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From left to right: Micah, Niki, Nathan, Peter, Mr Bennet, Claire, Hiro, Mohinder, Matt, Sylar

This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Heroes, the Heroes graphic novels, and the Heroes webisodes.

Main characters

In its inaugural season, Heroes featured an ensemble cast of twelve main characters. During the first season, the NBC Heroes cast page listed ten characters among the cast; Leonard Roberts arrived later, and Jack Coleman was promoted to series regular as of the eleventh episode.

For the second season of the show, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, and Leonard Roberts left the main cast. Zachary Quinto and James Kyson Lee, who were recurring characters in the first season, were added to the main cast for the second season, and were joined by new cast members David Anders, Kristen Bell, Dania Ramírez, and Dana Davis. Anders was originally to be a recurring character, but was promoted to a series regular prior to the start of the season. He is credited as a guest star for the first four episodes of season two.

For the third season, Cristine Rose, recurring in the first two seasons, was promoted to series regular. Kristen Bell, David Anders, and Noah Gray-Cabey were no longer regulars and became guest cast. Additionally, Dana Davis was no longer part of the main cast as scenes involving her in the third season were cut.

Unlike most series, each main cast member is only credited for the episode he/she appears in.

Name Main cast
(seasons)		 Guest cast
(seasons)		 Played by Known special abilities
Claire Bennet 1, 2, 3 — Hayden Panettiere Rapid cellular regeneration
Noah Bennet 1, 2, 3 — Jack Coleman None
Elle Bishop 2 3 Kristen Bell Electric manipulation
Monica Dawson 2 — Dana Davis Adoptive muscle memory[1]
Simone Deveaux 1 — Tawny Cypress None
D.L. Hawkins 1 2 Leonard Roberts Phasing
Maya Herrera 2, 3 — Dania Ramirez Poison emission;[2] ability absorbed by Arthur Petrelli
Ando Masahashi 2, 3 1 James Kyson Lee None
Isaac Mendez 1 — Santiago Cabrera Precognition (expressed through visual art)
Adam Monroe 2 3 David Anders Rapid cellular regeneration
Hiro Nakamura 1, 2, 3 — Masi Oka Space-time manipulation (allowing teleportation, time manipulation, and time travel)
Matt Parkman 1, 2, 3 — Greg Grunberg Telepathy[3]
Angela Petrelli 3 1, 2 Cristine Rose Enhanced dreaming (allowing precognitive dreaming, postcognitive dreaming, and dream manipulation)
Nathan Petrelli 1, 2, 3 — Adrian Pasdar Flight
Peter Petrelli 1, 2, 3 — Milo Ventimiglia Empathic mimicry and multiple acquired abilities; abilities absorbed by Arthur Petrelli
Micah Sanders 1, 2 3 Noah Gray-Cabey Technopathy
Niki Sanders 1, 2 — Ali Larter Enhanced strength
Tracy Strauss 3 — Ali Larter Cryokinesis
Mohinder Suresh 1, 2, 3 — Sendhil Ramamurthy None; acquired enhanced strength, agility, and senses after injecting himself with a gene-altering formula
Sylar 2, 3 1 Zachary Quinto Intuitive aptitude; empathic mimicry; multiple acquired abilities

Other characters with special abilities

Charlie Andrews

Charlene "Charlie" Andrews is a waitress at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, Texas, where Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi stop to eat on their road trip to New York. After she reveals to Hiro that she had recently developed the ability to quickly memorize and recall any information with great accuracy in a seemingly unlimited volume, Sylar murders her in the diner's storeroom, removing her brain in the same manner as his other victims.[5] Hiro tries to prevent her murder by going back in time one day to warn her, but he accidentally goes back six months, to April 24 (Charlie's birthday). He convinces Charlie that both he and she have special powers by stopping time to make one thousand origami cranes. After taking a job at the diner and dating Charlie, Hiro buys two tickets to take her to Tokyo. Charlie ponders her feelings and tells Hiro that while she does not usually let people get close to her due to a blood clot in her brain that is killing her, he makes her feel happy and she loves him. However, when Hiro and Charlie are about to kiss, he inadvertently teleports back to present day Japan and is unable to return.[6] Later, Hiro's mind is reverted to the age of ten, and he revues several Ninth Wonders comics in order to remember his life. He decides at one point that he doesn't want to change after seeing himself stab Sylar, his history with Charlie, and his father's death.

Bridget Bailey

Bridget Bailey is an evolved human with the power to perceive the history of any object she touches, introduced by the BBC in its mirror of Heroes 360 information. Her exchanges with Mohinder Suresh were later included on NBC.com as part of Heroes Evolutions. Her first message, entitled "I need some advice", began on July 11, 2007.[7]

The Heroes Evolutions site, Assignment Tracker 2.0, was updated on August 5, 2008 to include a new interactive map which revealed Bridget to be a Company agent paired with Berk Donahue.[8] On the Evs Dropper blog, Bailey expressed regret that she was unable to aid in the war against Evs alongside her partner. In Into the Wild, Part 3, Sean Fallon asks Gael Cruz about the "Bailey case", implying that he was assigned to aid her. Gael told him to forget it. Angela sends Bridget to meet Sylar in "One of Us, One of Them", where she is killed as soon as Angela leaves the room and her ability is absorbed.

Barbara

  • Played by: Ali Larter
  • Special ability: Unknown

Barbara is one of the triplets along with Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss. Little else is known about her, although a photo in Dr. Zimmerman's house features him with both Barbara and The German.[9]

Baron Samedi

Baron Samedi is a powerful warlord in the jungles of Haiti, and is the half-brother of the Haitian.[10] He is a posthuman who possesses impenetrable skin, which grants him a degree of invunerability from trauma such as fire, knives, and bullets. He shares a name with a loa and an assassin from 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die. After escaping Level 5, he returns to Haiti and retakes control, though the Haitian follows after him. When Nathan and Peter Petrelli fly to Haiti to find the Haitian, Baron Samedi is warned of their presence by Arthur Petrelli, and he manages to capture Nathan. Due to the effects of the eclipse, Baron Samedi temporarily loses his powers, and is knocked unconscious by Peter and the Haitian as he is about to rape a girl. However, he later confronts them after regaining his ability, but is mind-wiped by the Haitian.

Bob Bishop

Main article: Bob Bishop (Heroes)

Stephen Canfield

Stephen Canfield is an escapee from Level Five who can open "vortexes", temporary holes in the fabric of space-time that act much like miniature black holes, drawing all nearby matter out of reality itself. He was captured by the Company after accidentally killing his neighbor. After his escape, he is confronted by Claire and later Noah Bennet and Sylar. He later attempts to find and reunite with his family, but they now fear him and don't show up. The Bennets find him again, and Noah tries to force him at gunpoint to suck Sylar into a vortex. Refusing to become a "monster", and with nothing left to live for, he instead casts himself into one of his own vortices and disappears.

Brian Davis

Brian Davis, who does not want his ability, reveals his telekinesis to Sylar. Brian then asks Sylar to make it go away. He is then killed by Sylar, making him the first of several victims.

Echo DeMille

Echo DeMille is a prisoner of Level Five with the ability to manipulate sound. He was almost captured by the Constrictor and Howard, but used his power to escape. When the Constrictor later took his girlfriend hostage, Echo was forced to kill him. He took out another pair of agents making his escape. When trying to meet with his girlfriend, Echo used the brown note to avoid two more Company agents. He arranged to meet her thirteen weeks later at his family's cabin only to be ambushed by Penny and Connie Logan, Elle Bishop, and several other paired agents. Using his ability, he incapacitated all but one - a posthuman with the ability to absorb sound. The agent captured him, and Echo was detained to Level Five, where Angela Petrelli implied a former connection to him.

Charles Deveaux

Charles Deveaux is the wealthy father of Simone Deveaux and a former patient of Peter Petrelli. After finding success via the stock market, he founded the Deveaux Society to "fund causes that bettered the world."[12] He owns the Deveaux Building, the rooftop of which is a frequently-visited location in the series. Simone believes that Peter is "like a son" to him and that Charles has improved under Peter's care. Charles converses with Peter in the young nurse's dream about having the power of flight. After Peter wakes up, Simone tells Peter that Charles has passed away. Simone also tells Peter that, before dying, Charles said that he had flown with Peter, who said, "everything was going to be all right," and that there were heroes who were going to save the world.

Charles appeared, whether as a dream figure, as part of a time-travel journey of Peter's, similarly to Sanjog Iyer, or by some other mechanism is left deliberately unclear — and seemed able to see Peter while the latter is invisible to others in the "dream" (Such as his mother and Simone).[13] Charles was part of a previous generation of "heroes", with Angela Petrelli, Kaito Nakamura, Linderman and others, who all were the founders of the Company. He was aware of Linderman's and Angela Petrelli's plans for New York, however, he opposed their plans and firmly believed that Peter's love and compassion, rather than Nathan's ambition, would save the world.[12] It is revealed in the Heroes 360 Experience, that Charles was good friends with Richard Drucker while in college.

Eric Doyle

Eric Doyle is an escapee from Level Five with the power to control the actions of others, including their abilities. The sole proprietor of Doyle's Marionette Theater, he never married and had no children. He was originally captured by the Company after using his ability to make those he disliked commit suicide. While in Level Five, he befriended a powered agent named Michael, who had the ability to generate powerful lasers from his finger. However, in his escape from the facility, he joyfully killed Michael for having sided with the Company despite hating it.

In "Angels and Monsters", fearing that Claire has gone after Eric, Meredith Gordon goes to confront him but falls under his control. In "Dying of the Light", it is revealed that Eric has some obsessively romantic feelings for Meredith Gordon. Eric Doyle tries to make Meredith love him. When Claire and Sandra go to rescue Meredith, Eric controls them and forces them to participate in a deadly game of Russian Roulette. During Sandra's turn, she points the gun at Claire. Claire reminds Sandra that she'll be okay, and Sandra continuously pulls the trigger until Claire "dies". Thinking that Sandra has killed Claire, Eric turns his back and Claire knocks him out. Noah comes and tranquilizes Eric, with plans to send him back to Level Five.

"The German"

The German is originally introduced in the graphic novel "Berlin, Part 1", where he is captured by the Company. He subsequently escapes in "The Butterfly Effect" along with a dozen other prisoners. In "One of Us, One of Them", he is killed by Knox after disagreeing with his plan.

Hana Gitelman

Main article: Hana Gitelman

Flint Gordon

Flint Gordon is Meredith Gordon's younger brother, and also possesses the power of pyrokinesis; due to his level of control, he is able to produce extremely hot blue flames as opposed to Meredith's more conventional orange flames. He is also slow-witted, causing him to be more of a lackey than a leader.

When he and Meredith were kids, their father would whip him with a belt. Meredith's anger at one of these incidents caused her to accidentally lose control of her ability, burning down their house and presumably killing their father. The two were then sent to separate foster homes, causing them to be apart for seven years; it was during this period that Flint's power first manifested. Eventually, Meredith managed to track him down. Years later, after Meredith was captured and recruited to the Company by Thompson, Flint was captured by an invisible man. He, too, was offered to be trained as an agent, and was thrilled that he would be able to work with his sister. However, Meredith felt that the Company was just using them, and the two of them fled. Once again separated when Thompson interfered in their escape, and Flint was eventually recaptured and placed in Level Five.

