Wizzard

:Wizzard is also emblazened on the brim of the hat of Rincewind, a failed wizard in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books.

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Wizzard was a Birmingham band formed by Roy Wood, former member and founders of bands The Move and Electric Light Orchestra. Not long after the release of Electric Light Orchestra's first album, Wood decided he wanted to head off in a different musical direction and left, taking band members Bill Hunt and Hugh McDowell with him, to found Wizzard.

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Rincewind: Rincewind is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character....

Wizard: A wizard is a practitioner of magic, especially in folklore, fantasy fiction, and fantasy role-playing games. In popular use during 16th century England, "wizard' was used to denote a helpful male folk magican, a cunning man as they were usually called. The word does not generally apply to Neopagans...

Terry Pratchett: Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry, following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. As of M...