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Sylar
Portrayed by	Zachary Quinto, Maurice LaMarche (voice for Sylar's message)
First appearance	One Giant Leap
In-story stats
Known abilities	Intuitive aptitude Known abilities gained: Telekinesis, Freezing (lost), Enhanced memory (lost), Melting (lost), Enhanced hearing (lost), Precognition (lost), Induced radioactivity (lost), Rapid cellular regeneration, Alchemy, Clairsentience, Sound manipulation
Formal name	Gabriel Gray
Aliases	Gabriel Sylar, Drew O'Grady, Dr. Suresh, Zane Taylor, Isaac Mendez, Special Agent Andrew Hanson
Nicknames	Boogeyman, Brain man
Gender
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Home	New York, NY
Residence	Sylar's apartment
Occupations	Agent of the Company, former timepiece restorer
Significant other	formerly Maya Herrera
Parents	Angela Petrelli (biological mother), Unnamed New York City watchmaker (adoptive father), Virginia Gray (adoptive mother, deceased)
Siblings	Peter Petrelli, Nathan Petrelli
Other relatives	Niece: Claire Bennet Nephews: Simon Petrelli, Monty Petrelli

Sylar es un asesino en serie que roba el cerebro de sus victimas,principalmente para conocer mas de su funcionamiento del cerebro de los humanos desarrollados. Chandra Suresh lo identifico como Paciente 0 en su estudio. Adoptó el nombre de Sylar, aunque su verdadero nombre es Gabriel Gray.

Acerca de

Nacido como Gabriel Gray, el hijo del relojero siempre soñó con cosas grandes, con ser "especial". Adquiriendo el nombre de "Sylar" se convierte en un asesino en serie, cuyo objetivo son los humanos desarrollados con habilidades, aunque no tiene reparo en asesinar también a quien se interponga en su camino. Tiene el poder de aptitud intuitiva, por lo que Sylar es capaz de ver como funcionan las cosas y lo emplea para el robo de los poderes de sus vítimas. Además, Sylar esta considerado como un asesino en serie para el FBI. Las victimas de Sylar Son normalmente vistas con la cabeza cortada horizontalmente a modo de abrelatas y en las cuales el cerebro ha sido extraído. Otras víctimas son fijadas a la pared por telequinesis, criogenizadas, o golpeadas. Sylar es buscado por el FBI, pero los elude, incluso se burla de ellos, ya que con cada víctima, Sylar se hace mas fuerte y poderoso.

Character History

Primera temporada

Para un resumen episodio por episodio, ver Sylar : Historia de la Primera Temporada.

Mohinder Suresh descubre que Sylar estaba involucrado en la investigación de su padre, y que probablemente su padre murió cuando Chandra decidió que no había nada más que hacer con Sylar. Mientras tanto, Sylar continúa su búsqueda para conseguir tantos poderes como le sea posible --asesina a los Walker en su propia casa, después mata a Charlie Andrews en su trabajo. En la fiesta de bienvenida del instituto Union Wells High School, Sylar falla al coger el poder de Claire Bennet cuando Peter Petrelli interviene. En su lugar, es capturado por la Compañía y temporalmente encarcelado en Primatech Paper Co. hasta que escapa, matando a Eden McCain y otros por el camino.

Six months prior, Chandra Suresh meets Gabriel Gray and helps him discover his potential by telling him about his research. Gabriel kills Brian Davis and takes his power of telekinesis. In the present, Sylar takes Zane Taylor's power of liquefaction by impersonating Mohinder Suresh. He then impersonates Zane to gain Mohinder's help. Mohinder discovers Sylar's identity, but not before Sylar kills Dale Smither and takes her power of enhanced hearing. Mohinder tries to sedate and shoot Sylar, but fails.

Sylar then kills Isaac at his apartment and gains Isaac's ability of precognition. After seeing an explosion in a vision that he believes he causes, he visits his mother. Although Sylar accidentally kills her too, she helps him to realize that he could do anything, even become president if he wanted to. Sylar kills Ted Sprague and takes his ability of induced radioactivity. He then confronts Peter Petrelli, Matt Parkman, Niki Sanders and Hiro Nakamura at Kirby Plaza. Hiro appears and seemingly kills Sylar by running him through with Ando's sword, but Sylar's body disappears, leaving only a trail of blood that leads into a manhole.