After Elle Bishop accidentally releases the Level Five prisoners, he escapes with Knox, Jesse (while Peter is trapped inside his body), and the German. Requiring a car, Flint sadistically burns a couple to death, and the group takes their van. Later, the group attempts to rob a bank. When Sylar and Noah later intervene and are busy dealing with Knox and Jesse, Flint attempts to attack but is non-fatally shot by Noah and taken back to the Company. In "Dying of the Light", he is once again freed - this time by Daphne - and joins up with other villains at the Pinehearst Company. During "The Eclipse, Part 2", he is greatly injured by Mohinder Suresh.

Meredith Gordon

Meredith Gordon, portrayed by Jessalyn Gilsig, is the biological mother of Claire Bennet and the older sister of Flint Gordon. She does her best to watch over him, leading their father to tell Flint, "God gave you an older sister instead of a brain." Like her younger brother, Meredith also has pyrokinetic abilities, which both enable her to create fire from her body and grant her immunity to the effects of it. These immunities include her skin being very heat resistant, and her ability to survive comfortably in environments with little oxygen.

When she and Flint were kids, their father would whip Flint with a belt. Meredith's anger at one of these incidents caused her to accidentally lose control of her ability, burning down their house and presumably killing their father. The two were then sent to separate foster homes, causing them to be apart for seven years. After much searching, Meredith managed to track him down. At some later point, she was in a relationship with Nathan Petrelli, which resulted in the birth of Claire. She was originally believed to have been killed in an explosion while being hunted by Noah Bennet, though her powers enabled her to survive. More than sixteen years later, she and her brother were robbing a convenience store. However, they were soon interrupted by Company Agent Thompson. Meredith allowed Flint to escape, getting herself captured in the process. Rather than being a prisoner, Thompson offered her the chance to become an agent. She agreed, and they were soon on their first mission, which succeeded with her help. Back at the Company, Meredith learned that Flint was captured by an invisible man. He proudly proclaimed that he was going to be an agent, too, and that he would be able to work with her. Understanding that the Company was just using them, Meredith broke Flint out, and they attempted to flee the country together. However, Thompson followed them, and tried to recapture them in a train car filled with gas canisters. Meredith blew up the car, allowing Flint to escape, as well as causing a massive train wreck. Thompson, having recaptured her, asked Meredith why she hated the Company, and she explained that her daughter had died as she had tried to escape from them. Knowing that Claire was in fact still alive, Thompson let her go. Meredith left the scene, oblivious to Claire running into the train wreck below.

Claire manages to track her down after many years, though the two only meet briefly before separating. Meredith blackmails Claire's biological father, Nathan Petrelli, for $100,000 before leaving, and hides his identity from Claire, which angers her. She later returns at the request of Noah to help protect Claire from the escaped Level Five villains. She helps Claire to admit that, contrary to her claims that she wants to be trained so that she can help people, she actually wants to learn how to fight so that she can get revenge on Sylar. Meredith later confronts Eric Doyle, with whom she has past connections, believing Claire may have gone there. However, she is later rescued by Claire and Sandra Bennet, and she is asked to work with Noah. In "Eris Quod Sum", she is seen with Noah Bennet at Mohinder's lab/nest, where they run into Nathan Petrelli and Tracy Strauss. Seeing the two together, Meredith slyly remarks that Nathan "still has a thing for blondes". She then warns Tracy of Nathan's tendency to hurt those with whom he is involved.

The Haitian

Main article: Haitian (Heroes)

Paulette Hawkins

Paulette Hawkins is the mother of D.L. Hawkins, and Micah's grandmother. Her relationship to Niki is tense, questioning her ability to raise Micah. In "One Giant Leap", she defends D.L. in front of Niki. Paulette is convinced that D.L. was framed for killing his crew. She is not seen again until The Kill Squad, Part 3 where it is revealed that she had become a thorn in the Company's side and she was locked in one of the five levels. She is brought out by the Kill Squad to augment the powers of Brenden Lewis so a crater created by a Guyanan local could be covered in forestry. She performs her duty under the impression that she will be taken to her grandson, Micah, afterward. Against the Company's orders, she is shot upon finishing.


Alejandro Herrera

Alejandro Herrera is the brother of Maya Herrera. He is very protective of her, even after the initial discovery of Maya's power, which kills their friends and his new wife. When she runs away, he tracks her down and discovers his ability to stop the progression of the poison she emits. Afterward, they try to escape from Mexico in order to go to New York, picking up Sylar along the way. While Maya trusts Sylar, he does not, and soon after, when he reveals his intention to force Maya to leave with him, Sylar kills him.

Sanjog Iyer

Sanjog Iyer is an Indian boy whom Chandra Suresh had been observing prior to leaving for New York. Chandra's notes described Iyer as having a genetic marker allowing the boy to enter people's dreams, where he acts as a "spirit guide" of sorts. He appeared in the visions that Mohinder Suresh experienced after returning to India with his father's ashes. After Mohinder found Sanjog, he explained to Mohinder that he does not enter the dreams of others but that they instead come to him. It is not know how people actually come to him though

In "Seven Minutes to Midnight", the name on the file's label included a comma as a typo. On the NBC website, Suresh's map spells the name Sanjop Iyer. The episode "Homecoming" confirms the boy's name is Sanjog Iyer.

In an interview with Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, they state that Sanjog's character was considered for the storyline involving Molly and her nightmare man, Maury Parkman. However, the idea was scrapped for reasons they did not reveal.[16]

Sanjog has appeared in several Heroes graphic novels showing visions of the past to various individuals.

Bianca Karina

Bianca Karina is an agent of the Company who can adapt her lungs to enable her to breathe in any environment, including underwater. She is partnered with Devin Patterson and engaged to Gael Cruz. She is first seen in "Root and Branch, Part 1" when she and Patterson capture one of Julien Dumont's rogue clones. She is next seen in "Berlin", where she, Gael, and Devin are sent to capture the German. After Gael is incapacitated and Devin is killed, Bianca uses her ability to knock him out. With the help of Paul Harding and Ahlrich Dekker, they get the German to headquarters. At the end of the Evs Dropper arc, she defends Donna Dunlap from Gael, locking him in a cell. After Donna and Eric Thompson identify Connie Logan as Evs Dropper, she is leads those sent to fight her. Once the majority of agents are killed, Bianca shoots the root Julien Dumont and all clones are killed. In "The Butterfly Effect" and "Dreams Until Death", she and Gael confront Sylar outside the Bennet house after he leaves having taken Claire Bennet's ability, and she is killed by Sylar after she and Gael attempt to capture him. However, Gael identifies himself as "special", so Bianca gets a quick death and her power is not taken.

Knox

Benjamin "Knox" Washington is an escaped former prisoner of Level Five who gains strength through the fears of others. He and Jesse Murphy were captured by Noah Bennet and the Haitian after the two used their powers in an attempt to take over a neighborhood. Knox claims that it was Jesse's constant talk of getting revenge on Bennet that kept him going in his years of incarceration.

When Elle Bishop later accidentally releases the Level Five prisoners, Knox accompanies "Flint", "The German", and Jesse/Peter on a bank robbery. However, wanting to draw Bennet to the bank, he alerts the police. When "The German" objects, he easily kills him with his strength. After Noah arrives and allows himself to be captured in order to free the prisoners, Knox discovers the truth about Peter, who uses Jesse's power in an attempt to save Noah and himself. When Jesse is freed by Future Peter, he and Knox attempt to kill Noah, but they are stopped by Sylar. Knox manages to escape as Sylar takes Jesse's ability. He is later recruited into Arthur Petrelli's group of villains.

In one of Angela Petrelli's dreams of the future, Knox is seen alongside Sylar, Adam Monroe, Tracy Strauss, and Maury Parkman, killing the Heroes. In the future portrayed in "I Am Become Death", Knox works with Claire Bennet to hunt down Peter Petrelli, but his sadistic nature remains. After tracking Peter to Sylar's home, he engages in combat with Sylar, feeding off the fear of Sylar's son, Noah, to gain the upper hand against the former serial killer. However, after Noah is inadvertently killed because of the fight, Sylar's anger and grief cause him to lose control of his radiation abilities and explode in a nuclear blast, killing Knox.

A dropped storyline in the episode "Villains" had Knox trying to get out of gang life with the help of Matt Parkman; however, when his ability manifested, he returned to his old ways.[17]

Daniel Linderman

Daniel Linderman, portrayed by Malcolm McDowell, has the ability to heal the injuries and illnesses of living organisms; this includes healing the "scars" created by mental manipulation, thereby allowing him to restore lost memories and remove implanted thoughts.[18] He served in the U.S. Army with Arthur Petrelli, whom he ended up healing from the brink of death, in the Vietnam War. After the war, Daniel found himself living a nomadic, solitary existence. Though he occasionally drowned his sorrows in alcohol, nothing eased the pain of his war memories. He eventually became a reputed mobster, and founder of Linderman Corporation under the guidance of Adam Monroe. In person, he is persuasive, gentle, and unfailingly polite, though he has no qualms about extortion or assassination. During the first season, he manipulates various events in order to ensure that the Company controls the United States, including talking Nathan Petrelli into wanting to become president, manipulating the lives of D. L. Hawkins and Niki Sanders, kidnapping Micah Sanders to alter election polls, and planning on letting the explosion kill six million people. He is later killed by D.L. during a standoff.

During the third season, McDowell returns as a guest star, as an illusion created by Maury Parkman in the minds of Nathan Petrelli and Daphne Millbrook. He tells Nathan to become a politician again, and tells Daphne to recruit others for the Pinehearst Company. McDowell also plays the real Linderman in a flashback in "Villains".

Eden McCain

Eden McCain was born as Sarah Ellis and raised in a small town. Her father frequently argued with her stepmother and left them when she was young. She was forced to do housework immediately after school for most of her childhood by her stepmother, a stereotypically cruel woman. Over time, her stepmother began to blame the girl for her father abandoning them. After years of this treatment, in response to a particularly violent tantrum, Sarah shouted "I wish you'd just die!" and caused her stepmother's heart to instantly stop beating. The house then caught on fire as a result of her stepmother's cigarette falling to the ground. After escaping, Sarah asked a passerby to take her west, and later adopted the name "Eden McCain".[19]

Afterward, about six months before most of first season's events, Eden was a criminal doing any selfish thing she wanted. This changed when she was taken in by Noah Bennet. Bennet and his partner the Haitian pacified Eden's powers so that Bennet could persuade her into working with them. Her first assignment was to move in near Chandra Suresh and befriend him, so that she could remove the name of Bennet's daughter from a list of superhumans Chandra had made.

