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Theory	Citations	Notes
Damien is related to René.	None	• Damien and the Haitian have similar abilities. - Similar abilities don't necessarily mean a blood relation. - Nothing indicates Damien was born in Haiti. + Guillame liked to use his power to sleep around. • Damien and René both have dark complexions. - Skin complexion doesn't denote kinship.
Damien is a telepath.	None	+ Damien could have psychically 'rifled through' Sylar's mind, found the memories Matt erased, and then caused Sylar to hallucinate the memories appearing in the mirrors. + Damien was dressed in medieval clothing, and was perfectly silent. He may see himself as a sort of guru or bodhisattva (or he might just have a flair for the dramatic).
Damien is a healer.	None	+ Several evolved humans with the power of healing could restore memories (such as Daniel Linderman and Ishi Nakamura). The murders appearing in the mirrors might have been just a way to show you what was flashing through Gabriel's head. - Damien's ability restored Gabriel's memories, but not the emotional content they had. Otherwise, Sylar would have walked out of the House of Mirrors, cheerfully scalped Damien, and then gone on to massacre the entire carnival. • Sylar is not all-powerful. It is unlikely he could have butchered every single last person in the carnival. - If the memories appearing in the mirrors were just a way to show the audience what was flashing through Gabriel's head, leaving the house of mirrors would have had not stopped the flashes for him. • The house of mirrors seemed to have some sort of symbolic value. After viewing his past murders, he shortly encountered the police officer after him, and nearly killed him, reminiscent of his past self.
Damien's actual ability is postcognition.	None	+ Sylar does not seem to feel as if these memories are his. Also, they are all shown from a third person perspective. Therefore, Damien may not have given him his memories back but simply shown him images from his past. + Damien's eyes go white when he uses his ability. Precognition is a very similar ability, and that makes the user's eyes turn white as well.
Damien meant for Hiro to teleport away, or at least to intentionally sabotage Samuel's plans.	None	+ Samuel presumably wanted Damien to manipulate Hiro to stay somehow. Instead, Hiro left. This seems like a pretty big mistake to make. - The ability didn't have the effect Samuel wanted it to have on Sylar. + While it didn't have the exact effect Samuel wanted it to have, it came close. In Hiro's case, the situation completely backfired. It's possible that what Samuel wanted Damien to do to Sylar was beyond his limitations, instead of him simply "screwing up". + If Samuel intended for Sylar to return, then he must have a death wish. • Sylar is not all-powerful and Samuel is intelligent. Besides Samuel in all likeliness being more powerful then Sylar, he probably had some way of manipulating or containing Sylar if he ever discovered his "true self" again. + All-powerful? No. Extremely powerful, brilliant, and insane? Yes. If Sylar found the Carnival, he could wreak untold havoc. Even the power-hungry Samuel wouldn't be that stupid. • Samuel can destroy mansions, bring down buildings with a wave of his hands and possibly split a planet in half. Sylar sneaks up on people with enhanced memories and alchemists.