Kindred

Sylar awakens on a beach with a redhead. She explains that she can cast illusions, and that he shouldn't move or he may tear his stitches from the operation on his stomach. She tells him that she "dragged" him away from New York and that the people that she works for fixed his wounds. Sylar asks to see what is real, and "Michelle" reveals a crude medical facility. When he recovers enough to move, he tries to use his powers, but finds himself unable to. Candice tells him that she will help him gain new abilities "by making it easy," and demonstrates her ability. Intrigued, he interrupts her plan by striking her in the head with a mug. He proceeds to kill her and attempts to take her power, but cannot use it. He then leaves the building for the first time and discovers that he is in the middle of a tropical jungle with no other visible human habitation.

The Kindness of Strangers

In Mexico, Derek, Maya, and Alejandro discover Sylar lying in the middle of the road. They take him into the car, where he tells Maya and Alejandro that he knows Chandra Suresh. He introduces himself as Gabriel Gray.

At a newspaper stand, Derek notices a newspaper that shows Maya and Alejandro as wanted murderers. Sylar tells Derek to call the cops, but when Derek goes into the back room, Sylar follows him and kills him.

Back in the car, he confronts Maya, showing her the newspaper. When she says it wasn't her fault, Sylar claims Derek is calling the police, causing Maya to begin crying, which activates her ability. Sylar begins to sicken but Alejandro is able to reverse the effects of his sister's ability. Sylar recovers, and says he can relate to them and takes off with them in Derek's car.

Graphic Novel:Molly's Dream

Sylar appears in Molly's nightmare; after Molly dropped down to the street by a giant cockroach, she runs from giant symbols that fall from the sky. She is then interrupted by Sylar himself, who wishes to take her brain. Molly realizes that Sylar isn't real, but after she tells him that, Sylar morphs into thousands of cockroaches.

The Line

Sylar, Maya, and Alejandro continue towards America. Sylar comments on her ability, but Maya tells him she has killed many people because of it. Sylar tells her of some of his previously working abilities like telekinesis and enhanced hearing, claiming he needs Dr. Suresh's help to get them back. When she asks why he wants his abilities, he tells her that he wants to be special. He also tells her he's glad they found him.

When they finally get to the border, they find an opening. When the group passes through, they are surrounded by the Citizen's Border Patrol. Sylar tells Maya they're "fake police" and to drive around them. While the Border Patrol harasses the twins and Sylar, he and Alejandro begin to yell at Maya, which upsets her. Her eyes turn black and the men fall down as Sylar holds Alejandro back from using his ability. His eyes also turn black as he yells to Maya to drive.

When he and Alejandro fight, Maya separates the two. Maya tells her brother she had to do what she did because it was necessary. Alejandro calls her a killer, blaming Sylar. Alejandro then tells Maya that she needs to pick between him and Sylar. Maya tells him that she needs both of them. Alejandro says he will stay, but he will not save Sylar again. When Maya leaves, Sylar, knowing Alejandro can't understand English, tells him that the only reason he is helping the twins is so that when his powers return he can kill them and steal their powers. He says that even if he cannot get his powers back, he still has Maya as a "shiny new toy."

Powers

Sylar's original power is intuitive aptitude — a superhuman ability to determine exactly how things work.

Sylar appears to have used his innate power to discover how to take the superpowers of other evolved humans. The exact mechanism by which Sylar gains these powers is not at present known; however, he believes that Chandra Suresh is correct that the abilities are based in the brain, and several of Sylar's victims have had their skulls opened and brains removed.

