User:Unlikely Hiro/Years Gone/Sylar
| Sylar | |
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| Portrayed by | Zachary Quinto |
| First appearance | The Guy In Charge |
| In-story stats | |
| Known abilities | Intuitive aptitude Current acquired abilities: Telekinesis, Shattering, Shadow manipulation, Freezing, Enhanced memory, Melting, Enhanced hearing, Precognition, Induced radioactivity, Puppet master, Pyrokinesis, Sound manipulation, Enhanced strength, Gravitational manipulation, Primal rage, Luminescence, Chlorine gas exudation, Illusion, Flight, Phasing, Dimensional storage, Rapid cellular regeneration, Weather control, Superintelligence, Astral trapping |
| Aliases | Sylar, Jake G. Harris |
| Gender | |
| Age | 46 |
| Date of birth | September 27, 1974 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, NY |
| Residence | Nuremberg AFB |
| Occupation | USAF Officer |
| Significant other | Charlotte Cook |
Sylar AKA Gabriel Gray is the primary antagonist of Years Gone.
Character History
The Guy In Charge
Molly sees Sylar while using her ability to examine Nuremberg Air Force Base. Sylar is later seen in his quarters, examining his prophetic sketches of Barry North.
Strange Encounters
Sylar corners Barry North in Topeka, Kansas, but North is able to escape using his ability.
Transformations
Sylar travels to Africa, intent on killing Maluum Mandere and taking her ability. Using illusion, he impersonates Muammar, a militia leader, then attacks Camp 8. Sylar is engaged by Peter and is defeated by Peter and Maluum.
Evolved Human Abilities
Sylar's innate ability is the power to determine exactly how things work. Sylar used this innate ability to discover how to take the abilities of other evolved humans. He determined that Chandra Suresh was correct that the abilities are based in the brain, and several of Sylar's victims have had their skulls opened and brains removed. By studying his victims' brains he is able to determine how their powers work and replicate those abilities himself.
Arthur revealed to Sylar that he can obtain the abilities of other people without killing them through empathy. Arthur left Sylar in a room with Elle, with whom he had a long talk, after which Sylar manifested her ability. It is unknown whether this manifestation was related to empathic mimicry or just a different method of using intuitive aptitude to understand an ability.
With this ability comes a 'hunger' for more knowledge and power. Sylar believes that it is this hunger that drives him to murder others and steal their powers. Twice he has been able to suppress this hunger. In one one future he battled to keep his hunger in check for the sake of his son, while in another he had acquired enough abilities to the point where he was comfortable eradicating every other evolved human (and thus, destroying every other ability) on the planet.
According to his assignment tracker file at primatechpaper.com, Sylar's control index is 76%. His data analysis shows his biological level at 40, cerebral at 85, elemental at 45, and temporal/spatial at 20.
During their conversation, Sylar and Noah 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 had acquired at least ten abilities before he was infected with the Shanti virus in Kindred: the six Mohinder mentioned, plus four he acquired after Mohinder made his statement.
He has acquired several new abilities since curing himself of the virus and continues to acquire more, although he now seems to pursue them less obsessively.
He inherited intuitive aptitude from his father, Samson Gray.
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