Sinedd
| Galactik Football character | |
| Sinedd | |
|---|---|
| Home Planet: | Akillian |
| Team: | Shadows |
| Position: | Striker |
| Number: | 11 |
| Flux: | Smog |
| Family: | None |
| Rival: | D'jok |
| First appearance: | "The Comeback" |
Sinedd is a supporting protagonist and major antagonist in the animated series, Galactik Football.
Season 1
Little is known about Sinedd's past. He was orphaned at a young age and never seems to have known his parents, who were killed in an unidentified war. It is unknown who raised him. He was brought up on Akillian and seems to have known D'Jok, Micro-Ice, Thran and Ahito for at least some time prior to the beginning of the series. His age is unknown, but it can be speculated that he is somewhat older than the other players, due to his relative height and the fact that he has never displayed any symptoms of possessing the Meta-Flux. It is also spaculated that it didn't manifest in Sinedd because he never used the Breath of Akillian, which is strongly connected to the Meta-Flux and is said to trigger it's manifestation.
His antagonistic relationship with the other players and especially with D'Jok and Micro-Ice is set up in episode 1 when the three get into a dispute regarding a batch of tickets Sinedd has stolen from Micro-Ice and Micro-Ice in turn has stolen from a gangster named Bellow. Their relationship continues throughout the tryouts and initial training period and culminates when Sinedd's refusal to work with D'Jok or Micro-Ice, his constant fouling and selfish play force Aarch to replace him during the Snow Kids-Red Tigers match.
Angry at his rejection Sinedd slips away during the second half of the match and before Aarch can speak to him again he encounters Artegor Nexus, who offers him a place playing for the Shadows.
Sinedd joins the Shadows as a striker and learns to use the team's Flux, the Smog. He antagonizes his former team in the preliminary round matches and qualifies for the final sixteen in Genesis Stadium. Prior to the Galactik Football final, he learns from Bleylock that D'Joc will throw the match in order to save his father and decided to challenge D'Jok to a one on one game to prove to D'Jok and to himself that he is the superior player.
The two boys play each other in Genesis Stadium, but a winner is never decided as before the game can be finished Sinedd collapses from the power of the Smog and has to be carried off the pitch.
Bleylock convinces Sinedd to insert his Meta-flux weapon into the cup, under the pretense that wiping out the Galaxy's Flux will prevent a coming war. When Sinedd learns the device's real purpose he is refuses to fulfill the plan, collapsing in tears on the pitch.
Season 2
At the start of Season 2 Sinedd is still playing for the Shadows. He is also secretly involved in an underground, no-holds-barred football tournament called Netherball. He recruits Rocket to play Netherball and acts as the coordinator of the Sphere where Netherball is conducted. Sinedd is one of the seven players in the All-Stars team who played against the Technoid Robots. His rivalry against D'Jok causes the All-Stars to lose the ball on two occasions and cost them a goal which causes Aarch, D'Jok and the Lightning's striker, Warren to berate his lack of teamwork and bitterness towards D'Jok in the first half of the match. By the second half, Sinedd starts to show teamwork by passing the ball more which gains them two goals and gains Sinedd some praise from Aarch and later, D'Jok. After the match, D'Jok complements him and tells him to celebrate with the rest of the team but Sinedd walks out.
He heads to the sphere to play Netherball against Rocket, although he was told by Harris that they want to keep Rocket in the sphere as long as possible and that Sinedd was not allowed to win. Regardless to what he was told he takes on Rocket in the sphere, both of them playing very aggresively. Sinedd keeps the upper hand until Rocket breaks his leg.
Abilities
Sinedd is a very talented player with a lot of kicking power, amazing dribbling skills and is said to be one of the best strikers in the GF Cup. As with Aarch and Artegor Sinedd is able to completely harness the full power of the Shadows Flux, the Smog, allowing him to play at a level that equals that of the Snow Kids, including D'jok. However even in the early portion of the series the intense use of the Smog causes Sinedd to suffer psychological and physical consequences, increasing his aggressiveness on the field and bringing suddent attacks of pain.
Personality
Sinedd is pessimistic, arrogant and proud. Seen as a bully, and with little time for friendship he is rather direct and violent when it comes to football, Sinedd is the type who gets to work quickly and his aggression on the field has led to him being frequently penalized for fouling other players. His thirst for violence is also heighted by the Smog, what causes him to lose control of his behaviour. But Sinedd was also shown regretting his actions.
Disliked for his arrogance, Sinedd doesn't get along well with any of the other team members, though he does show a grudging respect for Rocket, whom he invited to join the Shadows. Old rivalries with D'Jok led to friction on the pitch and the two were never able to develop a solid partnership, a problem which sabotaged the team's attack position in its early matches. After leaving the team Sinedd and D'Jok's long-standing rivalry escalated, until beating D'Jok and proving his worth became the most important thing on Sinedd's agenda.
He is portrayed as an exceptional football player, on a par with D'Jok, the most talented of the Snow Kids. However he has been chided by Aarch for his inability to acknowledge his mistakes and for taking the game too personally.
Sinedd plays at Number 11, Artegor Nexus's old number. His defection from Akillian to the Shadows echoes Aarch and Artegor's move of fifteen years previously.
Family & Friends
As mentioned above, Sinedd being an orphan has no family. His families' identities are kept secret and the only time they are mentioned is when Sinedd states how the war killed his parents leaving him as an orphan. The mention of his dead parents also was the main argument that stopped Sinedd from fulfilling Beylock's plan. It indicates that although he seems calm about the fate of his parents the fact of being an orphan still hurts him.
He has a certain inhibition towards Rocket as he never challenges him. Rather, he asks Rocket to join the Shadows, an indication of the fact that Rocket has great ability which Sinedd respects. Sinedd also appears to be friendly with other Shadows players, having taunted the Snow Kids as a group, however, it has not been shown whether he spends time with them.