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"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, that I wanted to be ... important." - Sylar

About:

Born Gabriel Gray, the son of a watchmaker always dreamed of bigger things, of being "special". Adopting the name "Sylar," he becomes a serial murderer, targeting evolved humans with abilities, but doesn't discriminate against killing anybody who stands in his way. Having the power of intuitive aptitude, Sylar is able to see how things work and use that to take the special powers of others after killing them. The FBI has categorized Sylar as a suspected serial killer. His suspected victims are sometimes seen with their heads sliced open horizontally at the center of their skull and their brain removed. Other victims are pinned to wall, frozen, or beaten. Sylar is hunted by the FBI, but has successfully eluded and taunted them, growing stronger and more powerful with each victim.

Season One:

Mohinder Suresh discovers that Sylar was involved in his father's death and research. Meanwhile, Sylar is on a quest to gain as many powers as he can—he kills the Walkers in their home, then murders Charlie Andrews at the Burnt Toast Diner. At Union Wells High School's Homecoming, Sylar fails to collect Claire Bennet's power of regeneration when Peter Petrelli interferes. After a long fall, he is captured by Eden and the Haitian from the company and is temporarily held captive at Primatech Paper Co. until he escapes, killing Hank and Eden McCain.

Six months prior, Chandra Suresh meets Gabriel Gray and helps him discover his potential by telling him about his research. When Chandra gives up on him Gabriel kills Brian Davis and takes his power of telekinesis. In the present, Sylar takes Zane Taylor's power of melting impersonating Mohinder Suresh. He impersonates Zane to gain Mohinder's help. Mohinder discovers Sylar's identity soon after Sylar kills Dale Smither and takes her enhanced hearing power. Mohinder tries to shoot Sylar, but fails. Sylar faces Peter, but Peter emerges victorious. Angry, Sylar sets out to find Isaac Mendez.

Sylar then kills Isaac at his apartment and gains Isaac's power of precognition. After seeing an explosion with his newly stolen power, he believes and fears that he he will be the cause of the deaths of many innocent people. He visits his mother and tells her that she helped him realize that he could do anything, even become president if he wanted to. Their meeting, however, ends in a fight and Sylar accidentally stabs his mother in the heart. Sylar later 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, Sylar's body disappears, leaving only a trail of blood that leads into a manhole.

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Company Prisoner - My version of Season Two (since the real one sucked)

Sylar is rescued from the New York sewers by Candice Wilmer. He is weak, nearly dead from the stab wound from Hiro's katana. He wakes up alone, weak and trapped inside another Company cell. This one is different though. It's not an ugly dingy hole in Texas. This cell is bright and shiny, stinking of antiseptic like a hospital room. They keep him drugged and in a straight jacket almost constantly.

The Haitian or someone with powers similar to his keeps Sylar from using his own gifts. But as will all things, Sylar eventually learns to adapt to the drugs. He learns to work his way around the Haitian's gifts. He's counting the days until he can get free.

Then there will be hell to pay.

Evolved Human Abilities

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

Sylar appears to have used his innate ability to discover how to take the abilities of other evolved humans. The exact mechanism by which Sylar gains these abilities 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 Abilities

Sylar has acquired a number of powers.

In order, Sylar has acquired:

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

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