Sedation
| Sedation | |
|---|---|
 Samson sedates a rabbit. | |
| Originally held by: | Unknown |
| Absorbed by: | Samson Gray |
| Ability to: | Cause a target to enter a sedated state |
Sedation is the ability to cause a victim to fall into a hypnotized or sedated state.
Characters
Confirmed
- Samson Gray acquired this ability from an unknown victim. (Shades of Gray)
Unconfirmed
- According to Therese Bryne's Heroes: Survival profile, she can induce sleep in conscious targets.
Limits
Samson first demonstrated this ability on a rabbit that he was going to use for his taxidermy business. When he released the rabbit from its cage, he concentrated and whistled as it attempted to run away, causing the rabbit to stop in its place. Samson later used sedation on his son while attempting to acquire Sylar's ability to regenerate. After pinning Sylar to a wall, Samson extended his hand towards him and whistled, causing Gabriel to drift off into a sedated state of semi-consciousness. It was later revealed that Sylar was simply "playing possum" and was able to overcome being sedated. (Shades of Gray)
Examples
Samson Gray uses his power...
...and his son becomes sleepy.
(Shades of Gray)
Notes
- In a Behind the Eclipse session, writer-producers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite said that Samson's whistling power was "kind of like a Siren's Song, lulling their prey into a hypnotic state."