At the end of "Homecoming", Eden uses her power to put Sylar to sleep with the Haitian present. Later, in "Fallout", she suggests killing Sylar by using her power to make him kill himself. When Mr. Bennet disagrees, Eden takes matters into her own hands. She approaches Sylar outside his holding cell with a gun, then explains that she is going to give him the gun and he is going to commit suicide. During their conversation, Eden reveals that she was the next door neighbor of Chandra Suresh. Before she has a chance to invoke her power of persuasion, Sylar telekinetically jerks Eden through the glass wall of his cell, breaking her concentration. He then grabs hold of her throat and begins to choke her while she struggles to try and shoot him. Sylar claims that a gun will not work on him and that he will kill her and take her power. Eden quickly decides to put the gun to her own head and fire, taking her own life before Sylar can steal her power.[20] Her body is later found in Sudbury, Ontario, having been dumped into Lake Ramsey.[21]

Daphne Millbrook

Daphne Millbrook is a thief that uses her super speed to commit crimes. Tim Kring and Masi Oka have called her Hiro's archenemy.[citation needed] She becomes acquainted with Hiro Nakamura, who refers to her as "nemesis," after stealing his half of a chemical formula that gives ordinary people super powers. She works for the Pinehearst Company under the direction of Maury Parkman (who appears to her as Mr. Linderman), charged with recruiting members. One of the people she is to recruit is Matt Parkman, whom she is married to in "I Am Become Death". Parkman, having seen this future, tries to convince her to quit instead, since it will eventually get her killed. She sees that he is actually a good person and reveals to Parkman that although she is very conflicted about her work and the people she works for, she doesn't have a choice. In "It's Coming", she tells Matt she loves him and defects to Primatech. In "The Eclipse", it is revealed that Daphne suffers from cerebral palsy and relied on crutches and braces to walk before gaining her powers.

Jesse Murphy

Jesse Murphy is a former prisoner of Level Five. He is described by Knox as having no friends. He and Knox were captured by Noah Bennet and the Haitian after the two used their powers in an attempt to take over a neighborhood.

Years later, an alternate, future version of Peter Petrelli puts the present-day Peter in Jesse's body to keep him safe. However, present-day Peter is forced to leave with the other Level Five prisoners when Elle Bishop accidentally releases them. Peter accompanies a group of them on a bank robbery to make sure that no innocents are hurt. However, Knox figures out the truth and attacks, causing Peter to trigger Jesse's ability. Before Peter can stop the villains, though, the future Peter releases him and takes him to the future. Jesse, now free, attempts to kill Noah Bennet with Flint and Knox, but Sylar incapacitates them and takes Jesse's power, killing him.

According to executive producer Greg Beeman, Jesse's power was originally "Earthquake-stomp", but was changed to a sonic scream due to budget constraints.[22]

Ishi Nakamura

Ishi Nakamura was the wife of Kaito Nakamura and mother to Kimiko and Hiro. She was shown as deceased when Hiro was eight years old when he went back in time with his father in an attempt to convince him to escape his death. It was revealed that she had an ability in an interview with Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski.[23]

Kaito Nakamura

Kaito Nakamura is a stern and powerful businessman in Japan and the father of Hiro Nakamura. He is the CEO of Yamagato Industries. He is described as a man with "real power" by his underlings. Mr. Nakamura does not want Hiro going around the United States trying to fulfill his "destiny". In reference to Takei's role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series, the license plate on Mr. Nakamura's limousine has the same number, NCC-1701, as the registration number of the Starship Enterprise.

This characterization of a strict Japanese patriarch is promptly turned upside down. In "Company Man", he is shown working with Thompson for the organization behind Primatech nearly fifteen years before the events of the series' present. He ordered Noah Bennet to adopt Claire on the provision that if she exhibits any abilities she is to be turned over to The Company. It is revealed that not only had he been waiting for someone on the Nakamura line to manifest and has known of Hiro's powers for a long time, but that he once had allies who also had powers. Mr. Nakamura is on Hiro's side in the attempt to stop Sylar, in direct opposition to the Linderman group. He spends some time training his son in swordsmanship using wooden bokken, revealing that he was once a part of a group of heroes. In 1977 as part of the 'Company Founders' he was influential in protecting strain 138 of the Shanti virus from being released in an attempt by Adam Monroe to 'start the world anew'.

When Ando Masahashi is teleported to Yamagato, Kaito informs him that his position has been filled and that he can take Hiro's old post. When Ando asks about Hiro's return, Kaito says that there is no need to cross a bridge before needed.

After receiving a marked photograph of himself hidden in his newspaper, he realizes that he is doomed to die. Upon sending Ando off to retrieve a sword, Kaito meets with Angela Petrelli, who had been similarly threatened. That evening, Kaito is thrown off the roof of the Deveaux building by a hooded individual whom he recognizes. Ando returns just as Kaito is thrown over, and sees his body in the street – but not that of his assailant. In "Cautionary Tales", Hiro goes back in time to prevent his death. Kaito is resigned to his fate, explaining to Hiro that their gifts cannot be used to play God. Hiro lets the murder play out, but uses his powers to learn that the assailant was Adam Monroe.

Later, it is revealed that he possessed one piece of the formula which has the potential to give average humans abilities. He leaves a video message for Hiro, first informing him to never open his office safe, and when Hiro does, it informs him to keep the piece of the formula inside, safe, although it is immediately stolen. It later revealed that Kaito knew of a third piece of the formula, a catalyst which could only exist inside the blood of a human host. For security reasons, Kaito was the only one who knew the identity of this human host; however, after recent events, Claire Bennet speculates that it is her.

In a question and answer segment with writers/producers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, they confirmed that Kaito absolutely has a power, but it will not be revealed for a long while.[24] A non-canon, deleted scene from the Heroes season two DVD boxset showed his ability as being able to analyze the probabilities of a situation and determine the outcome. However, it is to be stressed that this scene is not and cannot be taken as official confirmation of his ability.

Maury Parkman

Maury Parkman is Matt Parkman's father, having abandoned Matt when he was thirteen. He is one of the twelve founders of the Company. Like his son, Mr. Parkman is a telepath; however, his powers are much more developed than Matt's. Instead of just reading surface thoughts, he can read people's memories and manipulate their perceptions of reality, allowing him to trap people in nightmares based on their deepest fears and insecurities. He can either render a person unconscious and manipulate their dreams, as he did to Molly Walker (and by so doing, left her physical body in a comatose state that lasted until Matt learned how to counter Maury's influence using his own powers), or he can induce "waking nightmares" that allow the person's real body to move, as he did to Matt and Nathan Petrelli, who were tricked into fighting each other while both were experiencing a nightmare scenario. He is also able to detect Molly's attempts to locate him using her power, and he does not require close proximity to affect a person's mind.[3] His use of this ability has led Molly Walker to give him the name "the Nightmare Man."

Maury was one of several people swayed into believing that those with abilities are superior to humans by Adam Monroe, and when Adam escaped from the Company's custody, he sent Maury to kill those founding members who disagreed with him. He is implied to have been responsible for the self-inflicted wounds of Angela Petrelli. When he attempts to kill Bob, he is stopped by Matt, who manages to trap Maury in his own nightmare. However, he somehow manages to free himself, and later escapes Level Five with the other villains. On the orders of Arthur Petrelli, he then uses the guise of Linderman to manipulate Nathan Petrelli. He also begins assembling a new army of villains under the orders of Arthur Petrelli, under the condition that his son not be harmed. When Matt refuses to join Pinehearst, Arthur orders Daphne to kill him. Maury protests, but Arthur telekinetically snaps his neck.

Arthur Petrelli

Arthur Petrelli is the husband of Angela Petrelli, the father of Nathan Petrelli, Peter Petrelli, and Gabriel Gray (Sylar), and, through Nathan, the biological grandfather of Claire Bennet. Angela has stated that she and Arthur have gone through "great lengths" to protect Claire.

Arthur fought in the Vietnam War under the alias "Dallas" alongside Linderman. After the war, Petrelli and Linderman "were brought together" into a group of twelve by Adam Monroe, with a mission to help save the world. Linderman tells Nathan that Arthur became disillusioned and gave up trying to save the world, resulting in his alleged suicide. It is revealed in the third season that Angela actually poisoned Arthur because of his attempt on Nathan's life. He secretly survived, but was left paralyzed due to nerve damage from the poison.

Arthur is the primary antagonist of the third volume, "Villains," where he is first revealed to be alive. He is in charge of the Pinehearst Company, recruiting various posthumans to assemble a new group of villains, as well as arranging for Adam Monroe to be brought to him in order to absorb his powers, healing Arthur's paralysis and killing Adam. He is shown to be ruthless in this endeavor, killing any who oppose him. For example, he snaps Maury Parkman's neck without hesitation when he protests the order to kill Matt.

Arthur has the power to take the abilities of other posthumans through physical contact. The transfer is one-way, as he is unable to return them.[25] The known powers he has taken are telepathy from an unknown source; the regenerative abilities of Adam Monroe; Peter's empathic mimicry and the powers he absorbed as a result, including the Haitian's mental manipulation;[26] and Maya Herrera's poison emission.

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Claude Rains

Claude Rains[27] is a former employee of the Company. He was Noah Bennet's partner, also trained by Ivan Spektor. When the Company discovers that Claude is hiding the identity of a powered person from them, they order Bennet to kill him; during the assassination attempt, however, an injured Claude turns invisible and escapes. He then spends many years invisible, hiding from the Company. He is eventually found by Peter Petrelli, who had seen him in a dream. Having previous experience with empaths, Claude is convinced by Peter to help him master control of his ability so that he will not eventually lose control and explode. With Claude's help, Peter is able to recall powers that he had previously absorbed, but before the training can be completed, Bennet and the Haitian track them down with the help of Isaac Mendez. They barely manage to escape, and an angry Claude abandons Peter to avoid any future capture attempts by the Company.

"Hell's Angel" showed Claude and Noah attempting to capture Meredith Gordon. The Golden Handshake series showed Claude and his previous partner Haram attempting to capture Anya. In "Sum Quod Sum, Part 1", Elle finds Claude in London, hoping that he will assist her in regaining control of her ability; when he runs away from her, she uses her ability during a rainstorm, knocking them both out.

In "Villains", an invisible man is said to have captured Flint Gordon. Producers Aron Coliete and Joe Pokaski have confirmed that this is a mistaken reference to Claude, who was hiding from the Company at that time.[28]

Claude's power is limited to the visible spectrum; it does not make him inaudible,[29] nor does it mask his body heat or other such emissions, allowing him to be tracked through thermal imaging or similar methods. Claude has the ability to see others using the same power; Peter, having copied Claude's power, can see him when they're both invisible as easily as any normal person can when he's not invisible. Claude's power extends to his clothes and other personal effects in his immediate vicinity, as demonstrated when Claude grabs a woman's purse and hands it to Peter, which becomes visible as Peter holds it in his arms; Claude also demonstrates the ability to render other people invisible through physical contact.

West Rosen

West Rosen was abducted by Mr. Bennet and the Haitian and taken to Primatech Paper in Odessa prior to the start of the series. There, he escapes a lab by discovering his flying ability for the first time. He flies into a vent, where he sees Claire. Both West and Claire are very young at the time. Claire and West exchange words, until the Haitian comes to recapture West and wipe his memory clean. West is then released back home, with his newly discovered ability to fly.

West is a student at Costa Verde High School and classmate of Claire Bennet. He first notices Claire when he almost hits her with his car. The two strike up a friendship in Biology class.[30] West has a philosophy that people are either 'Aliens' or 'Robots'. [31] 'Robots', in his opinion, are those who act normal and question nothing – the kind of people who do not "look up". 'Aliens' are unafraid to be different.

He asks Claire in which category she belongs, wondering where she fits in the social hierarchy of the school. He sees that she makes a point of not being noticed, and is intrigued.

West possesses the power of flight, and uses it to hover outside Claire's bedroom window, observing her. In "Lizards", while observing her through a window, West learns of Claire's ability when he witnesses her regrow a severed toe.

Claire and West strike up a relationship in the episode "Kindred". She is angry at his behavior towards her during biology class, but West literally sweeps her off her feet and flies them both to a beach, where they share a kiss.

