Sinaya

Sinaya is a character in the D&D campaign "The Whiteridge Runners".

Chauncy Claireborn

Bernard Guinness

Osovar

## History

### Childhood

Born in a peaceful fishing village of the Hiligaynon tribe, Sinaya's childhood is a long and happy one. Like all other kids, she loved to play and gets into all kinds of mischievous trouble. As she grew older, Sinaya had no issue adapting to her role in her tribe learning how to fish, to cook, to weave, to court the spirits, to sing and to play the music of her people. She was completely content with her life By all means, Sinaya would be happy spending her life as a mundane fisherwoman.

### Captured by Slavers

The Hiligaynon had always feared the pirates that sail the waters. Those who would capture the meek sea elves and sell them to lands unknown. Sinaya's people had a simple method of solving their problems: hide and use their naturally long lives to wait until the problem goes away. After decades, it was believed that such slavers had left a long time ago. They were wrong.

Sinaya had ventured into deeper waters hoping to convince some of the tastier fish to follow her into her tribe's nets. Unfortunately, she found herself in a pirate's net instead. Sinaya was captured by frightening foreigners who look upon her with greed in their eyes and cared little for pleas or tears. The young elf had never been more terrified in her life. Perhaps the gods heard her prayers and took pity on her for a great storm rocked the ship giving her the chance she needed to make a run for it. Sinaya dove into the ocean where she knew she was safe. Yet even here she could not catch a break for a massive whirlpool dragged her into the very depths of the sea. It was her last moments in Sina Una.

### Arrival in Faerun

Sinaya would reawaken in a sleepy town farther from home than she could possibly imagine. Here, the kind villagers took her in. The strange looks they gave her exotic features were certainly a step above the looks the slavers had and she grew to love their community as she lived and worked. When the time came, many months later, she set off on a journey to find her way home.

### The Harrowing of Whiteridge

It was in Whiteridge where she met her partymates Berrie Happi, Aster, Chauncy Claireborn, Bernard Guinness, and Osovar. Yet still, disaster seems to follow her as she worked to earn money, her and the party came face-to-face with the elder god Nyarlathotep who spared them for reasons that remain his own. She and her newfound friends had to leave a destroyed Whiteridge.

### Angari and the man of virtue

As the party journeyed on, they continued to look for work. It was here when they met Prince Angari who tasked them with delivering a letter to a man named Huitzilihuitzin in Saerloon. It is here where the story continues...

## Personality

Sinaya is a kind-hearted soft-spoken woman who actively avoids conflict even going so far as to make herself appear pathetic to invoke pity. Failing this, she instinctively hide behind her stronger peers. By all means, she has no qualms spending her thousand years of life living as a normal boring villager. She cares deeply for everyone around her and is slow to anger though there have been times when she loses her patience and snaps at others. Yet even then, she speaks in her native language knowing that they cannot understand her in an attempt to avoid hurting their feelings. Sinaya has also been shown to be rather meek becoming easily frightened of those with an intimidating aura whether they had intended to scare her or not. In particular, she fears orcs the most considering that much of her interactions with them involve them fanatically wishing her dead.

On the other hand, Sinaya has been known to have bursts of bravery. When no others would step up to do a duty, Sinaya would take the reins. To those she cared about, she is capable of putting her foot down and throwing a large man like Bernard out the window to save him from an evil eldritch god. Many a time she would stand her ground to fight with her friends against an enemy that would normally terrify her.

Music and storytelling is Sinaya's passion. She tends to dance, sing, and play on her drums as a method of relaxation and she loves to incorporate her people's stories into her songs. When Aster showed curiosity in the ways of the Hiligaynon, Sinaya was more than happy to teach him and gifting him her personally crafted clothing and furniture.

Sinaya is also a devout worshipper of Magwayen, Sina Una's Goddess of Death. Most of the music she plays and sings are hymns honoring the deity. She has great respect to the spirits of nature.

## Appearance

Sinaya is the spitting image of a sweet tribal villager with flowing shoulder-length cyan hair and light blue skin that characterizes the Hiligaynon sea elves. She dresses in a manner typical of her tribe wearing a blouse that exposes her midriff as well as a thigh-length skirt that shows off her lithe but toned build betrayed her life of swimming and dancing. On her feet are comfortable slippers that can be repaired easily for ease of travel. Upon her arms are tattoos that line the upper areas between her shoulder and her elbow. Such tattoos depict beauty and love, Finally, Sinaya wears a drum strapped to her body that she uses as a spellcasting focus and to perform her songs. It is her most prized possession and she can never be found without it. In both appearance and attitude, Sinaya would be a bride worth a sizeable dowry.

## Relationships

### Berrie Happi

Sinaya once saw the small minotaur as a child that needed to be taken cared of who was in serious need to be returned to her parents. Later on, Berrie would be instrumental on kindling Sinaya's hope to return home and the elf learned to trust the child's more impulsive mannerisms while simultaneously pulling her back from overindulging.

### Aster

Aster and Sinaya are usually found sharing each other's experiences and cultures. The two formed a bond of trust and he would be the first person Sinaya would confide in when she attempts her tribe's rituals.

### Chauncy Claireborn

Sinaya sees Chauncy as one who deserves much sympathy for the loss of her family. Often, she would notice that the human can get rather quick to fall in love with others, an endeavor she hopes to assist in.

### Bernard Guinness

To Sinaya, Bernard remains an enigma. A strange man who she cannot wrap her head around. Eitherway, she hopes to keep him safe even if it means throwing him off a window again.

### Osovar

Osovar is someone Sinaya is grateful for showing her hospitality in a strange land. She often admires his connection with the gods and sees him as the brains of the party.

### Popo

As a spirit summoned by Sinaya's first attempt of the Pagdiwata ritual, Popo is one that Sinaya greatly respects and hopes to be friends with. A process that seems impossible.

## Skills and Abilities

### Courtship of the Spirits

Sinaya uses music to communicate and entertain spirits that they may assist her in both battle and everyday life. Her respect for the gods, especially for Magwayen, have given her the ability to mimic the rituals of the babaylan priestesses to a certain extent.

### Manggagayuma

A love charmer is what Sinaya would be called for her specialty in enchantment magic. While she hesitates to manipulate others, the elf has no qualms using one's mind against them when threatened,

### Tales of Sina Una

The stories of the gods, diwata, and heroes are those that Sinaya keeps close to her. Using these as inspiration depending on the tale, Sinaya can gain the powers of these individual legends for a certain amount of time and can even gift others with these powers.

### Seaborn

Sinaya is capable of swimming far better than most other creatures thanks to her sea elven heritage. She is also capable of speaking to aquatic animals which she uses to convince fish to get caught in her net.

## Trivia

* Sinaya is bisexual.
* Sinaya's voice, like with the rest of her tribe, is so soft and sweet sounding that it is nearly impossible to tell if she is angry at someone by tone alone.
* Sinaya requires at least three baths a day to remain comfortable. if she does not, she becomes cranky.
* Sinaya was tricked by her mother to never drink alcohol on the false belief that it will anger Magwayen.
* Sinaya often dreams of being courted by a strong warrior.
* Sinaya greatly admires babaylan and as a child wished to be one. Which is how she has an intimate memory of watching their rituals.
* As Magwayen abhors raising the dead, Sinaya will never practice Necromancy. Consequently, she will never consent to being resurrected.
* Sinaya has a fear of orcs.