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Adam Monroe is one of the men from the group of twelve.	None	+ Heroes: The Mobile Game lists him as being one of the founders of the company. + The real Group Of Twelve has thirteen members, not twelve. Adam Monroe may be the thirteenth member. + Adam Monroe bears a physical resemblance to Arthur Petrelli. File:Kensei-Petrelli Profile Comparison.jpg - Peter would have recognized Adam as his father at the end of (Out of Time), assuming he had fully regained his memories. On the other hand, he hadn't regained his memory if he really met Adam in the 4 months before, but Adam may have lied, given that he had supposedly only escaped imprisonment by the company 2 weeks before. - The elder Petrelli has to be healed by Linderman in War Buddies.
Adam Monroe is the hooded killer.	Beeman's Interview confirms this, as he states david Anders played the hooded killer form episode one.	+ It appears that Adam is facing the Company based on the note that he left for Peter in Montreal, which explains why he would want to kill the others in the group of twelve. + Adam's, or rather Kensei's, ability to regenerate would allow him to get up from the jump and escape very quickly. + Since abilities can increase in power over time (a la Maury & Matt Parkman), it is highly likely that Adam's regeneration is much more advanced and efficient than Claire's + Adam swore that he would destroy everything Hiro loved, which would include killing his father. - The killer might not be Adam because Kaito said something like 'I would have never expected it was you' before the killer pushed him off, if the killer was Adam then Kaito would have expected it to be him since the group of twelve locked Adam up. + Kaito may have pointed that out because Adam was supposed to be locked up, not roaming around. + A minor detail, but the killer's mannerisms before killing Kaito, such as the way he stood in the doorway, were very relaxed. Many of Adam's and, at the time, Kensei's mannerisms were the same way.
Adam Monroe has the power of empathic mimicry.	None.	+ He is seen to be alive in the present (Out of Time), possibly due to mimicking Hiro's space-time manipulation. - Anti-aging could be a side-effect of his rapid cell regeneration. + This could be why he's teamed up with Peter. + When Bob was showing Nathan the newspaper article talking about a snowstorm in Miami, he said it could have been a tsunami. This suggests Adam can manipulate the weather. - Bob was probably referring to Adam convincing twelve individuals to save the world; one member of the group of the twelve saved Miami with his/her power. + Claude reacted to Peter's empathic mimicry as "Oh, one of those", suggesting that there might be others. Claude worked for the Company and may have met Adam. + Adam had no idea of his rapid cell regeneration until he was shot; it is likely he would have known of that gift from childhood. Empathic mimicry could explain both: the fake Kensei (How to Stop an Exploding Man) seems like he may have had rapid cell regeneration because he survived the initial chase of the horsemen. - The fake Kensei survived because Hiro teleported him out of there. The decoy even chickened out and ran off because he saw the job as too dangerous. He would not have acted this way if he had the ability to regenerate. + It is unlikely that Rapid cell regeneration on its own would make Adam feel like a god, and Bob's line about changing weather (Out of Time) would be explained by this. - Bob was probably referring to Adam convincing twelve individuals to save the world; one member of the group of the twelve saved Miami with his/her power. - As with Peter, it would be quite likely that early manifestations of abilities learned using empathic mimicry would happen in the presence of the original hero. When he first finds he can regenerate, he is only in the presence of Hiro and his actions suggest he truly did not know how the regeneration happened. - If Adam was an empath, he wouldn't need Peter to go back in time. + He never stated he needed Peter to go back in time, just that the two of them were to "change history". This may not be as literal as first assumed. + He may have gained Invisibility from Claude, and having a sense of humour, gone invisible for the photo, explaining why Arthur Petrelli is looking away. + If he was an empath, he would want to gather as many powers as possible, and therefore he would want to found a company who's sole purpose was to locate and track evolved humans. - If he were an empath, he would not need Peter to help escape from the company or Maury Parkman to kill the group of twelve. It is however possible that the company were surpressing his power in the same way they did Peter's but this is never shown or talked about. Also if the company had given Adam the pills to block his power (which we have no absolute evidence that they work as they could possibly be a placebo as peter never trys to use his powers and this might be the key, him not trying, believing he cannot, not that he cannot use them.) it would have prevented his Rapid Cell Regeneration, therefore his blood would not have healed Nathan.
