Theory:Charles Deveaux

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Charles was the father of D.L. Hawkins and grandfather to Micah Sanders.	None.	+ The lives of D.L. and Niki were supposedly manipulated by Linderman in the hopes of arranging Micah's birth. Charles has presumably known Linderman for decades and may be a willing participant in the breeding of evolved humans. + D.L.'s father is unknown and Simone's mother is unknown. • Angela Petrelli and Kaito Nakamura were also participants in the conspiracy and had super powered offspring. - Just because D.L. and Deveaux are both black, doesn't mean they're related. That would be like saying that Niki is also Linderman's daughter. That theory is just as liable. - We actually know Niki's father, but we don't know D.L.'s and since everyone seems connected on the series, it is plausible. + We do know that D.L. grew up as one of those "troubled kids on the streets" (in Landslide, we see D.L.'s old mugshots, saved in Linderman's dossier on him). Thus, D.L. is most likely not a Deveaux, seeing as Simone Deveaux enjoyed a much more privileged upbringing.
Peter's encounter with Charles was a dream created by Sanjog Iyer.	None.	- In other dreams formed by Sanjog, the dreamer was not able to interact with the people he saw. • Peter was not exactly "interacting" with Charles; more, Charles was somehow able to detect Peter, and monologued at him.
Charles Deveaux was sick and ultimately died from some sort of injury obtained while attempting to kill Arthur Petrelli.	None.	+ Charles' power may have been a 'spirit guide' or astral-type power, which Arthur took and later used against Angela. - That was telepathy. - If Arthur took this power from him, Charles could not have used it to talk to Peter. + Charles told Peter there always has to be one that's good, a possible comparison to his father. This might be him expressing his distrust of Arthur, a possible motive. - He could also have meant one good in each generation, with not particular reference to Arthur. + The sound effects used for when Charles used telepathy are the same sound effects for when Arthur uses telepaty.
Charles Deveaux was murdered.	Kaito states he was dead in "Four Months Later...".	+ Kaito Nakamura is a very wise person and wouldn't lie about something like this, even though he was talking to Angela. • If speculation is correct about Kaito's ability, he could have predicted what was happening.
Arthur Petrelli stole Charles' ability.	Charles displayed telepathy in 1961 but not once in all of season 1. Arthur stole telepathy from someone.	- In season 1, he still knew Peter was there when no-one else did-perhaps by reading his mind. Also, he said something about being able to see love in him, or something like that. + Charles seams very determined to protect those with powers, and with the existence of a formula he would lose nothing and the company would become stronger. + The sound effect used for when Charles uses telepathy is the same sound effect for when Arthur uses telepathy. - This is the same sound effect for when Maury and Matt use their telepathy, as well. + If Charles had his ability in Season 1, Peter would have absorbed it similar to how he absorbed his mother's precognitive dreaming. • He may have gotten the power, leading to the feedback when he met Matt. - The feedback happened cause both read each other's minds at the same time, Peter and Matt have used telepathy together and feedback didn't happen. • It is possible that Arthur absorbed the power through empathy, either from Maury or Charles, allowing Charles to retain the ability up to his death. - Arthur can't absorb abilities through empathy. + Having two members who were only telepaths in the Company doesn't make sense. - Seeing as abilities are random, the Company could have been made entirely of telepaths if they met each other.
Charles does not have telepathy, but rather, some form of mood and emotion sensing power similar to standard empathy without the power-mimicry.	None	+ Charles frequently talks about people having a pure heart, how it all boils down to love, and so forth. + Charles could have been controlling the fear and anger that the people in the restaurant had, calming them down, rather than mind-controlling them with telepathy. - Charles told them that it never happened, so there wouldn't be anything to be angry about. - How could Charles know that the song on the radio was Angela's favorite song and that she missed her Prom if his power was to just 'sense her mood'? (And she didn't tell him that because she was surprised that he knew.)