King Sinbad of Sindria

PLAYER

name | Shini
age | 29
new or returning player? | new
preferred contact method | Plurk: RShini Aim: Shinigamikitsune

CHARACTER

character name | Sinbad - given the full name of Sinbad ibn Badr Ahl-Tison – shorten to Sinbad Tison by immigration bureaucracy - for AU purposes as he has no patronym or surname in canon
age | 30
subject | Near East Languages
gender | Male
appearance | He appears as a clean-shaven man of middle-eastern descent with wavy, inky black hair that has an almost violet sheen in bright light with a stubborn cowlick and amber-colored eyes, standing about six feet in height with a broad-shouldered, muscular build that he is quite proud of. Sinbad often looks like he's on the verge of breaking out into a broad grin, though he has a worry line between his thick, dark brows.

Sinbad dresses mostly in western clothes – black or navy suits, but with a touch of “The Orient” – hooped earrings, and wearing slightly more jewelry than considered appropriate – jeweled cuff-links, an elaborate watch-chain, and several rings on his fingers. And despite prohibition (and the misconceptions others may have of his private life) he carries a pewter hip flask in an inside coat pocket. When going outdoors, he wears a bowler hat – liking it because it covers his cowlick and it doesn’t blow away easily in the wind.

While he has no current use for them, he has a keffiyeh and other traditional clothes in storage in case he needs it.

history | History - Missing some key events from the prequel manga.

-Sinbad meets Yunan, who unbeknownest to him was a Magi, and he was encouraged to enter the Dungeon Baal, making a friend out of Commander Drakon, and obtaining the Djinn Baal before fleeing the country.

-He ends up in Imuchakk, meeting Hinahoho, and having to rescue him from Valefor's Dungeon while being tailed by Drakon, Ja'far and his cohorts, he ends up rescuing the latter, gaining their loyalty as he reveals his goal is to create a country to make a world without war.

-Sinbad goes to Reim to found a Trading Company, and once established, he sets off to Sasan and Artemyra to open trade - and more importantly set up an alliance for his future country.

-Once he returns, he discovers that a rival merchant has tricked his company into going into debt, and he makes a risky gamble to save it, resulting in him becoming a slave to a cruel woman who uses torture and psychological manipulation to turn slaves into her obedient children. He eventually snaps out of her control and regained his freedom from his rebellion and his friends pulling their own con to force the slaver into debt, forcing her to turn everything over to them.

-With that over, and at least a dozen kids under their care, Sinbad decided now was the time to found their country and they set off to discover unclaimed territory.

This is where the Prequel finishes, as it's still on-going.

AU history | Sinbad was born among a minority ethnic group in the Ottomon Empire in what is now Iraq to a disabled war veteran and a kind, but sickly mother, unfortunately when he was seven, his father was killed during the young turk’s rebellion, the seemingly senseless violence caused him to hold a life-long hatred for war and strife.

As a child, he had shown an exceptional gift for languages, picking them up quite quickly as he obtained a job as courier and translator in Medina. There he drew the attention of both foreign merchants and intelligence officers for his quick wits and his charm, finding his quick skills with languages and easy manner worth the cost of training him to fit into polite society – a lesson Sinbad eagerly takes to, wanting to improve his lot in life, and discovered he especially loved writing.

Initially he stuck strictly to business – refusing to risk getting involved with the spy business but desiring the coin of foreigners to buy medical treatments for his mother, traveling to Europe and America with Turkish Bankers, becoming a bit of a minor celebrity thanks to the Western fascination with “Orientalism” and his seemingly endless bounty of exotic tales. Meanwhile, he found many aspects of their culture quite fascinating, and made friends in various places. When his mother eventually passed away from illness, Sinbad decided to dabble in some espionage as he no longer had to worry about putting his love ones in danger.