West has a mark on his neck similar to the one found on Matt Parkman and Claude made by Noah Bennet. During a surprise visit to the Bennet home, West sees Claire's father and Claire tells him her father is the man that abducted him. West leaves in a frightened rage, flying away before Mr. Bennet can notice him.

In Cautionary Tales it is revealed that West's last name is Rosen. He captures Noah Bennet and asks him if Claire is in league with Noah. Noah replies that Claire lied to him about West, so she must care about him. Later, West helps Noah trade Elle Bishop for Claire. The episode ends with West holding Claire while she mourns the death of her father.

In "Powerless", West confronts Claire about her decision to reveal her power and Claire breaks up with him after a heated argument.

Dale Smither

Dale Smither is a middle-aged woman working in a garage near Bozeman, Montana, where Mohinder and Sylar (impersonating Zane Taylor) meet her to discuss her ability. She describes her super hearing, saying that she can hear a rain storm from 40 miles away, a cockroach walking along the floorboards in her next-door neighbours' house and the slightest change in someone's heart beat. Dale listens to rap to drown out many unwanted sounds, saying that it helps her to nullify her power. She is murdered by Sylar shortly after their meeting.

Ted Sprague

Theodore "Ted" Sprague, born on August 28, 1973, was mistakenly arrested and identified by Matt Parkman and Agent Audrey Hanson as the notorious serial-killer, Sylar. In actuality, Ted had the ability to generate and manipulate radiation, which he only discovers after being abducted by the Haitian. At first, he has extremely little control over his power and is extremely destructive, replicating such harmful side-effects such as radiation poisoning. He subconsciously emits a small amount of radiation constantly. This radiation is not dangerous in small doses but, as a direct result of prolonged exposure to Ted, his wife Karen Gallagher Sprague fell into a coma and died within a few years. When he gains better control over his ability, Ted realizes he is also able to produce an EMP when necessary. In anger regarding his capture (which he, like Matt Parkman, mistakenly believes is the source of his ability), he tracks down Noah Bennet for answers and comes to be friends with Matt Parkman. Meanwhile, throughout season one, there are constant references to a man blowing up in New York City, killing millions.

Ted's powers are accidentally mimicked by Peter Petrelli when Peter encounters Ted for the first time. When Peter becomes excited, he loses control of Ted's ability and repeatedly threatens to explode from the power. For a while, Peter is able to suppress the ability, however.

While trying to bring down the company who captured him, Ted and his comrades are confronted by the police. Ted purposely draws the police attention to himself, allowing Peter and Claire to escape. Subsequently, Ted is arrested and transported in a van which the rest of the characters believe will shepherd him from the city. Instead, Sylar tracks him down and uses his telekinesis to flip the van and steal Ted's power, killing him in the process. In the end, it was Peter Petrelli who exploded in New York, not Ted or Sylar.

Tracy Strauss

Tracy Strauss, portrayed by Ali Larter, has cryokinetic abilities which enable her to freeze anything that she touches. Introduced in the third season, she is an adviser to the governor of New York who recruits Nathan Petrelli as a senator. She is the triplet sister of Niki Sanders and Barbara, all three having been genetically modified by Dr. Zimmerman and separated at birth. She has no knowledge of her origins and ability until Nathan mistakes her for Niki and a reporter shows her evidence of Niki's sexual endeavors. Her emotional reaction to the reporter causes her to inadvertently freeze and kill him. Tracy eventually visits Niki's funeral in New Orleans. There, she meets Niki's orphaned son Micah Sanders, who helps her discover that she and Niki were born on the same day to the same mother, Kelly Sullivan, and delivered by the same doctor, Dr. Zimmerman. After visiting Dr. Zimmerman, who tells her that there is no way to remove her ability, Tracy returns to New York where she tries to commit suicide, only to be saved by Nathan. The two visit Angela Petrelli, where they learn more about the Company's experiments, and Mohinder Suresh, who captures them as part of his experimental research. In "Eris Quod Sum," Tracy meets Meredith Gordon, Nathan's ex-girlfriend, and Noah Bennet when they arrive at Mohinder's lab, and learns about the relationships all three of them have with Claire Bennet. Meredith assumes that Nathan and Tracy are dating, but Tracy says otherwise. Tracy and Claire meet face-to-face when Peter Petrelli is being cared for, and Claire mentions Pinehearst, of which Tracy apparently possesses knowledge. In "It's Coming", Tracy accompanies Nathan to Pinehearst, and watches as he confronts his father. As they leave the building, Nathan tells Tracy to return to Washington to cover for him while he heads to Primatech. After he leaves, Tracy goes back into Pinehearst and tells Arthur that she thinks she can get Nathan to side with him. She is shown among the others of Arthur's team, indicating that she has joined the villains.

According to writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, Niki was written out of the series and replaced with Tracy so that Larter could play a different role, as they realized that they could not go further with the character. The change also allowed them to tell an origin story, where the character discovers that she has powers.[32]

Zane Taylor

Zane Taylor is the first person to respond to Mohinder's calls when Mohinder resumes his father's research. Zane leaves a phone message on Mohinder's answering machine, inviting him to Virginia Beach to talk; however, Sylar arrives first and impersonates Mohinder. After an anxious Zane displays his ability to liquefy objects, Sylar kills him. When Mohinder arrives later on, Sylar impersonates Zane and demonstrates Zane's power to liquefy the toaster instantly. When Mohinder asks for a DNA sample, Sylar swabs a sample from inside the cheek of Zane's corpse. According to the article reporting his death, Zane is a musician; he is even seen wearing a Ramones t-shirt, which Sylar then wears while impersonating him.

Molly Walker

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Candice Wilmer

Candice Wilmer is an agent of The Company, first introduced in the episode "Company Man". In Season 1, she is paired, for a short while, with Mr. Bennet and is seen using her powers to taunt multiple characters. After Bennet's betrayal to The Company is revealed at Candice's hands, however, she is seen operating on her own. Aiding Mr. Linderman in the kidnapping of Micah Sanders in ".07%", Candice is seen watching after Micah in "Landslide", in which she also guides him through rigging a voting machine to make Nathan Petrelli win an election for Congress. In the next episode and season finale, "How to Stop an Exploding Man", Candice is confronted and knocked out by Niki Sanders who, with D.L., came to New York for Micah.

Candice, changing back from her illusion of Niki Sanders

During the summer hiatus between Seasons 1 and 2, a four-part graphic novel was published that revealed Candice's real name to be Betty, and that the slender appearance portrayed by Peregrym is another illusion she created.

Her next and final appearance is in the third episode of Season 2, "Kindred", in which she is portrayed by Rachel Kimsey. It is revealed in this episode that after she came to, Candice adopted another appearance and the name Michelle, took the wounded Sylar under someone else's instructions to a remote area, and cared for him there until she was killed by him. After she dies, she turns into her real self, an obese woman (illuminating an earlier exchange between her and Micah), leading Sylar to condemn her for trying to be something she isn't.

Casting

Missy Peregrym formerly worked with executive producers Greg Beeman and Jeph Loeb on Smallville and was excited to be able to audition for the role because of it. However, she felt her first audition was "one of [her] worst performances" and was surprised to get another reading the following Monday, after which she felt she did "a little better."[33] While filming, Peregrym stayed around set while the other actors played the illusions Candice cast in the show. The visual effects necessitated her to follow the other actors' exact actions as they filmed: from the parts where the viewer would see the illusion, to the parts where the viewer would see Candice or vice versa.[34]

For Season 2, however, it became more difficult for Candice's character to be involved in the show. Peregrym was never contractually bound to Heroes for the second season,[34] and after being cast in the show Reaper as a series regular, scheduling interfered with her availability to shoot her remaining scenes as Candice. This resulted in the writers' original plan for Candice and Sylar to have a multi-episode story arc being scrapped and the character getting killed off in her next episode. The producers attempted to collaborate with the producers of Reaper on shooting dates for the final episode in which Peregrym would appear, but although she agreed to work on a weekend, schedule changes for Reaper made this impossible. To work another actress into Candice's part and to explain the appearance change in the show, writer J.J. Philbin used exposition in her following line to Sylar: “I used to go by Candice. But ever since I dragged you off of Kirby Plaza, police are kind of looking for my old self. So, I went for a new look. What do you think? Too generic?” Rachel Kimsey then came in and her performance made a strong enough impression on writers and producers that they attempted to keep Candice, but couldn't.[35]

Usutu

Usutu makes himself known to Matt after he is teleported to Africa by the future Peter Petrelli. He had painted an image of the earth exploding on a nearby rock. This image appears several times in the episodes "The Second Coming" and "The Butterfly Effect", painted on various objects in various places. He also seems to have an extensive knowledge of Matt's life, having painted the major events of Matt's story arc in Volume One when he was just a child. Like the precognition demonstrated by Isaac Mendez, this skill can be activated at will, though Usutu prefers to listen to music while he works. In a discussion with Parkman, Usutu reveals that he is aware of various changes in the timeline, specifically events that change his earlier predictions. As Hiro finishes his own spirit journey, Usutu is decapitated by Arthur Petrelli.

In addition to his powers, Usutu is able to make a traditional food paste from tree roots and hyena dung which temporarily allows others to engage in a "spirit journey." In practice, this spirit journey roughly translates into a series of precognitive visions of future events or postcognitive visions of significant past events that are personally relevant to whomever consumes the paste. It is unknown whether or not this works on everyone. What is clear is that this paste has worked on two other characters with powers, though their powers did not involve precognition. Usutu freely shares the paste with Matt Parkman and Hiro Nakamura, despite being a family tradition, and the two lapse into trances shortly thereafter.

Trevor Zeitlan

  • Played by: Jeff Staron
  • Appears in: "Villains"
  • Special ability: Kinetic projection

Trevor Zeitlan is one of Sylar's earliest victims, who possesses the power to project kinetic energy by "shooting" at objects with his thumb and forefinger. Sylar learns of him through Chandra Suresh's list of posthumans, but resists the temptation to go after him. However, on Noah Bennet's orders, Elle has the two of them meet so that the Company can have footage of him acquiring an ability. Trevor reveals his power by shattering several glasses, and astonishes both Gabriel and Elle. When Elle keeps commenting on how "special" Trevor is, Gabriel becomes overwhelmed and cannot control his hunger, so he starts to attack Trevor. Elle tries to stop him, but is forced to flee to safety, leaving Trevor to get killed by Gabriel.

Additional family of the main characters

This list includes every non-powered relative of the main characters to have been seen either in the TV series or in the graphic novels.

Lyle Bennet

Lyle Bennet is Claire Bennet's younger brother and the son of Noah and Sandra Bennet. Lyle finds out about his sister's healing powers by watching a videotape showing her quickly recovering from such otherwise deadly experiences as being hit by a car and falling nearly thirty feet. He confirms his realization by stapling Claire's hand and watching it heal, though Claire convinces him to keep the secret and to hand her the tape.[36] After Claire tells her father that Lyle knows about her powers, Mr. Bennet has the Haitian remove Lyle's memories about her healing abilities.[37] but later he becomes aware of her powers again. Four months later he began a new life with the surname 'Butler', along with the rest of the family.[30] Lyle's actual parentage has been questioned, after isolated instances of him being referred to as adopted; upon being questioned about it, one of the creators declined to answer directly, instead saying "for now, consider Lyle's true parentage undetermined."

