Sinn

Sinn was a young mage of Malazan descent living in Seven Cities. She was described as a "young, slight and pallid" woman with light brown eyes.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.349-350 She had a half-brother, Shard, who was a member of the Ashok Regiment.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.353/360 
When she was younger Sinn had had a Tanno tutor, who was a Spiritwalker.Dust of Dreams, Chapter 7, US HC p.239 Later, she studied magic for a time with FayelleHouse of Chains, Chapter 26, UK MMPB p.1003 (unpleasantly) while her half-brother was posted with his regiment in Genabackis. Before joining the Whirlwind rebellion, Fayelle had murdered Sinn's parents and attempted to kill the young mage as well. Sinn swore revenge.
Sinn described her talents as minor magicks.House of Chains, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.353 Lieutenant Pores thought her a "scary creature".The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.276
==In House of Chains==
The Ashok Regiment was trapped in the cliffside fortress of B'ridys by a group of Seven Cities' rebels led by Irriz. Sinn pretended to help the rebels but sabotaged their equipment and attempted to kill them, hoping to free her half-brother. With the help of Kalam Mekhar, Sinn joined Shard in the fortress.House of Chains, Chapter 9
On Kalam's advice, together with the other remaining members of the Ashok Regiment, they headed towards Raraku. In the aftermath of the Battle of Raraku, Sinn and the surviving 16 members of the Ashok Regiment ambushed Fayelle and a small band of Dogslayers fleeing the Whirlwind camp. Fayelle became pinned under her horse where Sinn found her and cut her throat. Fayelle died claiming she would await her old student at Hood's Gate and the wait would not be long. Sinn and the Ashok Regiment were immediately forced to flee as a wall of water flooded Raraku.House of Chains, Chapter 26, UK MMPB p.1003
==In The Bonehunters==
After the Battle of Raraku, the Ashok Regiment was incorporated into the 9th Company of the 8th Legion within the 14th Army. Cord's 5th squad remained intact, although it was redesignated as the 7th squad, and Sinn officially became a member.Reaper's Gale, Dramatis Personae, UK BCA edition p.xvi
Leoman led the Army of the Apocalypse westward to Y'Ghatan and the 14th Army followed. Adjunct Tavore Paran launched the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan by sending the army's sappers to breach the city's wall under the cover of night. First into the city were the Malazan marines, followed quickly by the Heavy infantry. Fist Keneb then ordered Cord to lead the 9th Company's seventh through twelfth medium infantry squads into Y'Ghatan.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.291-292 Once inside the city, the Malazans immediately came under heavy attack by hidden swordsmen and archers. Cord's squad linked up with Mosel's heavy infantry following Fiddler's marines. After observing Sinn collecting fingers from the dead, Cord ended her role in the battle by forcing her to carry a message back to Keneb.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.292-297
When enough Malazans were engaged in street fighting inside the city, Leoman sprung his trap. The city's olive oil-soaked buildings were set alight and the streets quickly became an inferno. Fists Keneb and Tene Baralta were trapped just inside the walls of the city along with nearly 800 Malazan soldiers.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.309/320/322 Captain Faradan Sort spotted Sinn stumbling towards them, flames dancing in her hair and her body shedding charred leathers. But all around her the flames died in swirling darkness.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.309/321 Sort quickly directed Sinn to create a tunnel through the flames while the Malazans made their escape. Nil and Nether were shocked by Sinn's power, declaring her an unrealized High Mage in strength.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.320-321
Unaware that any had survived, the 14th Army made haste for the Kokakal Sea to embark on Admiral Nok's ships and escape the Bluetongue Plague ravaging Seven Cities. Sinn knew by instinct that a group of soldiers, including Shard, had survived the fires. She and Faradan Sort effectively deserted to stay behind as the 14th Army departed with Sinn hiding the pair from Temul's cavalry with her magic. Sort followed the uncommunicative girl without knowing specifically what she searched for in the ruins. After three days the pair discovered the place where Shard and the others had nearly tunneled out from beneath the city and helped them escape. Sinn crawled into her half-brother's arms and fell asleep.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.349-352/365-370 Sinn and the others made the long march west, finally catching up to the army on the coast where she was greeted by Grub.The Bonehunters, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.670
Aboard one of Nok's ships, Adjunct Tavore presented Sinn and Faradan Sort with the first badges bearing the new Bonehunters sigil designed by T'amber.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.717 She became mute with all but her brother, who worried when she would not tell him what had happened to her at their former estate. When Sinn began intimately crawling under the cloaks of her fellow soldiers, he kept an eye on her, fearing someone might take advantage of her. But when Shard found Sinn snuggled under Masan Gilani's cloak fondling and suckling her breasts, he did not feel moved to stop her.The Bonehunters, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.718/736-737 Nok's fleet returned to Malaz City where the Adjunct met with Empress Laseen.The Bonehunters, Chapter 24
==In Reaper's Gale==
thumb|241x241px|Sinn by [https://mdav.artstation.com/projects/48gG48 Max Davenport]
Adjunct Tavore clashed with Empress Laseen at Malaz City and took the Bonehunters rogue, following the Tiste Edur fleet that had ravaged Sepik back to Lether to invade the Letherii Empire.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.356 Cord and Balm's squads took the Silanda to the island of Second Maiden Fort off the coast of Lether to establish a headquarters and resupply base for the Adjunct.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.353Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.409 They found the island on the verge of being destroyed under a mountain of ice released by the collapse of Gothos' ancient Omtose Phellack ritual, but Sinn was able to hold the ice back with her magic until its force was spent. The island's self-declared ruler, Brullyg, gratefully welcomed the Malazans as royal guests until they placed him under house arrest and secretly took control of the island.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.348/369
