"Wizard: One who explores and utilizes mortal means to harness supernatural power. As with many terms in this lexicon, the word 'wizard' has shifted in meaning significantly since its original usage, as the original definition was consumed by popular misconception. The word 'wizard' in the Merchant's Tongue descends from an archaic Iskandran word, waesilt, which meant to assail or defy and was often associated with the word olodeg, or heretic.

"Historically, a wizard was one of the seven original cults that were formed at the death of the Thief. The members of these seven cults each agreed with the philosophies of the Thief concerning mortal power and indepenence over divine control, but as the Thief himself seems to have passed very little on to his followers, the methodology and scholarship of those who came after him varied significantly."

He deals briefly here with an historical point that is and was often ignored by scholars. Writings contemporary with the Thief strongly suggest that he had no interest in developing a "following" and that once he returned from the Empyrean corridors of heaven, he was mostly interested in using the power he supposedly found to protect himself from the wrath of Bezek and the other gods.