The Company's founders
| The Company's founders | |
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| Purpose: | Finding evolved humans |
| First mentioned: | Four Months Later |
| Known members: | Unknown Female (deceased), Bob Bishop, Charles Deveaux (deceased), Harry Fletcher (deceased), Paula Gramble (deceased), Daniel Linderman (deceased), Carlos Mendez (deceased), Kaito Nakamura (deceased), Maury Parkman, Angela Petrelli, Arthur Petrelli (deceased), Victoria Pratt |
A group of twelve elders once worked together to find evolved humans. Much of their purpose, origin, and history remains to be revealed.
History
Graphic Novel:War Buddies, Part 2
Daniel Linderman and Arthur Petrelli serve together during the Vietnam War.
Parasite
Nathan tells Quesada that Arthur once worked as an attorney in the firm which represented the Linderman Group.
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Linderman tells Nathan that he and many others found each other, and they tried to save the world, but some lost their way and the group split.
Landslide
Kaito tells Hiro that years ago he had allies--others with power. He says that they fought to save the world until some lost their way.
How to Stop an Exploding Man
In one of Peter's dreams, Peter sees a past conversation at the Deveaux building involving three members of the group of twelve: Angela and Charles talk about Linderman's involvement in Nathan's election.
Four Months Later
Kaito Nakamura, speaking to Angela Petrelli, acknowledges Charles Deveaux, Mr. Linderman, and Mr. Petrelli as fellow members of a group of twelve--of whom nine remain--who once tried to find evolved humans. Kaito tells Angela they are in danger. Later that night, Kaito is killed by someone he recognizes.
Lizards
Angela's fingerprint is found on the picture of Kaito, and she is questioned by the police. She tells of her past history with Kaito and the symbol on the photo being that of her husband's law firm.
The Kindness of Strangers
Angela admits to killing Kaito, but Matt, using telepathy, hears Angela's thoughts to tell him to back down, or else the investigation will expose all of them. Matt, in pursuit of the truth, asks Nathan for help, and Nathan tells Matt that he has the entire photo that was found on Kaito and Angela.
Later, Nathan shows Matt the photo of the twelve on Charles Deveaux's rooftop. These people include Bob, Angela, Kaito, Mr. Petrelli, Linderman, Charles, and Maury Parkman, an unnamed woman, and four other individuals.
Fight or Flight
Matt and Nathan burst into Maury Parkman's apartment and find Maury armed. They ask him why, and he shows them a death threat. Maury tells them that he, Angela, Arthur, Kaito and Linderman found each other, and they tried to save the world.
Later, Maury escapes from Nathan and Matt, and Nathan finds a death threat with Bob's picture.
Out of Time
Nathan scans several files Bob has in his office, and recognizes the names of several people in the group -- Linderman, Deveaux, Pratt and Petrelli. Nathan does not recognize Adam Monroe. According to Bob, Adam Monroe suggested that the group come together to help make the world a better place. Bob explains that the group locked Adam up for several years. Adam escaped, and is responsible for the deaths of the group of twelve and Maury Parkman is simply one of his handymen. Bob also says that Linderman was a disciple of Monroe's, mirroring Adam's philosophies on saving the world by using holocausts or plagues.
Cautionary Tales
Matt notes to Angela that everyone in the picture is dead except for Angela, Bob, Maury and a mysterious woman. The remaining unidentified members are listed as: Victoria Pratt, Suzanne Ammaw, Carlos Mendez, Paula Gramble, and Harry Fletcher. (The last two being originally named on The List)
Notes
- According to Bob, he has been with the Company for thirty years (The Line). This implies that at least a few members of the group have known each other since that time.
- Kaito makes a reference to Adam Monroe which might include him as a member of the group. (Four Months Later...)
- Of the known members, only Daniel Linderman, Bob, and Maury Parkman have confirmed abilities. Additionally, Harry Fletcher and Paula Gramble's names appeared on Chandra Suresh's list. It seems likely, however, that others in the group are evolved humans.
- Some members of this group have ties to the Linderman Group and the Company.
- Heroes: The Mobile Game lists six of the founders of the Company to be: Mr. Linderman, Arthur and Angela Petrelli, Maury Parkman, Kaito Nakamura, and Adam Monroe. It is yet unknown whether the founders of the Company are also the group of twelve.
- It appears that more than one version of Nathan's photograph exists. In an interview, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite confirmed that the discrepancies are the result of production errors. There are different versions of the full-group photo, as well as multiple versions of the sub-set photos of Kaito and Angela's death threats.
- One full-size version of this photo shows Bob wearing a black suit, while another version shows a man in his position wearing a tan suit.
- Kaito's individual picture has two variations: one which has a person in a black suit standing to his left, and one with someone standing to his left wearing a tan suit.
- Angela's individual picture has two variations: one which shows her husband standing behind her right shoulder, and one with no one standing behind her.
- In the large photo of the twelve, there is no "cherub" behind Bob's left shoulder, yet in the ripped photo with Bob, the cherub is shown.
- There are two versions of Angela's ripped photo, with noticeably different marker thicknesses for the Symbol and ripped edges.
- The password to Linderman's archives at corinthianlasvegas.com is "Twelfth".
Gallery
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...Angela Petrelli... -
...Daniel Linderman... -
...Kaito Nakamura... -
...Victoria Pratt... -
...Bob Bishop... -
...Maury Parkman... -
...Charles Deveaux... -
...Carlos Mendez... -
...Harry Fletcher... -
...an unknown female... -
...and Paula Gramble. -
A complete version of the photo -
All twelve identified.
Fan Theories
Please refer to Theory:The Company's founders for fan-created theories and other speculation.