But when the Great World War broke out, Sinbad returned to his home country to try to save his people from the bloodshed, and became entangled with the British-backed Arabic rebellion. As he vowed to be a pacifist, he took non-combat roles, helping to evacuate civilians from future war zones, and heading to Damascus and other key cities to gather intelligence to pass on. Whether he took a more hands on approach in securing victory for the rebels is unknown and he prefers not to talk about it, though it’s when he started to become known as an avid drinker.

Once the war ended, he – like many of those who fought with a certain British intelligence officer became disillusioned to find that the promises made to them for their own homeland had been broken; some made do by living in the newly formed Iraq, but Sinbad chose to leave entirely and immigrated to America, eventually getting a job with the boarding school thanks to some connections he made. He initially had considered it a temporary position until he gets a position elsewhere or his attempts at publishing a novel or screenplay succeeds, but he discovered he genuinely enjoys teaching and finds himself conflicted.


personality | Sinbad initially comes across as a hedonistic goofball and even an airhead, a man who wakes up after being robbed blind, and seemed unaware that people would react badly to a naked stranger walking towards them. The man is lover of wine, women, and song – especially women, to the point where he has a notorious reputation for unchivalrous behavior when intoxicated, flirting with anything in a skirt. The man is also known to sulk and pout when he not does get his own way, and shirks paperwork because he gets frustrated with work that has no visible pay off, while he can buckle down if he can see some reward for his efforts.

He also has a strong adventurous streak, being the only man in the Magi world who conquered seven dungeons and having travelled all over the world to do so. While he’s no longer allowed to enter dungeons, and as a King he is no longer able to travel as he pleased, he enjoys the times he’s allowed to travel, and is eager to hear stories of other people’s adventures. In Clarion this means he will jump at any chance to travel, and had been in almost every global power by the time he turned 23, and enjoyed every moment, and will take vacations overseas during summer break if he can get away with it, and will be become bored and listless if made to stay indoors for extended periods of time due to bad weather.

He has an easy, gregarious manner that makes people like him quickly, being someone with a very generous personality, quick to reward people that do him a favor. Sinbad is loyal to the people around him – and even considered the subjects of his kingdom to be part of an extended family. The man also has a strong empathic streak, being lulled into showing pity for Judal after the latter’s full display of crocodile tears, despite the fact that moments before Judal had broken Sindria’s protective barrier and threatened to kill him. Then there is the fact half of his generals were people that tried to kill him at one point or another, but he forgave them all and brought them to his side without a second thought. He is also is shown to get along with children, playing with them during a party in Imuchakk and during the time he was enslaved and brainwashed, he forbid the use of harsh punishments on the child slaves and took extreme concern for their health, showing even when “broken in” that his compassion still shines through. In Clarion this meant he is a pacifist by nature, and takes an exceptional concern for the well-being of students and staff members, even to the point of putting his nose in other people’s businesses.

For him, the worst possible thing is the idea that his allies start to hate and distrust him, becoming visibly upset to nearly the point of tears when his generals seem to believe he had assaulted a woman while drunk (he was proven innocent). He also shows immense guilt as a teenager when his actions leads harm to others, to the point after he instigated a slave rebellion, he begged his friend to kill him, because he felt that he took advantage of the slaves’ trust and put them into harm’s way, even though it was the only option he had to get freed. He wants people to trust him and more importantly, he wants to be the person who deserves that trust.

Then once people see past the “Airhead of the Seven Seas”, they will discover that he is a… mostly honorable monarch and a deadly warrior. While he shows signs of his thrill-seeking ways when he was young during spars – especially when using a Djinn full equip – he turns deadly serious when faced with a true life or death situation. Sinbad uses everything at his disposal to fight a dangerous foe, even things most would consider dishonorable – for example, he uses mind control magic to force Kouha to surrender, viewing the violation of Kougyoku’s mind a reasonable cost if it meant saving hundreds if not thousands of lives by forcing the civil war in Kou to end quickly. As a king dealing with diplomacy, he is fair but firm – refusing to budge on his issues, but careful enough to not be belligerent.

