User:Heroesfan110/Meredith Gordon

Meredith Gordon
Portrayed by	Jessalyn Gilsig
First appearance	The Fix
In-story stats
Known ability	Pyrokinesis
Nicknames	Mere, Bio-Mom
Gender
Age	34
Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Kingsland, AR
Date of death	2007
Home	formerly Kingsland, AR, formerly Mexico and Kermit, TX (see other residences), currently Costa Verde, CA
Residences	formerly a Farm home in rural Arkansas (now destroyed), formerly an apartment in Kermit and a trailer in the Forever Young Trailer Park, currently the Bennets' residence
Occupation	Agent of the Company
Significant other	formerly Nathan Petrelli (deceased)
Parents	Flint Gordon, Sr. (deceased), Unnamed mother (deceased)
Child	Claire Bennet
Siblings	Flint Gordon, Jr. (younger brother, deceased)

The Evolved Human profile for Meredith Gordon.

Character History

Meredith grew up with a father who was abusive towards her brother, Flint, which caused Meredith’s ability to manifest and burn her whole house down with her father inside. She and her brother were then separated by social workers and Meredith caused many fires across the country during that time. Meredith and Flint eventually reunited after many years and he showed her his new “trick.” She was later, one of Nathan Petrelli's brief lovers. The two eventually drifted apart, due to them coming from different social worlds, but not before Meredith became pregnant and had Nathan's illegitimate daughter, Claire. After just over a year together, Meredith believed she had lost her child during a Company bag and tag operation gone badly. Meredith accidentally used her powers to burn down her apartment complex, presuming Claire was still inside the collapsing building. With everyone else believing she had perished, Meredith went traveling around the United States and Mexico. After losing Claire, Meredith and her brother committed many crimes across the country until being separated again. She was then given an offer by Thompson to either become an agent for the Company or remain a prisoner. She accepted the offer and helped captured Danny Pine, but then she found out her brother was a prisoner of the Company. She then helped him escape but got captured in the process. Thompson let her go after realzing that she is the mother of Claire. She then settled down in Kermit, Texas and recieved a phone call from a girl claiming to be her daughter. She then met and reconnected with her grown-up daughter. She was recruited by Noah Bennet to protect his family in the aftermath of the Level 5 breakout, and accepted a new position at the Company. She assisted Noah in recapturing the Level 5 escapees. During Sylar’s takeover of Primatech Research, Meredith was injected with adrenaline, which caused her to lose control of her ability, causing the building to collapse in flames with her inside it.

Evolved Human Abilities

Meredith has the power of pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire (The Fix). In addition to creating fire, she seems to be resistant to some of the consequences of its use; her flames heated the walls of a shipping container enough to burn Claire's hands, and they consumed enough oxygen to nearly suffocate Claire, but Meredith showed no discomfort from the heat or lack of oxygen (One of Us, One of Them).

In Villains, Meredith was seen using her powers offensively for the first time, able to throw fireballs and conjure large flames to launch them in directed, continuous streams. She can also control the heat of her flames, able to distract Danny Pine instead of injuring him and merely disorientating Thompson on another occasion.

In the graphic novels, Hell's Angel and Playing with Fire, Meredith can ignite her whole body on fire without harming herself and release her flames in an omni-directional explosive blast. In Distractions Meredith reveals to Claire that after she exploded, while she was unharmed by the flames around her and she thought that Claire had died in the fire and fled.

See Also

• For other uses of Heroesfan110/Meredith Gordon, see Heroesfan110/Meredith Gordon (disambig).