Sandra Bennet

Sandra Bennet is Claire Bennet's adoptive mother and the wife of Noah Bennet. She has great affection for her pet pomeranian, Mr. Muggles. She does not seem to be aware of her husband's activities or her daughter's powers, and the Haitian has wiped her memories several times on her husband's orders.[37] However, after Claire met Hank and Lisa, Sandra told Claire that she and Mr. Bennet had tried unsuccessfully to find her biological parents when she was a baby because they thought she might have a rare chromosomal disorder.[38]

Sylar tries to murder her, but she is saved by Mr. Bennet and the Haitian.[39] They also, once again, erase her memory of the event, which becomes evident to Claire when Sandra does not recall allowing her to skip school. After this erasure, her memory continues to degrade, as demonstrated by an event where she does not recognize Mr. Muggles or Claire, and then a few minutes later has no recollection of the episode. She complains of headaches and sees a neurologist. She collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with a subdural hematoma.[40] Upon her return to the house, she is held hostage with the rest of her family by Matt Parkman and Ted Sprague, and witnesses her daughter's regenerative powers.

After the hostage stand-off, she and her family stay at a hotel. She reveals to Bennet that he had told her everything the previous day, including what happened to Claire. Under her husband's orders, she only pretends that she has lost her memory. However, the illusion-casting Candice Wilmer impersonated her shortly afterwards in order to trick Mr. Bennet into revealing that he'd sent Claire away, and it is not clear at which point the impersonation actually began.[41]

She wasn't seen again until "Four Months Later…", in which she has begun a new life with the surname 'Butler', along with the rest of the family.

In the alternate future portrayed in the episode "Five Years Gone", it is revealed that she leaves Mr. Bennet. Claire also used the name "Sandra" as an alias in this episode.

When Claire later goes after Eric Doyle, Sandra doesn't object and in fact goes as her partner. Their plan fails but during a twisted game of Russian Roullette, Claire has Sandra shoot and apparently kill her tricking Doyle and allowing Claire to knock him out freeing Sandra and Meredith Gordon. Noah arrests Doyle and takes him back to Level 5 later.

Damon Dawson

Damon Dawson is Monica's younger brother. When Micah comes to live with the Dawsons, Damon initially bullies him. But when Micah uses his power to tune in pay-per-view television, Damon starts to accept his cousin. He gets Micah's backpack stolen, which eventually leads to Niki Sanders' death.

Nana Dawson

"Nana" Dawson is Micah Sanders' Great Aunt and grandmother of Monica and Damon Dawson. She lives with her grandchildren in New Orleans after her daughter, Monica and Damon's mother, is killed during Hurricane Katrina. Niki Sanders leaves Micah in Nana's care when she leaves to join the Company.

Virginia Gray

Virginia Gray is Sylar's adoptive mother. When Sylar visits Virginia, she constantly pushes Sylar to "be special," even saying that he could become President if he wanted to. Sylar reveals his powers, accidentally injuring her, and confesses his guilt since he thinks he will be the exploding man and kill many people. Both instances only alienate the two, and Virginia demands that Sylar leave her house and give back her son Gabriel. She brandishes a pair of scissors at Sylar, but is accidentally stabbed in the heart when they struggle for the scissors.

Kimiko Nakamura

Kimiko Nakamura is the daughter of Kaito and older sister of Hiro. She is very intelligent and motivated, and wishes to advance in her father's company, Yamagato Industries. She accompanies her father to New York to retrieve Hiro.[39] She gets along with her brother, in comparison to his and their father's strained relationship, as evidenced by the way Kimiko's pleas and reasoning get much further than Kaito's authoritative tactics (up to and including kidnapping). Hiro convinced his father that Yamagato has a successor in Kimiko.

Kimiko is present with Ando and Hiro at Kaito's funeral.

Janice Parkman

Janice Parkman is the ex-wife of telepathic police officer Matt Parkman. Their marriage has been troubled for some time, with both becoming increasingly distant. Janice blames their problems over his jealousy of her prospering career while his has been stalling. However, when Matt disappears for a day, she is truly worried about him. Matt then tries to fulfill her every need by reading her thoughts to improve their marriage. Matt discovers that she had an affair with his ex-partner. Two weeks later, after Matt tells Janice of his ability to read minds, the pair's marriage and relationship begins to mend. When Matt gets a six-month suspension for his rogue actions at work, she provides him with emotional support and reveals that she is pregnant. Four months later Matt and Janice are divorced, and Matt later reveals to Nathan Petrelli that the child his wife bore is not his, but rather the man with whom his wife cheated.[30] Matt Parkman saw a vision of his wife in a dream sequence or illusion created by his father (Maury Parkman), in which he was a holding a baby and saying that Matt left his son just like his father left him.

In the future of "Five Years Gone", it is revealed Janice and Matt bore a son whom they named Matthew and who presumably also has special powers. In the alternate future, Mr. Bennet had been running a relocation program for people with special powers, and had been in contact with Janice and Matthew Jr., as part of some arrangement with Matt Sr.

Heidi Petrelli

Heidi Petrelli is Nathan Petrelli's wife and is involved with his strategies for his bid for congressional office. She uses a wheelchair for mobility after being paralyzed in a car crash in the episode Six Months Ago caused by Linderman's accomplices while Nathan was driving. Nathan, while trying to control the car, suddenly found himself flying for the first time. Tragically, he couldn't figure out how to get back down to his car and the car crashed into a highway barrier. During a brunch set up by her mother-in-law, an invited journalist implies that Nathan may have cheated on her with a blonde during his trip to Las Vegas to see Mr. Linderman. She doubts Peter's story with an innocent explanation of the woman, but when Nathan confirms it in private, she tells him she believes him. Heidi says that she is determined to recover but only if Nathan is true to her. Heidi remained unseen for most of the season. She did, however, return to the Petrelli mansion in Manhattan with her and Nathan's two sons, Monty and Simon.[42]. Heidi has yet to meet Claire and is currently unaware that she exists and that she is Nathan's illegitimate daughter. Even though his men reportedly put her in this condition, Linderman heals Heidi, who now can walk again.[43]

When Nathan drives Heidi away,[30] she moves to Washington D.C.[44]

Simon & Monty Petrelli

Simon and Monty Petrelli are the juvenile sons of Nathan and Heidi, seen participating in the Petrelli campaign during the 2006 election. Following the presumed death of Peter, Nathan's depression and heavy drinking caused Heidi to leave Nathan, taking their sons with her. As of the second season episode "Kindred", they live and attend a private school in Washington D.C.[44]

Hal Sanders

Hal Sanders is the estranged father of Niki and Jessica Sanders. When the girls were younger, Hal was an abusive alcoholic. While both of them were beaten, Jessica took the brunt of Hal's abuse to protect Niki. When Jessica was ten or eleven years old, Hal strangled her to death. Niki somehow lost recollection of her childhood and only remembered that Hal eventually left her. Years later, Hal attempted to reconnect with his only remaining daughter, who was now a wife and mother. He offered much of the money he had made in the stock market to help Niki and her husband, D.L. Hawkins, raise their son, Micah Sanders. However, Hal later showed himself to be the same short-tempered man he has always been (after Micah took apart the laptop that Hal had given him) and was not accepted into the family's life. Later Niki's alternate personality, calling itself "Jessica", beat Hal up, gave him back the money he offered and told him never to come back.

Chandra Suresh

Chandra Suresh was born in Chennai and is Mohinder's late father, as well as the author of Activating Evolution, a book which appears to explain the reason so many people with powers are suddenly appearing. He found a means of tracking and locating potential powered people. He was also connected with Sylar, whom he referred to as "Patient Zero". On a taped telephone conversation from shortly before Chandra's death, however, he said he wanted nothing to do with Sylar, and insisted the man stop calling him. Before his death, Chandra kept a male lizard named Mohinder.

According to a dream Mohinder had, Chandra was killed while sitting in the driver's seat of his cab by a man wearing a watch, which was stopped at 11:53, a watch which Sylar is often seen wearing. Eden McCain, Chandra's one-time neighbor, claimed Sylar was his murderer. Sylar later claimed that Chandra became very close to him at one time and shared things he felt Mohinder was too "fragile" to know, including information on his sister.

Mrs. Suresh

Mrs. Suresh was born in Chennai and is Mohinder's mother and Chandra Suresh's widow. Following Chandra's funeral, she told Mohinder of his sister Shanti, who died prior to his birth. She expresses wishes that Mohinder would give up his father's research and return home to India to reunite with his former girlfriend Mira.

Shanti Suresh

  • Only appearing in photos

Shanti Suresh is Chandra Suresh's daughter, also born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In the episode Seven Minutes until Midnight Mohinder Suresh's mother tells him that she had died at the age of five, two years after he was born. But in the later episode, The Hard Part, he states that he never got to see her because she died before he was born. His blood actually possessed the antibodies she needed to survive, but he was born just a few months too late. Chandra Suresh said she had a genetic anomaly.[6] Her death, along with several other factors, prompted Chandra Suresh to begin his investigations into people with special powers. Sylar also knows about Shanti from his time working with Chandra.[41] Mohinder was not aware of her existence until his mother told him.[5]

Additional season 1 characters

This list includes every character not listed above, that appeared in three episodes or more of the first season. The characters are listed in the order they first appeared on the show.

Zach

Zach is a high school classmate of Claire Bennet and one of the first people to know of her powers. He videotapes Claire using her abilities.[45] He tells Claire that he helped her win the Homecoming Queen election by campaigning for her amongst the "unpopular" crowd. He also gives her a book written by Chandra Suresh, which he says details information on her power.[46] Claire is overwhelmed and later punches Jackie when she makes homophobic comments towards Zach. After Claire is grounded, Zach enters her bedroom using a ladder and convinces her to come to the Homecoming game.

After Claire tells her father that Zach knows about her powers, Mr. Bennet has the Haitian make him forget about his relationship with Claire and her powers. When Claire approaches him the following day, Zach doesn't remember having even spoken to her since sixth grade. Nevertheless, Claire convinces Zach to videotape her again and is able to rekindle their friendship.[21] Zach subsequently helps Claire track down her biological parents while also helping to keep her actions secret from her adoptive parents.

Though it was originally intended for Zach to be gay, Dekker’s manager "didn’t want him to be playing a gay character" for career reasons, and his storyline was later changed.[47][48][49] As producer Bryan Fuller detailed,

[W]e were definitely going down a route of making him the gay character and having him have a big role in [Claire's] life and sort of teaching her to come out about her ability and embrace herself and actually using the coming out metaphor and the gay metaphor in that instance as a fun piece of storytelling. There was an unfortunate miscommunication and when the script arrived that had the line in it, 'I would take you to homecoming but you have to know that I don't like girls that way.' The actor [Thomas Dekker]'s, manager threatened to pull him from the show because he was up for the John Connor role in The Sarah Connor Chronicles and she didn't want him playing a gay character because it might affect Fox's interest in hiring him. It got really ugly.[50]

Tina

"Texas" Tina is the romance-novel-loving confidante of Niki Sanders who frequently takes care of Niki's son, Micah, and attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with Niki. When Niki confides in Tina about having blackouts and possibly an alternate personality, Tina tells her that her troubles stem from psychological damage as a result of her dealings with the mob. In "Nothing to Hide", Tina finally meets and flees from Niki's alternate personality, Jessica, after Micah is taken away by D.L. Hawkins.