But underneath it all is a mind like a steel trap, quick to seize opportunities as they come into place, and willing to manipulate others – even going as far as to plant a hypnotic suggestion in Kougyoku’s mind – to get what he wants. It’s easy to assume that his power plays and manipulations meant that he does not care for the people that he used as pawns. Nothing can be further from the truth – when asked about his ‘slyness’ by Jafar, he gave a pained expression, and admitted that he became the sort of person he hated, but stated that he felt that was the only way he can operate if he wants to stop The Organization and protect smaller nations from expansionist empires. Then there was the crushed look on his face when Kougyoku confessed her crush to him when all the while he was using it to get her to become an unwittingly spy on the Kou Empire. And since he started using people, he felt that he’s gone too far to stop, so all he can do is move forwards. But as a rule, even if he just sees someone as a tool, he usually tries to angle it so that the results of his schemes will benefit them as well. While he does not have near the level of responsibility of a king in the AU, as someone who was involved with espionage and rebellion, he often ended up weighing his actions to decide what would be for the greater good, and often found himself performing unsavory acts with the goal of reducing bloodshed wherever he could, with the view that saving life is the highest priority he should have.

It’s key to note that everything about Sinbad as written is true to his character, none of the drinking, womanizing, or childish behaviors is a font – he’s genuinely all that, he just has a sharp mind under all that.

SAMPLES


sample 1 | Clack. Clack. Tap. Clack. Click. Clack. Ding.

The typewriter was an old friend, a gift from a mentor who overlooked his humble beginnings and encouraged his curiosity and desire to share. Thrown from a train, sent flying across the deck in a storm, rattled from a mortar shell landing close by – come hell or high water, the thing endured, minus a “z” key that somehow snapped off, and rest of the letters worn off by grit and overuse. The sound of keys pressing, the slide, and the ringing tone that announced that he needs push it back was quite soothing, and it was easy to be lost within a rhythm of writing, whether it was trying to get a story from his childhood into something Hollywood would accept, or like he was doing now – outlining the reason why one should never call a ‘Turkish Coffee’ a ‘Turkish Coffee’ in Greece.

Nevermind it was the Arabics who created that style in the first place, he chuckled to himself at his own joke, glancing up surreptitiously as he gently pulls the sheet out from the machine. No one coming in, and the creaky halls are silent, taking the chance – he slips the flask out of his coat pocket, and starts to unscrew the cap, breathing in the sharp, nose-clearing scent chased by the smokey sweetness of molasses. There are drinks that are easier to conceal from suspicious noses, but ever since he had a taste of añejo in Madrid, he found he strongly preferred rum over all other alcoholic drinks.

And it’s a better exorcist for nightmares then the tongue-numbing patent medicines the coach recommends, and far more effective than prayer. A sudden rap upon the door jolted him out of his thoughts, the flask nearly slipping out of his hand before he catches it, fingers slipping over the cap as he tries to close it and hide it back within his pocket in the same motion as he pushes his hair back – again uselessly trying to push his cowlick back down.

Good going, Sinbad – spill the dark rum on your shirt, that way no one would ever know of your tipple, he thought to himself sarcastically as his amber eyes darted to the door.

“Mr. Tison…?” A student’s voice called out after a moment, sounding lost. “Is this a bad time to see you?”

“Of course not, please come in – I was just putting away test materials,” He calls out, cursing his carelessness as he fixes a smile on his face, after all it sounds like the young man needed it. “Can’t let you have an unfair advantage, now can I?” Sinbad laughs as the door opens, standing up to pull a chair out.

