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“I have no speech. No name. I live in the action of death, the blood cry, the penetrating wound. I am destruction. Absolute... Alone.”
―Sineya[src]

Sineya[1] was a prehistoric girl and the first in the line of Slayers.[2]

Biography[]

Becoming the Slayer[]

In prehistoric Africa, a young girl named Sineya was taken by three powerful shamans known as the Shadowmen to become the ultimate weapon in the fight against the world's evil forces. They chained her in a cave and used powerful magic to infuse her with the "heart" and "spirit" of a demon. As a result, the First Slayer was created.[3]

Life and death[]

Sineya in life.

Sineya in life.

Guided by her instincts and possessing superhuman abilities, Sineya killed vampires and demons. While the villagers she protected were grateful, they feared her demonic nature and gave her a basket of supplies, asking her to leave.[4] Isolated, Sineya lived as a recluse, with little or no contact with humanity.[2]

Though Sineya never had a Watcher,[2] she was eventually given the mʔ by the Guardians. With this weapon, she defeated the last of the Old Ones roaming the Earth. This battle took place on the Hellmouth, at the site that would later become the town of Sunnydale.[5]

After her death, Sineya's powers were transferred to another girl, establishing the Slayer line.[4]

Encountering Buffy Summers[]

Thousands of years later, the Scooby Gang performed an enjoining spell to summon Sineya's spirit in order to defeat the near-invincible Adam.[1] Sineya considered this an offense, as she firmly believed that the Slayer must operate alone.[2]

Sineya and Buffy face each other for the first time.

Sineya and Buffy face each other for the first time.

Using an apparition resembling Tara Maclay to speak on her behalf, Sineya invaded the dreams of the Scooby Gang to punish them. She successfully attacked Rupert Giles, Willow Rosenberg, and Alexander Harris, but was ultimately defeated by the current Slayer, Buffy Summers. Buffy realized the encounter occurred within a dream and ended the confrontation by waking up. Before doing so, she mocked Sineya's appearance and demeanor, rejecting her insistence that the Chosen One must work alone.[2]

Sineya then realized she had been defeated and vanished from their dreams, allowing the Scoobies to awaken. Before departing, she left a cryptic message for Buffy, foreshadowing the arrival of her sister, Dawn Summers, and Buffy's future encounter with the banished hell godddes Glorificus.[2] This experience led Buffy to become more accepting of her role as the Slayer and motivated her to study her powers and history more willingly.[6]

Spirit guide[]

The Guide in Sineya's form.

The Guide in Sineya's form.

When Buffy later sought advice during a Vision Quest, the Guide assumed the form of Sineya to deliver two messages. The first encouraged Buffy to embrace love, emphasizing that her love had the power to save the world. The second revealed the key to preventing the destruction of all creation: "Death is your gift."[7]

Initially, Buffy believed this was a reference to her dark heritage,[7] but she soon realized that the Guide was speaking literally: she would need to sacrifice her own life to save her sister and the world.[8]

Against the First[]

In 2003, Giles led the Potential Slayers on a trip to the desert to consult the Guide, who appeared in the form of the First Slayer, in hopes of gaining information about the First Evil.[9]

A week later, Buffy encountered Sineya for the third time in a dream. During this encounter, Sineya conveyed the message: "It is not enough."[3] Buffy later understood that this meant her own abilities were insufficient to defeat the First Evil, prompting her to share her Slayer powers with the Potentials during the final battle against the army of Turok-Han.[10]

The end of magic[]

Sineya often appears to Buffy in dreams.

Sineya often appears to Buffy in dreams.

A few months after the end of magic, Sineya used a faerie to communicate with Buffy, revealing that the Scythe was the key to reversing the damage caused by the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and restoring magic to the Earth. However, she clarified that this task was meant for Willow, not Buffy.[11]

Sineya next appeared in a vision to the vampire hunter Billy Lane shortly after magic returned to the world.[12] Since Billy was male and therefore not a Slayer, Giles interpreted this as a sign that the rules of magic had changed and the First Slayer had accepted Billy as an ally.[13]

Powers and abilities[]

As the First Slayer, Sineya possessed superhuman strength, speed, durability, agility, stamina, reflexes, accelerated healing, and innate combat skills. Her direct connection to the shadow demon made her abilities far superior to those of subsequent Slayers.[3] She could also astral-project into the dreams and visions of other Slayers and possessed precognition ability, allowing her to foresee impending dangers.[2][3][11]

Invocation spell[]

Original:
Sha me-en-den.
Gesh-toog me-en-den.
Zee me-en-den.
Oo-khush-ta me-ool-lee-a
ba-ab-tum-mu-de-en.

Translation:
We are heart.
We are mind.
We are spirit.
From the raging storm,
We bring the power of the Primeval One.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic
Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels

References[]

Preceded by:
None 		The Slayer
Prehistory 		Succeeded by:
unknown, eventually unidentified
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