Audrey Hanson

Audrey Hanson is an FBI agent pursuing Sylar. Three months after Sylar begins his murder spree, Audrey catches sight of him in Chicago, but he eludes her by escaping on a subway after giving his cap and trenchcoat to an elderly man, whom Audrey shoots, mistaking him for Sylar.[51]

While investigating the murder of Molly Walker's family in Los Angeles three months later, Audrey initially gets to know Officer Matt Parkman. He reveals to her his ability to read people's minds and she asks him to help the FBI find Sylar. Later, Sylar unsuccessfully attempts to seize Molly from FBI custody. During his escape, Audrey is almost forced to shoot herself because of the man's telekinetic abilities but is saved when Parkman intervenes.[52]

Audrey again requests the aid of Officer Parkman when she suspects that Sylar has killed again. She takes Parkman to the morgue, where they examine the body of a dead oncologist who was burned alive. Audrey is exposed to a dangerously high amount of radiation while investigating the house of Theodore Sprague, whom she believes to be Sylar. She and Parkman find Sprague in the hospital with his dying wife, but Parkman persuades him to surrender.[36] However, Sprague escapes after being taken into custody by Homeland Security, and she again enlists Parkman's aid in hunting him down.[5] Audrey begins to bond with Matt, to the extent of giving him advice on his relationship with his wife, and she looks to become attracted to him.[37] Two weeks later, Audrey and Matt have the FBI raid Primatech Paper Company.[21] However, they find nothing. Audrey's superior then threatens her position with the bureau. Disheartened, Audrey harshly tells Matt their partnership is over. Audrey re-appears in the penultimate episode for the season and arrests Sprague on a tip from Sylar (posing as Isaac Mendez). After Sprague is killed by Sylar, she is seen at the accident site. When a police officer remarks on how the top of someone's head falls off, she walks by and replies, "You don't want to know."

Jackie Wilcox

Jacqueline "Jackie" Wilcox is a cheerleader and high school classmate of Claire Bennet. Although she claimed to be "BFF" (best friends forever) with Claire and once revealed plans to run for class president with "good deeds" as her platform, Jackie is an obnoxious rival and dramatic foil for Claire. Jackie repeatedly taunts Zach about his sexual orientation. She is also apparently jealous of Claire and Brody Mitchum, who described Jackie as a gossip. Jackie is eager to be the center of attention and takes credit for a fire rescue Claire performed in "Genesis". Sylar mistakes Jackie for Claire after having read of Jackie's faked heroism and kills her by telekinetically slicing open her skull. Jackie's last word to Claire is "run".

Brody Mitchum

Brody Mitchum is a classmate of Claire Bennet and quarterback on the football team at the fictional Union Wells High School. During a celebratory bonfire Brody and Claire wander off to the bleachers, where he attempts to rape her.[52] He accidentally throws her head on a tree branch and considers her dead. In "Collision" he is shaken to see her alive again. After Claire discovers that Brody has raped at least one other girl, she convinces him to let her drive them both home in his car but then, in an attempt to scare him, rams the car headfirst into a brick wall. She drags his unconscious body from the car when it catches fire and ultimately explodes.[53] When he wakes up and sees Claire unharmed, he realizes that she isn't a normal human being. After learning of the attempted rape of his daughter, an enraged Mr. Bennet has his associate, the Haitian, wipe out all of Brody’s memory. Brody, severely injured, is later seen in a wheelchair attending Homecoming.

Hank and Lisa

Hank and Lisa claim to be a former couple and Claire Bennet's biological parents in "Better Halves". Mr. Bennet tells Claire that he has arranged through an adoption agency for Hank and his former girlfriend, Lisa, to meet Claire and answer her questions. Hank and Lisa tell Claire that they were high school sweethearts who split up before her birth. Hank wanted to keep Claire, while Lisa wanted to give her up for adoption. Hank tells Claire that he has a family history of heart disease and cancer, while Lisa tells that she has diabetes, but neither tell Claire anything that explains how she got her healing powers.

It is revealed that Hank is actually a doctor working with Mr. Bennet, who later performs tests on Sylar[21]. Hank is killed by Sylar, who then escapes from containment at Primatech.[54]

Aron Malsky

Aron Malsky is a lawyer formerly under the employ of Mr. Linderman. He is first seen visiting D.L. Hawkins to retrieve the case of money stolen by Niki/Jessica. He later visits Niki in the psych ward to notify her of her release, due to someone else supposedly confessing to her crimes.[39] Matt Parkman becomes his personal bodyguard for the day while he's in California.[55] Malsky then uses the two million dollars he retrieved from D.L. to buy diamonds for himself. He is finally murdered by Jessica who was sent by Mr. Linderman.

Thompson

Thompson is an associate of Noah Bennet at Primatech, which is a cover for his position as Bennet's superior in The Company. The character is first mentioned in "Wireless, Part Two", and introduced in the graphic novel "How Do You Stop an Exploding Man?, Part Two". In the episode "Company Man", he is mostly seen in flashbacks of Bennet's past dealings with The Company, but he also gets a brief cameo at the end of the episode where he is seen shooting Ted Sprague in the shoulder, causing him to lose control of his radioactive powers, and expressing interest in Claire Bennet's complete recovery from her exposure to Ted's overload. Due to Bennet's betrayal of The Company, Thompson informs him that he is on death row and that he is just waiting for the order to kill him. His later appearances show him recruiting Mohinder Suresh into the Company, and informing Mohinder of Molly Walker's condition.[56] In Kirby Plaza, he dies when he is shot twice by Noah Bennet while attempting to kill Matt Parkman.[43]

Thompson is portrayed as a man who plays by the rules and takes his orders very seriously. He gets his orders from Linderman. During a conversation with Nathan Petrelli, Thompson reveals that he knows and approves of the plans to blow up New York.[42] When Nathan implies that Linderman doesn't have the situation under control, Thompson reassures him that Linderman does.

In the Volume Three episode "Villains", a flashback is shown revealing that Thompson had wanted to train Meredith and Flint Gordon to be agents for the Company. However, Meredith betrays the Company and tries to escape with her brother. After a heated battle on a train, he captures Meredith and asks her why she hates the Company. Meredith replies that the Company killed her daughter, Claire. Upon hearing this, Thompson lets Meredith go, hinting that Claire is still alive.

Additional season 2 characters

Ricky

Ricky is an Irish mobster, first appearing in the season premiere while searching for a shipping container with his partners Tuko and Will. They believed it to contain iPods, but instead found a half-naked Peter Petrelli handcuffed inside the empty container. Subsequently, Peter has been both Ricky's prisoner and part of his team, including a recent romantic liaison with Ricky's sister Caitlin. Ricky was murdered by Elle after refusing to tell her where to find Peter.[3]

Bryan Fuller

Detective Bryan Fuller is Matt Parkman's partner in the NYPD. He and Matt are currently investigating the murder of Kaito Nakamura and the attack on Angela Petrelli. He is also Parkman's superior, as he promoted Parkman and made him detective after a successful training session[30]. He arrested Angela Petrelli after her false confession to Kaito Nakamura's death. He is named after the writer/producer Bryan Fuller who worked on Heroes during season 1.

Yaeko

Yaeko is the swordsmith's daughter in the legend of Takezo Kensei. She lives in Feudal Japan, 1671. In the stories, she is the love interest of Takezo Kensei, though Hiro Nakamura's time travelling reveals that it is actually Hiro whom she loves. Initially, Hiro enamors Yaeko to Kensei by posing as him and rescuing her. This led to Yaeko eventually falling in love with Kensei, but upon discovering that it was actually Hiro who saved her in the first place, she concludes that she was actually in love with Hiro the entire time. Upon witnessing Hiro and Yaeko kiss, Kensei feels betrayed and turns Yaeko, her father (the swordsmith) and Hiro over to Whitebeard and his army. After they escape and Hiro scatters Whitebeard's army, Yaeko spreads his tale under Kensei's name.

In historical context (Heroes Evolutions), Yaeko was known as the Princess. She asked Kensei to protect Japan from Whitebeard, and Kensei did. This eventually lead to their wedding, which was interrupted by the "Dragon of Kiso Mountain." The Dragon was looking to take Kensei's love, the Princess. As a response to the Dragon's demands, Kensei cut out his own heart and gave it to the Dragon. What happens next is a bit of a mystery. Legend says that Kensei may have died, or that he was brought back to life by the Dragon, and he and the Princess went away together. However, according to legend, Yaeko is said to be the princess in question, and also the creator of the Takezo tapestries.

In the graphic novel "The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei", it is revealed that Yaeko had a granddaughter named Yumi, who married Adam Monroe. Adam became bored with her and faked his death by drowning.

Debbie Marshall

Deborah "Debbie" Marshall is the head cheerleader/captain of the cheer squad at Costa Verde High School. She has had negative interactions with both Claire and Martha. She does not want Claire on the squad. She also sees West in disguise come from the sky and seemingly kill Claire but when Claire is proved to be alive, the police think that she is seeing alcohol-induced hallucinations. She was suspended from school and cheerleading after having a blood alcohol of .13.

Will and Tuko

Will and Tuko are two associates of Ricky's. They reside in Cork, Ireland. They work with Ricky in some of his illegal ventures. Will betrays Ricky but is stopped by Peter[44]. Will later reveals information to Elle about the whereabouts of Peter Petrelli. Tuko was on scene at the Wandering Rock Pub when Caitlin arrived to view the destroyed body of her brother.

Caitlin

Caitlin is Ricky's sister and a love interest of Peter Petrelli. As a worker at the Wandering Rock Pub in Cork, Ireland, she watches over Peter when he is taken captive by her brother. After Peter uses Isaac's ability to paint a picture of Caitlin and Peter standing outside of a cathedral in Montreal, she goes with him to Montreal, her motivation being that she wants to avenge her brother's death by killing Elle in return. At the end of "The Line", she and Peter accidentally travel one year into the future to find New York evacuated due to a deadly virus, and the country under martial law. In "Out Of Time", Peter returns to the present alone, accidentally leaving her stranded in the future being deported to Ireland. By eventually preventing the release of the virus, Peter stops that future from coming to pass.

Caitlin's fate was originally intended to be revealed in the cancelled volume "Exodus", but due to the writers' strike, it may never be known.[57]

The Swordsmith

Yaeko's father and the creator of Takezo Kensei's sword. He made the guns for Whitebeard's army.

Whitebeard

Whitebeard was a warlord in 17th century Japan.

Victoria Pratt

Victoria Pratt was a founding member of the Company and biological engineer. In 1977, she met Shanti Suresh and began to do research on the Shanti virus. On Company orders, she experimented on the virus, and weaponized it, creating Strain 138, which is capable of killing 93% of the world's population, including normal and enhanced humans. When Monroe attempted to steal the strain, Pratt insisted that the program on the virus be stopped, and the strain destroyed. Kaito Nakamura and the other founders did not agree and locked the virus away at Primatech Paper in Odessa, Texas. Pratt was not happy about the decision.

In the present, Matt Parkman began to investigate the remaining Company founders. After discovering that most of them were dead, he used his abilities on Angela to persuade her to give him information on who Pratt was. Angela resisted, stating that Pratt was in hiding and wanted to be left alone. Matt was however able to get her name. Pratt was discovered in the present, hiding in Maine by Adam Monroe and Peter Petrelli. Fearing that she would be the next to die after hearing about the death of Kaito, she attempts to kill Monroe with no avail. After Peter uses his telepathy to find out where Strain 138 is hidden, Monroe and Petrelli attempt to release Pratt and set her free. However, after she attempts to shoot Peter in the head, Monroe kills her and leaves a death-threat photo on her body.

