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==[[Heroes Evolutions]]== |
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Stephen's [[Assignment Tracker 2.0]] file at [[primatechpaper.com]] notes that Stephen was raised by a "hard-driving assistant district attorney". Stephen always insisted that he had been unfairly punished or wrongly accused for his actions. Stephen graduated from a military boarding school and began dating his future wife, Elizabeth, and married her when she became pregnant. Stephen manifested his ability to [[gravitational manipulation|create a gravitational vacuum]], accidentally killing his neighbor. The profile reports that, "despite two years of aggressive testing, the nature of Stephen's vortices remains a mystery." The psychological profile notes that Canfield's pathological defensiveness and borderline schizophrenic paranoia are his defining psychological characteristics. |
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[[primatechpaper.com]] has an [[Assignment Tracker]] [http://www.primatechpaper.com/AT_2.0/assignmentTracker.php?subject=849c141062f08564eb5b20a281de5460 profile] for Stephen (file: C006; password: SCwem43ib). His personal history reads: |
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{{message|Stephen Canfield's childhood experiences as the only African-American student in a predominantly white, upper-class Manhattan private school helped establish a pattern of delinquency and defensiveness that set him at odds with his father, a former hard-driving assistant district attorney in [[New York City]] during the racially charged 1950s and '60s. Stephen always insisted that he had been unfairly punished or wrongly accused for his actions but found little traction with school authorities or his parents, who compared Stephen to his successful sister. |
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After graduating from a military boarding school, Stephen moved to [[Los Angeles]], where his sister was now an administrator in the Los Angeles County school system. Stephen began dating his future wife, Elizabeth. Their relationship was rocky due to Stephen's sensitivity and temper, but when Elizabeth became pregnant, they married. Stephen found work at a used car dealership and stabilized in his new life. The couple had two additional children. |
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However, Stephen's defensiveness at work led to friction with his co-workers and community. After losing his temper with a customer, Stephen was fired. Unable to find new work, Stephen's frustration grew, turning occasionally on his family. Their growing distance intensified his emotional distress. One day, Stephen was confronted by his neighbor about a broken lawnmower. During the course of the argument, Stephen manifested his ability to [[gravitational manipulation|create a gravitational vacuum]]. His neighbor was never seen again. The resulting police investigation alerted [[the Company]], and Agent [[Noah Bennet]] was tasked with extracting Stephen from police custody. |
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Despite two years of aggressive testing, the nature of Stephen's vortices remains a mystery. A recent shift in experimentation strategy to focus more on Stephen's control bio-mechanisms was interrupted by Stephen's escape from [[Level 5]] and apparent [[suicide|self-absorption]] during a recovery attempt by Agents Bennet and [[Sylar|Grey]] {{sic}}. Stephen's exact disposition remains unknown but he is presumed dead.|percent=70}} |
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[[image:at_C006Photo.jpg|thumb|right|Assignment tracker photo]] |
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The case file also includes a psychological profile: |
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{{message|The subject's defining psychological characteristic is his pathological defensiveness, bordering on schizophrenic paranoia, as evidenced by his capacity for breaking with his deeply rooted social norms such as lack of violence. The subject also displays the classic anchoring tendencies of a pathological personality, personified in this instance by his wife and children. |
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The subject's separation from his emotional anchors initially led to a severe decline in psychological health, but a counseling regime encouraging hope of an eventual reunion with his family was successful in achieving re-stabilization. This strategy also made the subject's movements easy to predict after the subject escaped from his testing confinement. However, the subject quickly deteriorated when confronted with the truth regarding his family's rejection, resulting in an apparently successful suicide attempt.|percent=70}} |
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{{seealsoat|file=C006|password=SCwem43ib}} |
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==[[Evolved Human]] [[Gravitational manipulation|Abilities]]== |
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Stephen Canfield had the ability to [[gravitational manipulation|create vortices]]. |
Stephen Canfield had the ability to [[gravitational manipulation|create vortices]]. |
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Latest revision as of 01:39, 25 April 2010
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| Portrayed by | Andre Royo |
| First appearance | Angels and Monsters |
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| Known ability | Gravitational manipulation |
| Gender | |
| Place of birth | New York, NY |
| Date of death | 2007 |
| Home | Los Feliz, CA |
| Residence | Empty home in L.A. |
| Occupation | former used car dealer |
| Significant other | formerly Elizabeth (wife) |
| Children | Three children, |
| Sibling | A sister |
Stephen Canfield was a prisoner of Level 5, who escaped during Elle and Sylar's confrontation. He was an evolved human with the ability to create black holes.
Character History
Angels and Monsters
Sandra looks through Noah's files and finds a reference to Stephen and his ability to "create vortexes that make people disappear forever." Stephen has a wife, Elizabeth, and several children. He goes to his former home to try to locate his wife, but she has moved out and the place stands empty. He loses his temper and creates a vortex, but quickly shuts it down. Claire gets his attention just before tasering him. He wakes up from her attack and, after explaining that he's not a monster, calls his wife with Claire's assistance. When he and his wife agree to meet at a carousel in the park, Stephen is interrupted by Noah and Sylar, who attempt to recapture Stephen to bring him back to Level 5. Stephen creates a large vortex and runs, leaving Noah, Sylar, and Claire to save themselves.
Later, Claire finds Stephen at the carousel alone; his wife never showed up. Noah shows up and tries to force Stephen to create a vortex and destroy Sylar in exchange for his own freedom. Stephen refuses and, with nothing left to live for, creates a vortex and throws himself in it.
Heroes Evolutions
Stephen's Assignment Tracker 2.0 file at primatechpaper.com notes that Stephen was raised by a "hard-driving assistant district attorney". Stephen always insisted that he had been unfairly punished or wrongly accused for his actions. Stephen graduated from a military boarding school and began dating his future wife, Elizabeth, and married her when she became pregnant. Stephen manifested his ability to create a gravitational vacuum, accidentally killing his neighbor. The profile reports that, "despite two years of aggressive testing, the nature of Stephen's vortices remains a mystery." The psychological profile notes that Canfield's pathological defensiveness and borderline schizophrenic paranoia are his defining psychological characteristics.
For Stephen Canfield's original Assignment Tracker 2.0 case file housed at primatechpaper.com, see file C006, and enter the password SCwem43ib. For a linked facsimile of the file, including full text and images, see here.
Evolved Human Abilities
Stephen Canfield had the ability to create vortices.
According to his assignment tracker file at primatechpaper.com, Stephen's control index is 60%. His data analysis shows his biological level at 25, cerebral at 35, elemental at 55, and temporal/spatial at 90.
Memorable Quotes
"I won't be a monster!"
- - Stephen Canfield (Angels and Monsters)
Notes
- Andre Royo was credited for the episode The Butterfly Effect, but the scene he appeared in was cut.
See Also
- For other uses of Canfield, see Canfield (disambig).
Fan Theories
Please refer to Theory:Stephen Canfield for fan-created theories and other speculation.