“Yes sir…”

“Now then, tea… coffee? Teacher’s privilege, I can share some if you promise not to tell the others.” He glances back after checking to see that the halls were empty before he shut the door. “So, what seems to be the trouble?”

sample 2 | TDM

OOC INFORMATION
Name: Shini
Plurk: RShini
Other characters played: N/A

IC INFORMATION
Name: Sinbad (given the surname Tisoni for the au)
Canon: Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
Overview: An idealistic peasant boy with exceptionally strong life energy made seven djinns his servants, found a country, and fights against an organization that's out to destroy the world while struggling with his own morality. At first brush he's goofy, friendly and irresponsible, but he's super-protective of his charges and more cunning then one thinks.
Enrollment Status: full-time Literature Teacher and can be a substitute teacher for Political Science or History if the need arises.
Species: Djinn
AU Overview: Sinbad was one of the 72 Djinns summoned and bound to King Solomon's service back in ancient times. The ancient king knew he would eventually die, but suspecting that many of the Djinns would be enraged by being made to build the Great Temple and would rampage free in the world once he's gone, he cast an extremely powerful spell that bound them to all to trinkets from his treasury and scattered across the world, with every trapped Djinn being compelled to grant the wishes of those who possess their vessel for good or ill until the term is up, then they were stuck in their vessels until another person finds them - with the intent that humans would eventually free the good Djinns from eternal servitude.

Sinbad was known as the 'Genie of the Sword' or the 'Djinn of Seven Wishes' with powers best suited to warfare and matters of state, and he often found himself in the service of kings and tyrants, sometimes when his new master killed the old one, but just as often spending centuries trapped in his sword between summons. This changed in the 19th century when a band of traveling performers found his vessel. He was shocked by their lack of ambition and their selfless kindness, using him to make life better for the cities they pass through or in self-defense - and needless to say, eternally grateful they used their last wish to free him.

He picked up a love for performance and stories from them, and spent the first century of freedom roaming the world, and often finding himself falling into the social circles of artists and politicians. At some point not long after St. Augustus' founding, he was picked out and was offered a job as an instructor, and Sinbad accepted it on a lark - expecting that he'll move o within a year, but discovered he genuinely enjoyed helping kids succeed and stayed on ever since, shoving all the gruntwork on the TAs passing through and gaining a reputation as the 'fun teacher'.

Power-wise, he can manipulate the elements of Lightning, Wind, and Ice, and manipulate sound waves, and gifted with the natural ability of flight. The wishes he once granted were all due to manipulating and combining these elements or using his wits to procure it by alternate means if he can't do it himself.

Djinns function:
-The forms of the Djinns change between being bound and being freed. When bound - they are gigantic in size, possessing a third eye and are blue in color, but then become more human in size and appearance when freed, though the skin around wounds will turn blue even on a free genie. All Djinns have a vessel, but they're all objects that existed in the classical period. Theory is the bound form is their true shape, and Solomon's binding prevented them from altering their form.

-When bound, the Djinns cannot exist outside their vessels when they're not currently serving a master in facilitating a wish. Freed Djinns can exist outside their vessels nigh-indefinitely, but will automatically return to it when gravely wounded. Either way, when inside a vessel, they require someone from the outside to free them. Yes, they can drag other people with them inside their vessels, but it's generally not a good idea for obvious reasons.

-The number of wishes a Djinn can grant varies on the individual genie, the most common numbers are one wish and three wishes. Sinbad was able to grant seven wishes, but since he's freed, he is no longer under any obligation to grant anyone a wish, and he very rarely wants to.

-Wishes Cannot do the following: Kill someone (though a clever wish-maker can make a wish that can indirectly lead to someone getting killed - they can't go 'I Wish X would drop dead!'), rewrite past events, alter a person's memory, personality or emotions, raise the dead, wish for more wishes (attempting to do so will turn any Djinn hostile to their master). Bound Djinns are compelled to obey wishes that are within their power to grant, though of course how faithfully they follow the Wish-maker's intent is dictated by the Djinn's view of their master and how carefully the wish is worded. And all wishes must start with "O Djinn of the (Vessel) Grant Me..." to avoid accidental wishes.

-The Vessel is what keeps them in the mortal and partly why they're essentially unkillable by ordinary means (though high enough magic will flat out kill them). Destroy the vessel with the Djinn inside and they're banished in the spirit world, destroy the vessel while the Djinn's outside of it, and they can be kill like any mortal.