Additional season 3 characters

Dr. Zimmerman

A former employee of the Company, Dr. Zimmerman helped create the formula that grants synthetic abilities. Under Company orders, he delivered Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss, as well as their third sister Barbara, and gave them their abilities. After his tenure with the Company was over, however, many of his memories of employment there were erased.

Webisode characters

Characters with special abilities who only appear in the webisodes.

"The Constrictor"

The Constrictor is sent with Howard to capture Echo DeMille. After their first attempt fails, leaving Howard dying on the ground and bleeding from his ears, the Constrictor finishes Howard off and goes after Echo himself. However, he is killed by Echo after using his ability on Echo's girlfriend in an attempt to force him to surrender.

Edward

Edward is the father of Santiago and the husband of Iris, and is a former agent of the Company. He has the abilities of both accelerated probability - allowing him to slow time, determine which action to take, and do so at a superhuman speed - and electric manipulation. With his family threatened, he was forced to work as an assassin for the Company, but eventually faked his death to leave that life. Upon learning that the Company is going after his family, he returns and attempts to kill S.L.W. by electrocution.

Elisa

Iris

Santiago

Santiago is a posthuman living in Peru with the ability of accelerated probability, which allows him to slow down time, analyze which action to take, and then do so at a superhuman speed.

Graphic novel characters

This list includes every character not listed above, that has appeared in a graphic novel, and has a superhuman ability.

Abigail

Anya

When Claude meets his first partner Haram he also learns about Rollo Fusor, a criminal whom the Company believes is killing people by dehydrating them. Haram considers Fusor his first failed case, and bears a solid hate against him.

In 1990 the Company sends Claude and Haram to France to catch Rollo. However, when they are to arrest him, Rollo himself is dehydrated, and the real criminal is revealed to be his partner, Anya.[58] While Haram and Claude are to arrest the unnamed woman, she attacks Haram, nearly killing him. Claude manages to stop her, and she is killed by Haram.

Abu Aswan

Abu Aswan is a descendant of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu who, after discovering that he can manipulate the weight of objects, suspects that his ancestors used similar abilities to build the pyramids. Visiting him in a dream, Sanjog Iyer tells him that the pharaoh had one of his kin stoned for publicly demonstrating the same ability, and persuades him to keep his ancestors' secret. His name was originally seen in the list by Chandra Suresh.

Felicia Brooks

Felicia Brooks is a Company agent who was trained by Noah Bennet. She vigorously trains Donna Dunlap to be an agent herself, and is not seen with a partner. She rises up against Gael when she overhears him talking about the posthuman agents, and fights Penny Logan until Eric Thompson knocks everyone out with tear gas. She comments annoyance at other agents who blast discussions without questioning their importance first, and is extremely angered at Connie Logan's betrayal. She, Penny, and Connie had trained together, and it was implied that they were friends. She is among those sent to deal with Evs Dropper, and is killed in the process.

Au Co

Au Co was a Vietnamese girl killed by Arthur Petrelli on a mission during the Vietnam War. Arthur Petrelli and Daniel Linderman were on a mission to locate an airplane. They found it too late and there were no survivors, but "Dallas" decided to carry on with the airplane's mission to destroy Au Co. They presumed that it was a nearby farming village, but later realized that it was a young girl with the ability to make plants grow at a rapid rate. She was shot and killed by Arthur despite Daniel's efforts to stop him. This event, and those leading up to it, eventually resulted in a close bond between Linderman and Petrelli.

Leonard Cushing

Leonard Cushing is an agent of the Company who can secrete a highly potent corrosive from his hands. Cushing is Eric Thompson's partner until one mission where they are trying to find Evs Dropper. Thompson finds Cushing in a room with a fellow agent's dead, acid-burnt body. Thompson believes that Cushing is responsible. However, when Cushing is about to reveal something about Evs Dropper, Devin Patterson comes in and shoots him. With his final breath, he warns Thompson that Evs Dropper is always watching.

Dennis

Dennis is a Level Five prisoner who, along with fellow escapees Michael Fitzgerald and Tina Ramierez, goes to his girlfriend's house after Elle Bishop accidentally frees everyone in Level Five. The Company sends agents to deal with them, but the trio kills them. Sylar, who had been doing surveillance, intervenes, and kills Dennis.

Richard Drucker

Richard Drucker was an evolved human recorded by the Company. He is described in Evolutions as having hatred towards the founding members of the Company. He also attended college with Charles Deveaux, and they were friends before the start of the Company. They were both associated with an unidentified group, described as "like-minded individuals", but Drucker left the group in 1977 and moved to Bangalore. His physical body was destroyed in Bangalore in a plane crash. He is a distant relative of Hana Gitelman. The Company has extensive information on Drucker in its files.[59][60]

He continued to exist within computers, like Hana, until they were both deleted while trapped in the Company's mainframe.

Julien Dumont

Julien Dumont was an agent of the company supposedly monitoring a bag and tag mission of several of his duplicates who had gone rogue in Antarctica, Australia and the Congo (though a holding room filled with more indicates that there were even more). While the duplicates in Antarctica and Australia are captured, the third jumps from a cliff and dies. When his partner and girlfriend, Sabine Hazel, reports back, Julien says he can still sense the third one alive, making her suspicious.

Following a tip from someone known only as Evs Dropper, Sabine realizes that the Julien she knows is really another duplicate, and demands to know what's happened to the real Julien. The duplicate claims that she's never met the real Julien, it's been him all along. Infuriated, she kills the duplicate and takes his keycard, using to access a Company holding cell where she finds the original Julien, kept in a coma and hooked up to machinery that activates his cloning powers involuntarily. The Company had been using him as an agent factory for years, producing an endless supply of clones to recruit while keeping the original alive and protected, as it is believed that if he dies, all his clones would die as well. Sabine proceeds to disconnect and extract Julien, even understanding he's not the Julien she loved, and the two flee from the Company. They are rescued by another Julien, who takes them to a safe house where Sabine finally meets Evs Dropper in person.

She is told by Evs (Connie Logan) that they were married and that Penny is their daughter. Gael asked for Julien to be tested but tells her he was killed two years later. At the end of the battle, Bianca shoots Julien to kill the oncoming clones.

Donna Dunlap

Donna Dunlap was merely an everyday dental receptionist who happened to have telescopic, microscopic, and nocturnal vision. She went on a date with a disguised Eric Thompson. After receiving a mysterious warning from someone known as Evs Dropper, she left and stayed at her apartment. She later found out she was being watched by Thompson and Elle Bishop. As she tried to escape, she was stunned by Elle and taken into captivity. She is taken to the Company infirmary where she recovers next to Noah. Bob sees her exposure to Bennett as a risk and orders her memory of that day erased with hopes of later convincing her to help The Company. Evs Dropper reveals the erased events to her as proof of what was done and convinces her to fight against the Company. She is trained by Felicia Brooks and sees a picture of her death painted by Isaac Mendez. She becomes suspicious of Evs and renounces her allegiance, uncovering the truth of Cushing's murder in the process. She and Eric capture a rogue Julien clone and soon after try to stop an escaping Sabine and Julien. She and Eric are later dispatched to recapture Brenden Lewis, but both are knocked out and the support must capture him. She is interrogated by Gael later on, who thinks she is still working with Evs so she escapes with Eric (with Bianca's help) to a hotel where she is incapacitated and replaced by Penny Logan. She is captured by Connie, who nails her feet to a board and binds and gags her to a chair strapped with enough explosives to destroy a metal bridge. Eric tries to save her, but she pushes him over and falls into the painting's position as the bomb detonates.

Evan

During the Revolutionary War, Adam Monroe, working as a mercenary for the British Empire, learned of a man who destroyed an entire town single-handedly, and claimed he could not be killed. Adam initially assumed the man had the same regenerative ability as he did, but upon meeting this man, Evan, Adam killed him on the spot. His crew was immediately attacked by an unseen army, and Adam soon found himself fighting another Evan... and another, and another. It turned out Evan had the ability to duplicate himself, effectively making him a one-man army. Adam attempted to track down and kill the original Evan, believing this would stop all the duplicates; however, this proved futile when he found that the duplicates can also duplicate themselves, and Adam was hopelessly outmatched.

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald is a Level Five prisoner who goes along with fellow escapees Tina Ramierez and Dennis to the apartment of Dennis' girlfriend after Elle Bishop accidentally frees everyone in Level Five. The Company sends agents to deal with them, but the trio kills them. Sylar, who had been doing surveillance, intervenes, and kills Dennis with a sonic scream. He prepares to kill Tina and Michael, but Dennis' girlfriend convinces him to spare their lives.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin conducted experiments on electricity an held a kite with a key out during a storm where he was electrocuted, but discharged the remaining energy through his cat. He writes this in his diary which Joseph Priestley thinks must stay hidden.

Manuel Garcia

Manuel Garcia had connections to Evs Dropper, and with her help, he managed to evade the Company by teleporting. He was eventually captured by Connie and Penn Logan while acting as agents and not as Evs Dropper. They managed to get close enough to him by Penny impersonating his girlfriend with Connie's ability. His name was revealed on the Assignment Tracker's interactive map. He was recruited into the Company after his capture and was killed while fighting Evs Dropper.

Howard Grigsby

Howard Grigsby is a man with the ability to emit blinding amounts of light. He thinks he is the light of God, and is the reason that Noah Bennet must get his famed glasses. After he is captured, he is sent to a Level Five detention cell. However, he later escapes after Elle Bishop accidentally releases all the Level Five prisoners.[61]

Guillame

Guillame is the Haitian's father and a leader in their village in Haiti. He is known as the Houngan, the Priest, and his power to manipulate people's emotions has been able to protect his village from attack. He dies when jumping off a mountain.

Paul Harding

Paul Harding was listed on the assignment tracker map. Before the map was created, it was mentioned that he and his partner helped Bianca and Gael bring the German to Primatech Research. He left a discussion on Evs Dropper's blog about mysterious blue water, traveled with his partner, Ahlrich Dekker, to Calgary to capture an unidentified posthuman and angrily commented on being ordered back from the battle with Connie Logan by Bob Bishop while Dekker was sent on his own. He eventually arrived by himself and was killed in the subsequent battle.

Brendan Lewis

Brendan Lewis was captured once and it was suspected that his ability would mutate. When it does, granting him further plant-like abilities, he escapes and knocks a partnership unconscious and kills most of a support team before being recaptured. He is sent to a crater the size of a village in Guyana caused by a local manifesting his ability. Paulette Hawkins augments his power to cover the crater with forestry, and he is killed in the process.

"Liquid Man"

A man with the power to transform his own body mass into a water-like liquid, who was apprehended by Ivan, Maarten, and Noah Bennet when they trapped him in a train's freezer car.

Connie Logan

Connie Logan was an agent of the Company, who was considered an invaluable asset for her ability to mold and reshape other people's faces as if they were made of clay, and to change their hair and eye colors as well as their vocal cords to precisely mimic the appearance and voice of another person, creating perfect disguises. The effect only lasts 24 hours, and she could not change her own appearance. She often worked with her non-powered daughter, Penny Logan.