Acquired Powers

Sylar has acquired a number of powers. In order, Sylar has acquired:

• Telekinesis from Brian Davis. (Six Months Ago)
• Cryokinesis from an unknown victim. (First seen in Don't Look Back)
• Enhanced memory from Charlie Andrews. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
• Liquefaction from Zane Taylor. (Run!)
• Enhanced hearing from Dale Smither. (Unexpected)
• Precognition from Isaac Mendez. (.07%)
• Induced radioactivity from Ted Sprague. (Landslide)

During their conversation, Sylar and Mr. Bennet confirmed that Sylar has multiple abilities (Fallout); however, apart from telekinesis, the Company was unable to identify what these powers were (Godsend). Based on Mohinder's statement to the authorities (Fallout) that at least six people from his father's list have been murdered by Sylar (prior to Zane Taylor), it's likely that Sylar has at least ten acquired powers: the six Mohinder mentions, plus those of Zane, Dale, Isaac, and Ted. He attempted to take an eleventh power from Candice, but so far hasn't been able to use it.

Sylar has demonstrated the ability to use at least two of his acquired powers at the same time. (The Hard Part)

Telekinesis is Sylar's most commonly observed acquired power.

Citas Memorables

"When I was a kid ... I used to wish some stranger would come and tell me my family wasn't really my family. They weren't bad people, they were just ... insignificant. And I wanted to be different. Special. I wanted to change. A new name, a new life. The watchmaker's son ... became a watchmaker. It is so futile. And I wanted to be ... important."

- Sylar (to Chandra Suresh) (Six Months Ago)

"That sound in your heart, what is it?"

"Murder."

- Dale, Sylar (Unexpected)

"This is usually the part when people start screaming."

- Sylar (to Isaac) (.07%)

"Mom -- Mom, don't. Don't, it's just... maybe I don't have to be special. That's okay to just be a normal watchmaker. Can't you just tell me that's enough?"

- Sylar (to Virginia) (The Hard Part)

"Please! What would I want with YOUR brain?"

- Sylar (to Ando) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"You? How are you gonna help? You going to make me some more eggs?!"

- Sylar (to Candice) (Kindred)

Notes

• Clips from the missing episodes on the Season Two DVD show that once Sylar got his powers back he went back to killing and acquiring powers. In the episode, Elle tells her father that Sylar has acquired four new powers, though we see only two of the thefts take place: he steals the abilities of impenetrable skin from a character named Robert Keep and dynamic camouflage from a character called "Chameleon Girl".
• In an interview, Tim Kring responded to the question "Are Sylar and Claire's father connected?" by saying "There is a connection between the two, which will become clear in later episodes."
• Kristin Veitch of E! indicates that Sylar's character "is the opposite of what you'd think it would be."
• In an interview with Wizard Magazine, Tim Kring states "Sylar's storyline is much cleaner line than a lot of people think. He's literally just a character who wanted to be special and he gets kind of f--ked up and becomes a serial killer. That's all it is."
• When the apparently dead Sylar revives in The Fix and in "The Kindness of Strangers", the familiar "tick-tock" can be heard, perhaps implying he has used his power.
• The fact that Sylar survived being shot (by Matt and by Mr. Bennet) and that he walked away from a serious fall at Homecoming led to speculation that he possessed some kind of superhuman endurance. However, Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski stated in an interview that much of Sylar's apparent invulnerability is a product of his telekinesis. Sylar's resistance to bullets was specifically shown to be a specialized use of telekinesis in Parasite.
• Sylar seems able to levitate himself somehow. He seemingly did this to elude capture (One Giant Leap) and to approach Dale Smither without her hearing any sound of footsteps (Unexpected). He also escapes Virginia Beach police by propelling himself into a tree (Road Kill). Jason Badower stated that the script for Road Kill specifically states that Sylar uses telekinesis to escape the crashing Northeast Brewing Company truck. Whether or not the other instances are also a specialized use of his telekinesis is unclear.
• Sylar introduces himself to the trucker as "Drew O'Grady", apparently taking the alias from two headlines in a newspaper he had seen shortly before meeting the trucker. The headlines read, "President drew fire for welfare comments" and "O'Grady Farm to be purchased back..." (Road Kill). This is in keeping with the way he acquired the "Sylar" alias, taking the name from a watch as he meets Brian Davis (Six Months Ago).
• In an interview, Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski explain that, although unusual vocal effects were used for both Sylar (Distractions) and Peter Petrelli (Unexpected), both were for "coolness factor", and were not an indication that either was using persuasion. They later reiterated the point in reference to Sylar's voice in .07%.
• The address Mohinder discovers for Sylar in his father's journal is 1146 Trenton Place APT 1B, Queens, NY 11011. (One Giant Leap)
• In an interview, Zachary Quinto said he purposely chooses to take on the characteristics of Sylar's victims. "[Distractions] was the genesis and then it continued for me as an actor to draw on the characteristics of the other characters that I was killing. There were choices I made in scenes to bring echoes of those characters to what I was doing."