-It's rumored that someone can bind a freed Djinn back into servitude, but few people know how to do so, though it might be connected to the lost Temple of Solomon.

Extreme Magic Chant "O Djinn of (insert), Thou who Bestowed thy power upon kings (badass elemental oath) (spell name)

Equip: "O Djinn of (insert), Dwell in my body ... (Djinn name)

For if anyone tries to ID Sinbad:

Magus result (Djinn, Baal, Zepar, etc):
"Djinns, or alternately Jinn or Genie. They are known as Nature Spirits - created out of smoke and wind whilst humans are created out of clay, according to Islamic tradition. They are usually mischievous shapeshifters capable of possession and performing tasks for a specific human - usually taking the form of retrieving objects of the human's desire or cast illusions to his advantage.

There is said that there are far more powerful djinns - 72 of them to be exact, each one with a name. They are also known as Demons in Christian tradition and are of a higher category of Nature Spirit, being considered almost like minor gods in power and prestige. They have an 'Authority' over their specific domain - an Element and a Characteristic, allowing otherwise impossible miracles to occur simply by will alone, but they are restrained by that they are only allowed to exert such Authority when submitting to a master. Because of this limitation, these special djinns will only submit to someone that suits their particular personality. There are stories that one could use powerful mind control magic to force a djinn to accept a master they otherwise would have refused, but if such an ability exist, it is a well-guarded secret or had been lost in time."

The only one known who could tame all 72 djinns is the legendary Magician King Solomon, who the djinns feared and respected so greatly that they continued to slave away at the temple even after he expired - until a lowly worm gnawed at the staff that held the Magician's body upright. Once his corpse fell, they realized that their fear of the mighty king made them blind to the truth and they fled the realm, never to be united again."


"Baal, the name of a demon or djinn in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is listed first, A djinn whose domain is Heroic Feats and Wrath, and manifests with the element of lightning. He is said to seek those with the strongest will as his master."

"Focalor, the name of a demon or djinn in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is the 42nd named djinn. The domain of this djinn involves rule and submission, and he enforces his authority with wind. A djinn who seeks one who understands the nature of both a king and a subject."

"Zepar, the name of a demon or djinn in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is the 16th named djinn. The domain of this djinn is unknown - though surviving scraps imply discord might be part of it's domain, though it is known to use "Sound" magic to enforce it's master's will. As it's true domain is unknown, so is the quality it seeks in a master."

"Djinn Equip - A Magecraft Techinque seen in use between 1000 CE and 1400 CE, said to be taught to the Magus of the era by the last true Magicians - those capable of True Magic - the last known user of the technique was the elder brother of Emperor Souzin Ren of China, who was assassinated during a power struggle for the throne, and the secrets of the technique died with him. The Association had forbidden any attempts to create the lost art of 'Djinn Equip', as they believe that a mistake in the ritual can have catastrophic consequences.

Djinn Equip is a form of summoning and spiritual possession - known as letting the spirit 'ride you' in some circles. However, unlike traditional Spirit Riding, the one being 'Ridden' is in full control of his or her faculties during the period. It is done by taking a contracted being - typically a djinn as the name implies, but demons and other phantasmal creatures can be used, and compressing it's power into the Magus' body, and allowing it to expand over their body in a controlled fashion.

The result is a physical transformation of the Magus' body, a merging of the spirit and human form, and the full magical might of the Djinn is added to the mage, allowing them to perform earth-shattering feats.

A weaker variation is known as 'Djinn Weapon', where the vessel that contains the spirit is instead expanded into a powerful weapon - though oftentimes, the user's hands transform in order to safely wield the weapon's power. This was often the first step for Mages who wished to learn the full technique, or those whose Magic Circuit are too weak to support a spirit in their body, or want a little power without excessive strain upon their forms.

The known users of Djinn Equip in history included The Kou and Haku Branch of the Imperial Ren Family of China, Third Prince Alibaba of the Persian Empire, King Sinbad of Sindria, Byzantium General Ignatius Alexius, and Varangian Guard Captain Muu Alexius. As only named djinns or demons are known to be used, it is estimated that the true number of magus capable of Djinn Equip techinque could range up to 72 in number, but most likely lower as exceptional mages may be master of several djinns, it is said one of these users had up to Seven Djinns under his control."

