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Theory	Citations	Notes
Adam Monroe is one of the men from Group of twelve.		+ Heroes: The Mobile Game lists him as being one of the founders of the company. - In "Out of Time", we find out that Adam Monroe is Kensei, and played by the same actor, showing no physical change or aging to be either unidentified men from the picture. + Adam Monroe, does have a physical resemblance to Arthur Petrelli. File:Kensei-Petrelli Profile Comparison.jpg .
Adam Monroe is Elle's father.	• Elle's father appears to be a high member of the Company. (The Kindness of Strangers) • The other known Company founder names introduced (like Maury Parkman) seem to be pivotal to the plot of the volume.	- in the preview for next episode, Elle is shown shocking peter with lightning, and Bob is there, telling her to stop. Bob would have the power to pull her from the mission + If Elle's father is an as-yet-unseen character, than it makes sense that he would be the mysteriously hinted at Monroe. + Adam Monroe has been shown to have definite ties with Peter Petrelli. (The Line) Elle also has ties with Peter Petrelli. (Fight or Flight) If Adam is Elle's father, then that could explain why Adam had Elle looking for him. - Adam is working against the Company, so he wouldn't want her daughter working for them.
Adam Monroe is the hooded killer.	None	+ It appears that Adam is facing the Company based on the note that he left for Peter in Montreal, which explains why he would want to kill the others in Group of twelve. + Adam's, or rather Kensei's, ability to regenerate would allow him to get up from the jump and escape very quickly. + Adam swore that he would destroy everything Hiro loved, which would include killing his father.
Adam Monroe has the power of Empathic mimicry	None	+ He is seen to be alive in the present in Out of Time, possibly due to mimicking Hiro's Space-time manipulation. - Anti-aging could be a side-effect of his Rapid cell regeneration. + This could be why he's teamed up with Peter. + When Bob was showing Nathan the newspaper article talking about a snowstorm in Miami, he said it could have been a tsunami. This suggests Adam can manipulate the weather + Claude reacted to Peter's Empathic mimicry as "Oh,one of those", suggesting that there might be others. Claude worked for The Company and may have met Adam. + We never see Adam's body in the explosion in Out of Time, and Adam had no idea of his Rapid cell regeneration until he was shot; it is likely he would have known of that gift from childhood. Empathic mimicry could explain both; the fake Kensei in How to Stop an Exploding Man seems like he may have had Rapid cell regeneration because he survived the initial chase of the horsemen, and Adam may have acquired his regenerative abilities; he could have escaped the blast by using Hiro's gift. Furthermore, it is unlikely that Rapid cell regeneration on its own would make Adam feel like a god, and Bob's line (in Out of Time) about changing weather would be explained by this. - Adam's skull and skeleton are clearly visible (albeit black) wearing the singed version of his armour in the ashes of the explosion as the camera scans to Hiro holding his helm. - As with Peter, it would be quite likely that early manifestations of abilities learned using Empathic mimicry would happen in the presence of the original hero. When he first finds he can regenerate, he is only in the presence of Hiro and his actions suggest he truly did not know how the regeneration happened. - If Adam was an empath, he wouldn't need Peter to go back in time.
Adam Monroe took the photograph of the group of twelve.	None	+ While he is a "founder" of the company, he is not in the photograph
Adam Monroe is not actually Takezo Kensei but in fact travelled back in time (with the aid of Peter Petrelli) to change history.	At the end of Out of Time Adam states that he and Peter are going to "change history".	+ It is less likely that Adam Monroe is hundreds of years old. - Rapid cell regeneration could easily explain his unaged appearance. - Hiro killed "Kensei". One might make the argument that he could've healed from that, except for the fact that when Hiro picks up the mask, they show "Kensei"'s dead charred body. - Claire has healed back to normal from advanced radiation poisoning. - There is no reason for Adam to go back into the past if he wasn't already there. The reason he wants to "change history" is because Hiro stole his princess.
Adam Monroe killed Kaito Nakamura first and personally whereas he sent Maury Parkman to kill the other twelve elders.	None	+ Monroe was embittered by Hiro who took his true love from him. As revenge, while Hiro was in the past, he "took" someone Hiro loves from him, his father.
Adam Monroe is not played by David Anders.	The only character that has said Anders is Adam is Anders himself. No information linking the Adam Monroe that the twelve know to Anders has surfaced	+ The note that is left for Peter, whether or not it is written by the real Adam, does not prove that Anders is Monroe. + The file that Bob has does not show any photos of Monroe. + If Monroe was indeed the founder of the company why would he leave himself out of the photo? • It's still possible that Anders plays Arthur Petrelli and that he considered Horn-rimmed glasses and side-burns to be cool when the photo was taken. - Anders looks nothing like Petrelli in War Buddies. - It's possible that he founded the company to look for Hiro and that he didn't want Hiro recognising him. + in Out of Time, Bob implied to Nathan that Adam Monroe could control the weather, where Anders' character has Rapid Cell Regeneration.
Adam Monroe is West's Father.
Adam Monroe is the father of Peter and Nathan.	None	+ Claire may have inherited her Rapid Cell Regeneration from Adam.