Adam Monroe took the photograph of the group of twelve.	None	+ While he is a "founder" of the company, he is not in the photograph.
Adam Monroe has more than one power.	None	+ Adam/Kensei already has Rapid Cell Regeneration. (Out of Time). + It can explain why Adam thought he was some kind of god after he met many evolved humans. - He could think of himself as a God, due to his possible immortality/invincibility.
Adam Monroe, in Peter's storyline, is chronologically before Hiro's storyline.	None	+ Adam tells Peter than they're going to "change history". He could have been taken back in time by Peter, and left there. - He doesn't appear to have any memory of the future of anything when in Hiro's storyline.
Adam Monroe's primary motivation is still his anger toward Hiro Nakamura for stealing Yaeko's love from him.	He swore to Hiro Nakamura that he would, for as long as he drew breath, lay waste to everything he cared about. (Out of Time)	+ Heroes is a simple series; it uses and expands on popular and common comic book concepts and gimmicks to create entertaining and impactful storylines. The notion of a villain who, for all his power and vision, is mostly motivated by a petty need for vengeance over a failed romance is exactly the type of familiar simplicity it would bring into such an otherwise dark and complicated story. - Monroe's intentions extend far beyond Hiro. Bob has already explained that he envisions a world in which humanity has been "punished" with holocausts and plagues, and evolved humans have come into power over the rest of mankind. + Monroe may simply be intent on living up to his promise to stand against everything Hiro cherishes, interpreting that far more broadly than just killing his close friends and loved ones. When Monroe knew Hiro in 1671, Hiro made it very clear how important the ideal of heroism, the standard of compassion, and the use of power for causes of goodness were to him. Monroe may have become a true personification of evil, hoping to arbitrarily impose the opposites of those things onto the world as a grandiose means of achieving his revenge, even attempting to bring fellow evolved humans together and manipulate them into abusing their power. + Hiro also constantly made it clear how important the legend of Takezo Kensei was, both to the world as a part of its history and to himself personally. Because he believed Monroe was Takezo Kensei, it became very important to Hiro for Monroe himself to become a hero. Therefore, Monroe may consider it a part of his revenge against Hiro to deliberately live the life of a villain instead, betraying his own supposed destiny. + Adam Monroe has said to Peter Petrelli that the two of them "are going to change history." (Out of Time) This may very well entail going back in time with the intent to win back Yaeko's love, and therefore be his main intention.
Adam Monroe is the original hero and is the ancestor of all the heroes in the show.	None.	+ He is likely more than 400 years old. In that time he may have been with hundreds of women, many of whom would have had babies. We know that the powers are hereditary (in many cases), so it would be quite possible that he fathered many children throughout his lifetime. As those children grew up and reproduced, they would pass along his genes to their kids as well. + We know that he had traveled a lot even before meeting Hiro, he could easily had sexual relations with many women from around the world. + His facial features (blond hair, blue eyes and even white skin) are recessive, meaning that wouldn't show up in a child from a mother with dark hair, eyes and skin. + His name "Adam" is perfectly fitting for a character who is the original of a species. + The symbol for Kensei is embedded into the DNA of all known Heroes.
Adam Monroe can create copies of himself through his regenerative power.	None.	+ We see his charred body in Out of Time, yet he is seen in the future. - Given Adam/Kensei's penchant for using stand-ins, the corpse could easily be some unlucky disciple of White Beard - He could have also simply regenerated. + He was able to witness the kiss between Hiro and Yaeko, even through he should be still in Whitebeard's camp given the amount time that passed. - Hiro may have moved forward in time a couple minutes while he teleported. - Also, Hiro may not have teleported far away, considering he and Kensei would regroup after the attack. Not only that, Hiro kissed Yaeko a while after he used his power. • Low order organisms such as flat-worms can reproduction asexually through transverse fission.
Adam is attempting to spread the Shanti virus.	None.	+ He mentions to Peter that they are "going to change history",(Out of Time) to change history would require something with a massive impact, and in the future the Shanti Virus has wiped out 93% of the human race + Bob says that Adam was locked up because he began to talk about using "plagues and holocausts to punish humanity"(Out of Time). The devestation the Shanti Virus causes would therefore appeal to Adam in his goals + Adam himself would be safe from the effects of the virus due to his ability to regenerate and Bob believes Claire's ability could be used to prevent the virus