Trivia

• Marvel Studios Mutant X TV series had a character named Gabriel Ashlock or Patient Zero, similar to Heroes' Gabriel Gray/Patient Zero. Ashlocke was considered the most powerful of new mutants as he had the combined abilities of all four classes: Elemental, Feral, Molecular and Psionic while Sylar is the first mutant the Company finds with more than one ability. We later find out that he even killed both his parents (Sylar kills his mother). Also, Ashlocke was a mutant Adam Kane expiremented on whereas Sylar is a mutant the Company, founded under Adam Monroe, expiremented on.
  • This isn't the only reference to the series as an actress on the show is named Victoria Pratt.
• A photograph on NBC's Heroes site shows a birth announcement for a "Paul E. Sylar", dated June 11, 1962. The announcement appears to be pinned next to the map in Chandra Suresh's Brooklyn apartment. However, the casting of 29 year-old Zachary Quinto seems contrary to this information, as does the revelation that "Sylar" is an assumed name. In all likelihood, since the announcement only ever appeared clearly in promotional photos, the character concept has changed since the original announcement was designed and there is no "Paul E. Sylar." This is a remnant from the original cut of the pilot episode (In His Own Image). In that version, the conversation on the Sylar tape can be heard, but it is a conversation between Chandra and Paul E. Sylar.
• The role of Sylar was originally offered to Christopher Eccleston. He declined the role because he thought it was a cliché for European actors to play villains in American culture.
• In the first draft of the pilot, Sylar was supposed to appear in an Italian prison. According to Greg Beeman's blog, this version of Sylar was supposed to have long claw-like nails and sharp teeth. He was also supposed to be "way weirder and more monstrous — like Nosferatou."
• Ando tells Peter that Sylar is like okage which he translates as "boogeyman" (Homecoming). Molly Walker also refers to Sylar as "the boogeyman" (The Hard Part).
• Sylar taking his name from a watch mirrors one theory regarding the Zodiac Killer who killed several people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60s. One suspect was allegedly given a "Zodiac" brand watch that had the same logo (a crossed circle) that the killer used to sign his letters. Also of note, before one alleged victim died, she was followed by a suspicious man wearing horn-rimmed glasses.
• Before the airing of Six Months Ago, the theory that Sylar is Peter had become so stale at 9th Wonders, the semi-official Heroes fansite, that it has inspired a drinking game: whenever someone brings it up, drink.
• At the end of Powerless, when Sylar regains his powers, the first thing he grabs with telekinesis is a can of spinach. This is a joke by the writers relating to Popeye the Sailor, who gains his "ability", strength, after eating spinach. ^[1]
• According to his case file (password: GGeh81zu) at primatechpaper.com, Gabriel Gray weighs 150 pounds.
• "Sylar" is a German surname that literally means "ropemaker." [2]

See Also

• For other uses of Sylar, see Sylar (disambig).
• For other uses of Gabriel, see Gabriel (disambig).
• For other uses of Gray, see Gray (disambig).
• For other uses of boogeyman, see boogeyman (disambig).
• For articles related to Sylar, see Related Articles:Sylar.
• For images of Sylar, see Images of Sylar.
• For Sylar as he appeared in the dark future, see Sylar (future).

External Links

• Sylar's Blog (Fan site)
• Sylar's Army (Fan Group)

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