The graphic novel Into the Wild reveals that she is the mysterious "Evs Dropper", and is working to bring down the Company alongside an army of Julien Dumont clones. She is also married to the original Julien. She and her daughter are killed by the Kill Squad in the ensuing battle along with the rest of her forces, though the Company suffered heavy casualties.

Maarten

Maarten was Ivan's partner at the time when Noah Bennet was Ivan's protégé.

Marcus

While en route from Texas to California, Noah Bennet learns of a couple of murder victims whose bodies were unnaturally bent out of shape. Realizing the killer must be one of his early cases – Marcus, a man with the power to alter the plasticity of any object his fingers are touching, allowing him to easily bend or crumple them – he takes it upon himself to apprehend the man and turns him over to the Company.

Samir Mellouk

Samir Mellouk worked with Daphne Millbrook to steal rare artifacts from around the world. He is captured by Julien Dumont and Sabine Hazel.

Michael

Michael is a Company agent who can fire powerful laser beams from his fingertips. He befriends the incarcerated Eric Doyle, in whom he confides that he hates working for the Company but does so in order to be on their good side. During the escape from Level Five, Eric Doyle uses his ability to force him to kill himself with his own power.

Matt Neuenberg

Matt Neuenberg was a high school student who had difficulty fitting in and making friends, feeling that people are only ever interested in him for his ability to quickly memorize and recall vast amounts of information with great accuracy. After demonstrating his ability at a talent show, he encountered Elle and was taken to the Company, where he was subjected to painful experiments. Later, Elle told him that this was for his own protection, and that he and she want the same things.

Matt was eventually used by the Company to guard their computer from hackers. Through his efforts, an attempt to hack the Company computer by Hana Gitelman and Richard Drucker is stopped by downloading the information to his head before destroying the computer. However, he died when the Company downloaded the information from him.

Piper

Piper is a girl with the ability to bend her joints to superhuman limits.

Piper keeps having haunting dreams, causing her to not sleep. One night when she does fall asleep, Sanjog Iyer shows her a vision of the past where she was supposedly abducted by aliens. She finds herself on an examination table, but she uses her powers to escape. A girl named Debbie shows Piper to a window, through which Piper leaves the building. Debbie reveals she is Piper's sister who was separated from her at birth and taken by the Company. The "aliens" that abducted Piper long ago were actually Mr. Bennet and the Haitian. Piper wakes up and screams out Debbie's name. Piper's mother calls the doctor about Piper's "delusions of having a sister". The "doctor" is really Mr. Bennet who says he'll be right over.

Tina Ramierez

  • Appears in: "Viewpoints"
  • Special ability: Chlorine gas exhalation

Tina Ramierez is a Level Five prisoner who goes along with fellow escapees Michael Fitzgerald and Dennis to the apartment of Dennis' girlfriend after Elle Bishop accidentally frees everyone in Level Five. The Company sends agents to deal with them, but the trio kills them. Sylar, who had been doing surveillance, intervenes, and kills Dennis with a sonic scream. He prepares to kill Tina and Michael, but Dennis' girlfriend convinces him to spare their lives.

Sparrow Redhouse

Sparrow Redhouse was on Chandra's list, as well as the Gabriel Gray's list. In 2011, in the possible future in which the destruction of New York City in 2006 isn't stopped, Future Hiro rescues Sparrow from police. When he scolds her for not obeying her curfew, Sparrow criticizes the government.

Sebastian Shell

Sebastian Shell was on the assignment tracker map. He was partnered with Julia Ryan and both were killed in the battle against Connie Logan and the other members of the Evs Dropper persona. In Evs Dropper's blog, he questioned the intentions of tracking agents (Bianca Karina), helped Ahlrich Dekker identify Calgary, helped crack a code as a training exercise and commented on Connie Logan's identification as Evs Dropper.

Linda Tavara

Linda Tavara had the ability to see and absorb the auras of other people by touching them. Her hand glowed with a blue light when she did this. If she absorbed the life force of another evolved human, she also gained their power.

Linda first discovered her ability in her teens, during the 1960s. It is implied that her parents knew of it too, and fearfully took measures to keep her isolated. Despite this, Linda was enthralled by her power, and went out into the city to fully experience it. After some time, she spotted Ida Walker, an elderly woman whose aura glowed brighter than most people's. Though she seemed to understand right and wrong, she continually felt to urge to steal life forces. Thus, she absorbs Walker's aura and obtained the woman's ability to see the dead.

In her adulthood, she worked as a private investigator and possibly bounty hunter. However, she would routinely continue stealing the life forces of powered people, even if she was assigned to bring them to authorities. This led to suspicions from others, and these misgivings force her employer to fire her. Afterward, she is approached by a mysterious woman who hires her to locate certain individuals for her, all implied to have powers. After turning in two such people, Linda is tasked to find a man named Jason Welkes, but she instead absorbs his life force and disposes of the body. When asked, she repeated her previous habit of claiming she was unable to find the person. This leads the informant to question her competence, and threaten to take away her next assignment. In response, Linda absorbed the informant's life force, and stole a notepad regarding the next targets, which included Daniel Linderman and Arthur Petrelli.

Linda introduced herself to Linderman at a gas station, and he traveled with her while she gains his trust. After Linderman demonstrated to her his ability to heal others, Linda attempted to absorb his power. However, Linderman killed her with a stick before she successfully did so.

She was originally seen on Chandra Suresh's list.

Teenage patient

At an unnamed New York City hospital, Mohinder meets a dying man who shows symptoms of the same blood disorder that Shanti and Molly shared. Mohinder tells the man that he can cure him by giving him a blood transfusion. Following the transfusion, it appears to Mohinder that it was unsuccessful, and while he is wondering why it worked for Molly but not this individual, the patient suddenly erupts with electricity. After witnessing one of the patient's seizures, Mohinder realizes that he does not have Shanti's illness; his own uncontrolled power is damaging his health each time it manifests. A Company agent arrives in the patient's hospital room to take him into custody, but another of the patient's seizures incapacitates the agent with electrical arcs. Mohinder gets the patient out of the hospital and attempts to drive him out of town, but another seizure disables the car. The patient explains that he had been at peace with dying because of the guilt he felt over the deaths caused by his seizures. Mohinder directs him to a secluded lakeside cabin where he can live in peace and learn to control his power.

Traveler

Traveler answers a call from Hana Gitelman and is asked to deliver a message to Richard Drucker in Bhutan. He enters the country and easily adapts to his surroundings thanks to his command of languages. While traveling on foot, he falls down an incline and injures himself. He shouts for help before passing out. When Traveler awakens he is in a Bhutanese temple, being tended to by Buddhist monks. A man who appears to be Drucker asks for his message. Traveler informs him that his message is from Hana Gitelman, to whom Drucker is related.


Unnamed deaf agent

  • First appeared in: "Going Postal"
  • Special ability: Sound absorption

Recruited by The Company especially to capture Echo DeMille, his body absorbs all sound, effectively making him permanently deaf.

Unnamed man

  • First appeared in: "Faces, Part 1"
  • Special ability: Nerve gas emission

A man who emits nerve gas when he sweats was captured by Penny Logan for the Company.

Ida Walker

Ida May Walker was one of Linda's first super powered victims. She said that she could see "angels" since she was little, though this was due to her power. Linda was drawn to her due to the fact that her aura glowed stronger then most. Her power was stolen by Linda and she was killed.

According to Heroes Evolutions, she is Molly Walker's grandmother.

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  14. ^ Primatech Paper Assignment Tracker - Eric Doyle (File C019, password EDwvar70p)
  15. ^ Harrison Wilcox (w), Micah Gunnel (p), Mark Roslan (i). Heroes: The Kill Squad, part 3, vol. 1, no. 95 (2008). Aspen MLT, Inc..
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  18. ^ Director: Allan Arkush (2008-11-10). "Villains". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Perluigi Cothran (w), Marcus To (p), Mark Roslan (i). Heroes: Life Before Eden, vol. 1, no. 9 (2006). Aspen MLT, Inc..
  20. ^ Andrew Chambliss (w), Travis Kotzebue & Mucah Gunnell (p), Peter Steigrwald (i). Heroes: Fathers & Daughters, vol. 1, no. 11 (2006). Aspen MLT, Inc..
  21. ^ a b c d Director: Paul Shapiro, Writer: Tim Kring (2007-01-22). "Godsend". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "godsend" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  22. ^ Beaming Beeman - Season 3, Episode 3 - Director's blog on the filming of this episode
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  27. ^ Primatech Paper Assignment Track Map - Claude Rains in London, United Kingdom
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  29. ^ "Behind the Scenes: "Heroes" Week fourteen". Comic Book Resources. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-02-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  30. ^ a b c d e Director: Greg Beeman, Writer: Tim Kring (2007-09-24). "Four Months Later...". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "4months" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  31. ^ Christine Boylan (w), Tom Grummett (p). Heroes: Flying Blind, vol. 1, no. 52 (2007).
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  33. ^ "Heroes' Newest Heroine: HeroSite Interviews Missy Peregrym". HeroSite.net. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  34. ^ a b "Trailer Park Interview: Missy Peregrym". Quickstopentertainment.com. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  35. ^ Greg Beeman. "Season 2 Episode 3- "Kindred"". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  36. ^ a b Director: Donna Dietch, Writer: Jesse Alexander (2006-11-06). "Nothing to Hide". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  37. ^ a b c Director: John Badham, Writer: Joe Pokaski (2006-12-04). "Fallout". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  38. ^ Director: Greg Beeman, Writer: Natalie Chaidez (2006-10-30). "Better Halves". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  39. ^ a b c Director: Jeannot Szwarc, Writer: Michael Green (2007-02-05). "Distractions". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ Director: Greg Beeman, Writer: Jeph Loeb (2007-02-19). "Unexpected". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  41. ^ a b Director: Kevin Bray, Writer: Christopher Zata (2007-03-04). "Parasite". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  42. ^ a b Director: John Badham, Writer: Aron Eli Coleite (2007-05-07). "The Hard Part". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  43. ^ a b Director: Greg Beeman, Writer: Jesse Alexander (2007-05-14). "Landslide". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  44. ^ a b c Director: Paul Edwards, Writer: J.J. Philbin (2007-10-08). "Kindred". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  45. ^ Director: David Semel, Writer: Tim Kring (2006-09-25). "Genesis". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  46. ^ Director: Greg Beeman, Writers: Adam Armus and Kay Foster (2006-11-20). "Homecoming". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
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  48. ^ Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Reel
  49. ^ Juergens, Brian (2006-12-11). "Heroes straightens up its gay character". AfterElton.com. Retrieved 2007-01-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  50. ^ PopGurls Interview: Heroes Bryan Fuller
  51. ^ Christopher Zatta (w), Micah Gunnel, Marcus To (p), Mark Roslan (i). "Turning Point" Heroes, vol. 1, no. 10 (November 2006). Aspen MLT, Inc..
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  53. ^ Joe Pokaski (w), Micah Gunnel (p), Mark Roslan (i). Heroes: Aftermath, vol. 1, no. 4 (2006). Aspen MLT, Inc..
  54. ^ Director: Terrence O'Hara, Writer: Natalie Chaidez (2007-01-29). "The Fix". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  55. ^ Director: Roxann Dawson, Writers: Adam Armus and Kay Foster (2007-02-12). "Run!". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  56. ^ Director: Adam Kane, Writer: Chuck Kim (2007-04-23). ".07%". Heroes. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
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