Black Mage (Final Fantasy)

The Black Mage (くろまじゅつし) is the offensive magic caster of the Light Warriors. While the Black Mage has weak combat skills and the lowest HP out of any character class, he/she is capable of inflicting negative status effects and causing great damage to the enemy with his/her Black Magic. They have the appearance of a human dressed in a blue cloak, with only eyes glowing in the dark of his/her face.

Black Wizard
After completing the Citadel of Trials, Bahamut, the Dragon King, upgrades the Black Mage to the rank of Black Wizard (くろまどうし). This enables him/her to cast higher level spells and equip better weapons and armor. While the NES version of the Black Wizard depicts him with his/her hood down, all versions after the WonderSwan Color port change his/her outfit but retain the hat, obscuring his face. The 20th Anniversary Edition depicts the Black Wizard in a costume identical to the Magus from the original version of Final Fantasy III.

Name origins
In the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary versions, there are ten optional Auto-Names for the different character classes. Each name is a reference to another character or place name in the Final Fantasy series. The ten names for the Black Mage class are:
 * Delilah - Character in Final Fantasy III.
 * Gilles - Character in Final Fantasy III.
 * Gungho - Character in Final Fantasy VI.
 * Homac - Character in Final Fantasy III.
 * Kokkol - Character in Final Fantasy IV.
 * Koko - Character in Final Fantasy V.
 * Nina - Character in Final Fantasy III.
 * Stella - Character in Final Fantasy V.
 * Topapa - Character in Final Fantasy III.
 * Zok - Character in Final Fantasy V.

In addition, the name Vivi from Final Fantasy IX was used in screenshots for the Origins manual.

Trivia

 * The Black Mage makes a small cameo in Dissidia Final Fantasy as a tutor from the in-game manuals. He sometimes talks with a bit of a speech impediment, for example, "Bart Stutton" as opposed to "Start Button".

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