Sylar (explosion future)
| Sylar | |
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| Portrayed by | Zachary Quinto, Adrian Pasdar (as Nathan Petrelli) |
| First appearance | Five Years Gone |
| In-story stats | |
| Known abilities | Intuitive aptitude Known powers gained: Telekinesis, Cryokinesis, Enhanced memory, Liquefaction, Enhanced hearing, Precognition, Illusion, Flight, Phasing, Rapid cellular regeneration |
| Formal name | Gabriel Gray |
| Alias | Nathan Petrelli |
| Gender | |
| Home | Washington, DC |
| Residence | White House |
| Occupation | President of the United States |
| Parents | Unnamed New York City watchmaker (father), Virginia Gray (mother) |
Sylar is an evolved human who is impersonating U.S. President Nathan Petrelli in 2011.
Character History
Five Years Gone
Believed to have died in the explosion as well as caused it (in truth, it was Peter Petrelli), Sylar actually survived, killed Nathan Petrelli at an unknown point and impersonated him using the power of illusion, acquired from Candice Willmer. Consequently, Sylar is the President of the United States in 2011. As President, he has enacted a policy strictly monitoring and controlling the activities of evolved humans and used Homeland Security to enforce it.
Sylar, having acquired many powers over the years, no longer finds any point in getting new ones. Instead, he initiates a plan to eradicate all evolved humans with his power as president, wanting to eliminate the competition. However, there are two particular evolved humans that he wants to handle personally: Peter, and Claire Bennet. As Nathan, Sylar meets with Claire at the Petrelli Mansion. Claire, feeling spite for her father and his actions, tries to leave, but Sylar prevents her with his telekinesis. He proceeds to kill her and acquire her power, seeing hers as the last one he needs, and he expresses great pleasure in finally getting the chance after his failure in Homecoming.
During a ceremony commemorating the explosion, Sylar learns from Matt that Peter is trying to free Hiro so he can change the "past", and the Haitian is down. Sylar immediately flies to the Homeland Security holding facility, shocking all those at the ceremony. At the facility, Sylar phases through the door Peter was using to hold off his enemies, presumably having acquired the power from D.L. Hawkins. With Peter separated from the others as well as realizing that the Nathan before him is not his brother, Sylar reveals his true form. The two rivals then face each other in an epic showdown, the outcome of which is not known.
Powers
Sylar's original power is intuitive aptitude — a superhuman ability to determine exactly how things work.
Sylar appears to have used his innate power to discover how to take the superpowers of other evolved humans. The exact mechanism by which Sylar gains these powers is not at present known; however, he believes that Chandra Suresh is correct that the abilities are based in the brain, and several of Sylar's victims have had their skulls opened and brains removed.
Known Acquired Powers
By 2011 in the "explosion future," Sylar has acquired additional powers. His known powers at this time are:
- Telekinesis (One Giant Leap) from Brian Davis (Six Months Ago)
- Shattering from Trevor Zeitlan (Villains)
- Freezing (Don't Look Back) from James Walker (Behind the Eclipse)
- Enhanced memory from Charlie Andrews (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
- Melting from Zane Taylor (Run!)
- Enhanced hearing from Dale Smither (Unexpected)
- Precognition from Isaac Mendez (Don't Look Back)
- Illusion from Candice Willmer (Five Years Gone)
- Flight from Nathan Petrelli (Five Years Gone)
- Phasing (Five Years Gone) from D.L. Hawkins (Behind the Eclipse)
- Rapid cellular regeneration from Claire Bennet (Five Years Gone)
Memorable Quotes
"Let's be honest. I can fly. I'm hardly dangerous."
- - Sylar (as Nathan, to Mohinder) (Five Years Gone)
"You made everyone afraid of us!"
"I made everyone aware of us. Fear is just a natural response - you can't blame them, really. We're more powerfull than they are, more important. We're special."
"Who are you to decide who's special and who's not?!"
- Claire want's to get past him, he grabs her arm -
"I'm the leader of the free world. For all I know, I'm the most special person there is. Lord knows I've found enough power, met a lot of special people. Like this girl named Candice who allowed me to become president - but I'm done. I just wanna eliminate the competition. I don't need anymore power, especially not after you..."
- Claire tries to get away from him, he freezes her with telekinesis -
"Sylar...!"
- cuts through Claire's skull -
"I've waited a long time for this."
- - Claire, Sylar (as Nathan) (Five Years Gone)
"Brother versus brother. It's almost biblical."
- - Sylar (as Nathan, to Peter) (Five Years Gone)
"My brother can't walk through walls. Who are you?"
"An old friend. The guy they blamed for blowing up New York, but you and I know the real story, don't we, Pete?"
- - Peter, Sylar (Five Years Gone)
"When I killed Nathan, he had already turned against his own kind."
- - Sylar (to Peter) (Five Years Gone)
Notes
- In an interview, Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski confirm that Sylar's phasing ability comes from D.L. Hawkins, who was brought to Mr. Bennet by Hiro Nakamura and subsequently turned over to Matt Parkman as a "dangerous" evolved human.
- Due to the events in the season one's finale, this future version of Sylar may have ceased to exist.
- This article depicts the future Sylar resulting from Hiro telling Peter to "save the cheerleader". In String Theory, Hiro discusses the previous timeline that existed before he went back in time to contact Peter. In that timeline, Hiro stabbed Sylar, but Sylar regenerated, and Hiro was unable to prevent him from exploding.
See Also
- Sylar
- For articles related to Sylar, see Related Articles:Sylar.