About Sylar
AboutGabriel Gray (or Sylar, which he got from his watch) is the main antagonist of the Heroes series. He was once a casual watchmaker until he was visited by Chandra Suresh who identified him as Patient Zero, and revealed advanced humans to him. From there on, Sylar became a serial killer, by examining other advanced human's brains to get their power, which kills them in the process. Recently, Sylar has been searching for his biological father who he hopes will explain why he has become the person he is now.
Powers
His original power was Perceptive comprehension, which is the power to comprehend any complex system from merely visually perceiving them, which manifested in his life as a supreme skill at repairing watches and clocks. This power allows him to understand how other powers work by exposing the brain of other advanced humans and examining them to find out how their power works and "replicate" it, although this process is typically fatal. In It's Coming, he was able to take Elle Bishop's power of electrokinesis without physically harming her by using some "empathy". In Into Asylum, Sylar is also able to gain a power without removing the top of his victim's head but still causing him physical pain.
So far, Sylar has replicated the following powers from his victims:
Telekinesis - taken from Brian Davis (Six Months Ago) retained even after the Shanti virus.
Cryokinesis - taken from James Walker (Don't Look Back) lost to the Shanti virus.
Liquefaction - taken from Zane Taylor (Run!) lost to the Shanti virus.
Superhuman Hearing - taken from Dale Smither (Unexpected) lost to the Shanti virus.
Precognition - taken from Isaac Mendez (.07%) lost to the Shanti virus.
Radiation Manipulation - taken from Ted Sprague (Landslide) lost to the Shanti virus.
Eidetic Memory - possibly taken from Charlie Andrews (Seven Minutes to Midnight) lost to the Shanti virus.
Illusion, the ability to create images in people's minds, taken from Candice Wilmer.
Sylar was never actually able to use this ability due to the effects of the the Shanti virus.
After being cured from the Shanti Virus, he has lost all of the abilities he
acquired except for telekinesis and gained the following powers soon afterwards.
Rapid cellular regeneration - taken from Claire Bennet (The Second Coming).
Chrysopoeia - taken from Bob Bishop (The Butterfly Effect).
Sound manipulation - taken from Jesse Murphy (One of Us, One of Them).
Electrokinesis- taken from Elle Bishop without killing her (It's Coming).
Lie detection- taken from Sue Landers (Our Father).
Psychometry - taken from Bridget Bailey (One of Us, One of Them).
Shapeshifting- taken from James Martin without killing him (Into Asylum).
Flight- Taken from Nathan Petrelli without killing him (An Invisible Thread)
After being manipulated into believing he is Nathan Petrelli, he is only aware of Flight but his natural ability still exists somehow.
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