Sindria result:

Sindria was the Crusade-era name for what is now known as Krakatoa. A volcanic island that had lain dormant until 1883, which all but obliterated the island, leaving a small archipelago and a new caldera in it's wake.

From a period of 1100 to the mid 1300s, it was a kingdom and prosperous trade port that fell in decline from uncertain ruler ship. Historical records agreed that the first people upon the island were refugees fleeing from Berber Islamic Conquests, and those escaping the first Crusades - Christian and Muslim fighters who grew sick of fighting, Jews escaping massacres, escaped slaves and civilians who lost everything.

Sinbad (Wikipedia):

For the 7 Voyages of Sinbad please see (Thousand and One Arabian Nights), for others named Sinbad, please see Sinbad (Disambiguation)

King Sinbad the Sailor

(Est. 1073? - 19 March 1113?[1]), The founder of Sindria, a merchant and explorer had arrived on what is now modern day Krakatoa with eight crew members and refugees from North Africa and Middle East. There are many mysteries about the first and greatest(citation?) king of the island-nation.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Any records of his birth was lost to history, and according to contemporaries: "His Highness rarely spoke of his family - a father that was war veteran and fisherman, and of a sickly mother, but he speaks with great fondness. Any further attempts to press him for the location of his birth, what ruler he once held allegiance to, and his reason for leaving his country were futile for he would smile and recite a story from his many adventures, or a tale he once heard whilst traveling, so enthralled were we that only hours later did we realize that we never received the answer we sought after."[2].

It is reasonable to assume from name and the language he used the most is that he was Persian in origin. See THEORY OF ORIGINS for further speculation.

[...]

REIGN OF SINDRIA
Rumors of Impiety

While nominally a Muslim, it was a poorly kept secret that he wasn't a particularly pious one. His drinking and womanizing exploits were scandalous to the Islamic World, and a subject of amusement and embarrassment to his subjects. Despite political and personal pressure, the King never wed, and no child was born out of his many affairs.

Shortly after his declaration of Sindria's existence and it's refusal to take part in either Crusades or the Islamic Conquest had made him few friends but many enemies. Rumors began in the West of how his kingdom avoided war with Witchcraft, and his already outrageous behavior by Islamic standards made it easy for them to declare him an apostate. When the Chinese Invasion of Sindria in 1110 and the Byzantine Invasion of Sindria of 1110 were repelled despite overwhelming odds, the accusations of witchcraft and devil-consorting grew stronger and stronger. Those who did not believe in sorcery believed he held some kind of unfair and dishonorable advantage.

[. . .]

ABDICATION AND DISAPPEARANCE

It came to a shock to the people of Sindria when on October 22, 1112 Sinbad announced from his palace balcony as of this day, he will no longer be ruler of the kingdom, for he deemed as desirable as their land was - that he was the source of their constant sieges and political turmoil and introduced them to their new ruler - Jafar the Regent, his most trusted and reportedly most politically savvy member of his entourage.

With that, he took to the wheel of his personal ship and departed, his destination only known to Jafar and himself. The people continued on, with no word about Sinbad's last voyage. Then suddenly on March 19 1113, Jafar the Regent broke open a scroll left to him by the King as previously instructed[where?] and read it out loud, it was a declaration that if he had not returned by the designated time that he had died on his secret mission and the scroll continued instructions for his funeral and apology he written, for how he let the country down.[7]

Without a body to bury, the people of Sindria took to paying their respects at the docks 'threw enough flowers and dust into the seas as so the water could not be seen'.[8]


MOTTO:

"Neither Conquerors nor Conquered" - the motto of the extinct nation of Sindria - a reference to the country's official stance of armed neutrality, they would never attack aggressively towards another state but will resist all attempts at conquest.