Sineya

Sineya, more commonly known as The First Slayer (credited as Primitive) or The Primeval One (in an invocation spell) was the first in the line of Slayers. She was portrayed by Sharon Ferguson.

The First Slayer introduces herself in the finale of season 4: "I have no speech. No name. I live in the action of death, the blood cry, the penetrating wound. I am destruction. Absolute ... alone", ("Restless").

In her first appearance she kills Giles, Xander and Willow in their respective dreams. Then The First Slayer attempts to kill Buffy in the same fashion after she refuses to leave her friends for dead. The First Slayer ultimately fails when Buffy manages to wake up from her sleep, thus pulling herself and her friends out of The First Slayer's nightmare.

Appearances in the Buffyverse

 * She first appears in the episode "Restless" (see above).
 * The Buffy episode, "Get It Done", reveals her origins (see above).
 * In the graphic novel, Tales of the Slayers, the First Slayer is asked to leave the village that created her. They fear her.
 * In "Intervention", the First Slayer appears to Buffy as a "spirit guide", giving her the advice that "death is [her] gift".
 * The First Slayer also appears in the beginning of "Get It Done", telling Buffy that "it is not enough". Buffy later learns she means her power is not enough, and she must get more power from the Shadow-Men.
 * She appeared in the comic mini-series Fray Issue #3 : "Ready, Steady..." (August 2001).
 * In the non-canon Queen of the Slayers, the First Slayer is named as Senaya, which sounds similar to the name Sineya, mentioned in the enjoining spell performed by Willow, Giles and Xander in "Primeval".