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That's the last one? Okay then… Thanks, mates.
— John Sinamoi

John Sinamoi is a survivor and the main tritagonist featured in Dead Island and Dead Island: Epidemic. He is a lifeguard and the leader of the Beach House survivor group.

Dead Island[]

Sinamoi is first seen by the Heroes after they awake in the Beach House after being knocked out by a Zombie in the Royal Palms Resort, arguing with James Stein about the likelihood of the hero's survival. After the hero blacks out again and wakes up, Sinamoi is missing along with James, who took some of the survivors after a disagreement with Sinamoi. Upon questioning his whereabouts, the hero is informed that Sinamoi is outside fighting off zombies, prompting the main Quest Blood on the Sand to go help him. After saving him, Sinamoi attempts to contact someone on the radio, which has a bad signal. After giving up because of this, he gives the main quest Passport to Life where the heroes must retrieve his keycard to the Lifeguard Tower, where Sinamoi plans to move everyone to as it is far more defensible, and spacious, than the Beach House. After retrieving the keycard, Sinamoi then gives the main quest Exodus, asking the heroes to clear the way to the Lifeguard Tower and make it safe for the survivors to move to.

Sinamoi and the others then drive to the Lifeguard Tower, where they settle in and Sinamoi gives the main quest To Kill Time, where the heroes must help two survivors, Mike and Dominic to bring gas to burn the bodies and a radio part for the tower's transceiver array respectively. Whilst the hero does this, Sinamoi gets concerned about the survivor's supply of food and drink, giving the main quest A Piece of Cake, to gather canned food from the nearby bars, and Seek'n'Loot to gather Juice Packs from the Lighthouse/City Tunnel Gas Station. This does little to alleviate the situation and Sinamoi fears that the heroes might have to travel to Moresby to look for supplies.

To help them achieve this safely, Sinamoi gives the main quest Born to be Wild, where the heroes have to travel back to the Hotel to reach its Parking Lot, where an Armored Truck is found. The truck belonged to the Bank of Banoi and Sinamoi knows it is powerful enough to get them through the blocked streets of Moresby. Whilst they are coming back from the Hotel, they witness a helicopter crashing overhead, which Sinamoi also sees, giving the main quest Black Hawk Down. Sinamoi, rather fancifully, hopes that they can use the helicopter to fly away from the island, or at least see if anything is worth salvaging from the crash, so sends the heroes to investigate the crash. When the heroes return stating that the helicopter is totalled, Sinamoi is upset but not all too surprised.

Sinamoi returns to the idea of looking for supplies in Moresby and states that, although the truck is already powerful, they need to "turn it into a bloody tank". He gives the main quest Misery Wagon where the heroes must drive the truck to the Old Marina Workshop and search for a mechanic there to upgrade the truck with extra armour and the like, and if there isn't one, they'll have to try a different option. Sinamoi waits at the Lifeguard Tower as the heroes travel to Moresby, but keeps in contact with them about the, usually deteriorating, morale and situation at the Lifeguard Tower. Whilst the heroes are at Moresby, Sinamoi tells them, over several radio transmissions, about an orphaned girl they took in named Laura who had pneumonia, but the paranoid survivors thought she was infected and wanted her killed. She had a high fever and thought that Jack was trying to kill her. He then later tells them that she died prior to the heroes returning from Moresby.

When they return to the Lifeguard Tower laden with supplies, after delivering some to Saint Christopher's Church, Sinamoi thanks them for their efforts. He then states that Dominic and a few others went to the Hotel to try and use the more powerful radio array there to contact The Voice, giving the main quest Bird on the Roof, as they left several hours prior but have had no contact since, and Sinamoi is worried about them. After the heroes leave for the Mingende Jungle, Sinamoi remains at the Lifeguard Tower and has no further contact with the heroes for and unknown reason.

Dead Island: Epidemic[]

Sinamoi returns in Dead Island: Epidemic, serving as the game's narrator and announcer. After the events of Dead Island, Sinamoi escaped Banoi by unknown means and arrived on the island of Amaia, only to discover that it too had been overrun by the Kuru infection. Facing certain death, Sinamoi was unexpectedly rescued by another group of survivors, and remains with them, assisting them in finding food and other supplies.

In-game, Sinamoi appears primarily via radio message, where he directs the players towards supply points and keeps them apprised of incoming enemies, attempts by "scavengers" to steal supplies, and other events.

Dead Island: The Book[]

Sinamoi appears in the book, but is similar to his game counterpart in name only. Unlike the friendly lifeguard in a well off tower, with the deep voice and fellow survivors, the book Sinamoi is more like a native of Banoi. He speaks in broken English and fills in the rest with miming. It's greatly hinted that he is only helping the heroes because of the promise of money from White and his Lifeguard Tower is more like a lifeguard shack, with old and battered equipment. He is also the only survivor living there, fitting since the Tower is more of a small hut in the book.

Appearance[]

Sinamoi is a middle aged man with short black hair and a clean shaven face with a tribal tattoo arching over and under his left eye. Unlike most male survivors in the Resort, Sinamoi is fully clothed with a red lifeguard shirt, a white undershirt, red shorts, white socks, and red and white sneakers as well as a gold watch on his left wrist. He has multiple tattoos on his arms, and most likely on other parts of his body.

In Epidemic, Sinamoi looks much like he does in the first game, with the exception of longer hair and two scars on his face, neither of which are ever explained.

Notes[]

  • Despite putting himself in mortal danger outside the Beach House, in an attempt at protecting the members of his survivor group by driving off the zombies, he is not wounded or infected. It is not known why he didn't warn the others of the risk.

Trivia[]

  • After accepting the main quest Seek'n'Loot, when around Sinamoi, he will say his idle line for that quest, except he has a completely different line and asks "Did you check both gas stations?" when the subtitles read "Did you check both petrol stations?"
  • No matter whether the Hero is male or female, Sinamoi refers to them as "his".
  • John's nationality is unclear. His accent resembles both the New Zealand and Australian accents which have a similar sound. His tattoo bears a slight resemblance to traditional facial tattoos worn by the New Zealand Maori as well as tattoos seen in numerous other Polynesian cultures. Despite this, his surname is not a New Zealand Maori surname or even a Polynesian one. This has made it impossible to define his nationality.
  • Sinamoi was slated to appear in Dead Island: Riptide, found in the tunnels between the Flooded Jungle and the Pinai Ferry Station. He would have been the source of an optional side quest, titled An Old Friend, in which the Hero must protect Sinamoi as he travels through the tunnels to an unspecified location. Completion of the quest would have rewarded the Hero with the Razor Mod. This appearance and the associated quest were omitted for unknown reasons.

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