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 receives symbolic dreams or waking visions, which reveal important things (but not necessarily true in every detail) about the past, present, or future. Since Peter has absorbed this power, he can communicate with past-Charles through a shared dream when Charles is seeing the future.	Peter has a vivid dream of his past self and speaks to Charles in his dream. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)	+ Peter's visions don't all come true literally, but reveal truths that he otherwise could not know, such as Nathan's flying, himself as the Bomb, and Charles' conversation with Angela. + Peter suddenly fainting and finding himself in a vivid dream of the past could have been triggered by Charles suddenly having a vision of the future, or even deliberately "calling" Peter to prevent a premature explosion. • This could be how Charles and Angela knew that the fate of New York would depend on one of the two brothers.
Like Hana Gitelman, Charles still exists in an ethereal, intelligent form, due to his "dream power".	None.	+ Peter had a dream where he interacted fully with Charles Deveaux although he was physically dead. (How to Stop an Exploding Man) • Then could Deveaux.
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 loose 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 Feed back when he met Matt • 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. + Having two members who were only telepaths in the Company doesn't make sense.