While Balm's squad kept Brullyg under guard and monitored the island from its only town, Cord's squad patrolled the island's coast and interior while awaiting Tavore's arrival.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.345-350/358Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.468 Sinn served as a go-between, able to transport herself instantly across the island in a swirl of light when one of the Malazans called her name. Brullyg was terrified of the "scrawny little mute girl."Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.349-350 She was equally feared by her own squad mates. Neither Widdershins nor Ebron had any idea how she fended off the Jaghut ice, and it delivered a bad jolt to Ebron's confidence in his own abilities. He said Sinn was not merely holding the ice back, but killing the Jaghut magic that fueled it by weaving its threads into something else.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.369-370 Shard saw him make warding signs at Sinn's back whenever she came too close to the mage.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.469 Limp was so frightened of Sinn that his bad knees knocked whenever she drew near.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.469 
Shard was sick with worry over his sister, who had stopped speaking to anyone including himself. The giggling girl he once carried over his shoulders was gone since Y'Ghatan and it frightened him. Now she was a child witch with straggly black hair, a High Mage with a thirst for blood, and a Child of Dryjhna the Apocalyptic.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.469-470Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.369 She barely ever slept, but never looked tired,Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.369 and she made piping shrieks and played a bone flute as she cavorted about in a frenzy as if spider-bitten.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.469-470 Bottle thought her a natural talent, but completely insane.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.747 Even Pully and Skwish, the Shake witches, were disturbed by her presence.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.609 Only Masan Gilani still saw her as the girl who had once crawled into her arms when Cord argued she was just as much a High Mage as Quick Ben.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.612 
Meanwhile Tavore sent Fist Keneb's marines to the mainland, spreading them in isolated pairs of squads across thirty leagues of coast and burning their transport vessels behind them. The marines moved forward into the Letherii countryside towards Letheras, the capital, with orders to kill Edur by night and stir the occupied Letherii into rebellion. Each squad had a mage responsible for hiding their presence and confusing their enemies.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.361-365
Shurq Elalle and her ship, Undying Gratitude, were caught up in the Malazan blockade of Second Maiden Fort's port. When Adjunct Tavore arrived with the rest of the Malazan fleet, she hired the pirate to guide them to the mouth of the Lether River leading to Letheras.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 20, US HC p.613 The Adjunct's fleet made landfall near Letheras and Sinn was standing with Grub on the foredeck of the Froth Wolf when she gasped, feeling Beak's sacrifice to save Keneb's marines before the city walls.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.752 While the Adjunct's forces defeated the city's Imperial Brigade,Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.693-694Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.748-754Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.501 Keneb's marines secretly entered the city to secure its western gate to allow the rest of the army entrance.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.779/800 Sinn accompanied the Adjunct and her cavalry as they raced ahead to reinforce the gate's defence. Sinn seemed in a drunken daze as they approached the gate, but began laughing and clapping when she saw Silchas Ruin driven from the city by Moranth munitions and Quick Ben's magic. Soon the City Garrison surrendered and the city fell.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.799/812
==In Dust of Dreams==
She and Grub followed Bent and Roach into the dying Azath house in Letheras and disappeared into a Warren for a time, only to reappear at a crucial point in the battle between the K'Chain Nah'ruk and the K'Chain Che'Malle. She helped the Che'Malle win the battle by incinerating several Nah'ruk Skykeeps.
She initially used speechHouse of Chains, Chapter 9 but became more and more reticent until in the later books many assumed her to be either mute or dumb. She developed a very close friendship with Grub, the only person who knew that she was only mute by choice.
She was a natural High Mage, wielding the warren of Telas and ultimately was promoted to the rank of High Mage within the Bonehunters.
==In The Crippled God==
Sinn was increasingly feared by those around her. The K'Chain Che'Malle Assassin Gu'Rull even thought to kill her and Grub.The Crippled God, Chapter 3, UK HC p.71 As time went on, her powers increased, but, at the same time, her grasp of reality and her allegiance to the Bonehunters waned. In her mind she relived her rape and mistreatment (as well as that of her family) which happened during the Seven Cities Rebellion. Obsessing about this fueled her rage and contributed to her becoming increasingly psychopathic. Her internal musings also revealed her complicity in the killing of Keneb, which was caused by her wanting to remove the Fist from Grub's life.The Crippled God, Chapter 6, UK HB p.152 Ultimately, she turned against the Bonehunters and was killed by Stormy on the steps of the Great Spire.The Crippled God, Chapter 23, UK HB p.779/780
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