined long ago [to forbid] their practice." Primal forces including time warps include the secrets he suspects she gathered from the Ancient Repositories.  "It is my honest hope that this self-styled wizard chooses never to return to Caldeum." [[Image:Male_Wizard.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Male Wizard Artwork]]