The German

The German
First appearance	June 19, 2008; 9thwonders.com
In-story stats
Known ability	Magnetism
Gender
Home	Munich, Germany
Residence	The German's apartment
Occupation	Thief

The German is a Munich, Germany born man with the ability of magnetism.

Character History

Graphic Novel:Berlin, Part 1

In the process of robbing a bank, the German receives a visit from a mysterious figure who warns him about the Company agents that are there to capture him and claims to have fed them false information about his plans. The informant hands him pictures of Gael Cruz, Devin Patterson and another person. He responds that it won't be a problem and he will make them crumble by taking out the boss first.

Graphic Novel:Berlin, Part 2

Bianca and Devin find out that the German has used the back entrance of his apartment building to access his apartment, has obtained Gael's photo and location, and is in possession of an automatic pistol.

The German arrives at the hotel room where Gael is staying and holds him against the wall with metal support bars from the bed. Bianca and Devin then arrive as the German shoots Gael in the stomach. Devin distracts the German by shooting at him while Bianca frees Gael. The German responds by using his ability to kill Devin by redirecting multiple rounds from his gun before being knocked out by Bianca and a well placed gas grenade.

Heroes Evolutions

Originally, the Company's assignment tracker listed the German's last known location as New York, NY and information on his ability. However, a complete image of the German was not included, and the German's personal history and psychological profile were missing from his entry.

After a mission to bag and tag the German begins in Berlin (Berlin, Part 1), the German's assignment tracker entry was updated to list the German's last known location as Berlin, Germany. The personal history was also updated to include an "Evidence" link.

Clicking on the link open a new file entry with satellite telemetry data for Devin Patterson's PDA. The image zooms from outer space to a photo of the PDA. Upon entering the correct four character password, the PDA becomes accessible. The filesystem of the PDA displays a list of photo albums, of which "Ohne Titel" is the only album shown. That album contains 16 photographs, some of which appear to be annotated photos of locations in Berlin. There is also a list and a file written in German.

Evolved Human Abilities

According to his assignment tracker file at primatechpaper.com, The German's control index is 70%. His data analysis shows his biological level at 35, cerebral at 25, elemental at 75, and temporal/spatial at 10. The entry also describes the ability as "the manipulation of ferrous objects and materials", and displays a diagram indicating his magnetic ability stretches outwards from his head to feet.

Two split images supplied by evsdropr show his ability at work: one image is of his ability applied to the controls of an elevator and the other is on a phone booth. It is unknown exactly what effect the ability had, but in both demonstrations it did create a ripple-like visual distortion in the air similar to one created when a stone is dropped in a pool of water.

The sign displayed in the phone booth image reads "Zutritt Nur Für Befugte", which literally means "Admission Only for Authorized" when translated from German.

Trivia

• According to the German's assignment tracker, the German is 180 lbs., fair and medium build, 6'0 ft tall with blond hair, and Caucasian.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:The German for fan-created theories and other speculation.