Linda Tavara
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| First appearance | War Buddies, Part 7 |
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| Known ability | Linda's ability Known abilities absorbed: Ida May's ability |
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| Date of death | 1972 |
| Occupation | former private investigator |
| Parent | Unnamed father Unnamed mother |
Linda Tavara was an evolved human from Chandra's list.
Character History
Homecoming
By entering his sister Shanti's name as a password, Mohinder Suresh is able to unlock a list of evolved humans. Linda's name is included on that list.
Graphic Novel:War Buddies, Part 7
At a Denver airport, Linda watches and notes Daniel Linderman in her notebook as he arrives home from Vietnam.
Later, Linda meets him at a gas station and invites him back to her campsite. He tells her stories about his experience in the war and the horrors he faced.
The next morning, they decide to go hiking and come across a wounded deer. After Linderman heals it, she attempts to take his ability from him, but is killed by him instead. Linderman then burns her body.
Graphic Novel:Bounty Hunter
In 1972, Linda is fired from her job working for a private investigator due to the mysterious disappearances of several of her "marks." She is approached by a woman who offers her a job--to track down a list of individuals in a notebook. After she turns in two of her targets, she kills a third, a bartender named Jason Welkes.
Four weeks later, Linda contacts her informant and claims that the bartender could not be found. Thinking Linda incompetent, the informant refuses to give her any more assignments. Linda responds by killing the informant with her ability and stealing the dossier of her next target, Daniel Linderman. Linda flies to Centennial Airport to find him.
Graphic Novel:Moonlight Serenade
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Evolved Human Abilities
Linda possesses the ability to see and absorb people's "auras" through physical contact, an act which leaves the bodies of her victims withered. Her applied hand and forearm glow blue while doing this. She also absorbs the abilities of evolved humans.
Trivia
- Although her origin is unspecified in Heroes, Linda's last name "Tavara" literally means "stuff" in Finnish. "Tavara" is also a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey, a small village in Spain, a river in Peru, and one of the Solomon Islands (northeast of Australia). In Trabzon/Turkish folklore, "Tavara" is a tormenting night-demon, or nightmare.
Fan Theories
Please refer to Theory:Linda Tavara for fan-created theories and other speculation.