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This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the Heroes graphic novels. For a complete list of Heroes characters, see List of characters in Heroes.

Main characters

Name Portrayed by Special ability
Claire Bennet Hayden Panettiere Cellular regeneration
Elle Bishop Kristen Bell Electric manipulation
Monica Dawson Dana Davis Adoptive muscle memory [1]
D.L. Hawkins Leonard Roberts Phasing/intangibility
Maya Herrera Dania Ramírez Causes a deadly infection in people around her
Adam Monroe/
Takezo Kensei 		David Anders Cellular regeneration


Isaac Mendez Santiago Cabrera Precognition
Hiro Nakamura Masi Oka Can bend space and time, allowing teleportation, time manipulation, and time travel
Matt Parkman Greg Grunberg Telepathy
Nathan Petrelli Adrian Pasdar Flight
Peter Petrelli Milo Ventimiglia Power mimicry
Micah Sanders Noah Gray-Cabey Technopathy
Niki Sanders Ali Larter Superhuman strength
Sylar/Gabriel Gray Zachary Quinto Intuitive understanding of how things work
multiple acquired abilities (see also Sylar's powers and abilities)

Recurring, secondary, and guest characters

Name Portrayed by Special ability
Charlie Andrews Jayma Mays Eidetic memory
Bob Bishop Stephen Tobolowsky Transmutation
Claude Christopher Eccleston Invisibility
Brian Davis David Berman Telekinesis
Hana Gitelman Stana Katic Electronic data transception
Meredith Gordon Jessalyn Gilsig Pyrokinesis
The Haitian[2] Jimmy Jean-Louis[3] Memory manipulation, Power negation
Alejandro Herrera Shalim Ortiz Can cease and reverse the effects of the disease Maya causes.[4]
Sanjog Iyer Javin Reid Acts as a Shaman who guides people through dreams
Daniel Linderman Malcolm McDowell Healing others
Eden McCain Nora Zehetner Persuasion
Maury Parkman Alan Blumenfeld Advanced telepathy
West Rosen Nicholas D'Agosto Flight
Dale Smither Rusty Schwimmer Enhanced hearing
Ted Sprague Matthew John Armstrong Radiation manipulation
Zane Taylor Ethan Cohn Liquification
Molly Walker Adair Tishler Remote viewing of people
Candice Wilmer Missy Peregrym
Rachel Kimsey 		Illusion casting

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 doesn't 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 is inadvertently teleported back to present day Japan and is unable to return.[6]

Brian Davis

Brian Davis reveals his telekinetic ability to Sylar, saying he doesn't want it and asks if Sylar can make it go away. He is then killed by Sylar, making him the first of several victims.

Meredith Gordon

Meredith Gordon is the biological mother of Claire Bennet. She first appears in "The Fix", in which she exhibits pyrokinetic abilities. According to a newspaper article found by Zach and Claire, Meredith and her 18-month-old baby were reported to have died in a fire 14 years ago. The backstory is revealed in the 22nd graphic novel, Hell's Angel: in 1992, Mr. Bennet and Claude came to retrieve her, and it was Meredith who started the fire. Bennet leaves holding the baby Claire and later adopts her. After the fire, Meredith lived in Mexico for a while before moving to Kermit, Texas.

One day, Claire skips school to meet with Meredith for the first time since she was a baby.[7] Afterwards, Meredith contacts Claire's biological father, Nathan Petrelli, to notify him of their daughter's survival. Claire meets with Meredith again, wanting to see her father[8]. Meredith tells her not to rely on her father for anything other than money, "because it's easy". Meredith says that Nathan is giving them $50,000, with Claire entitled to half; however, she actually made a deal with Nathan for $100,000. She later tells Nathan that Claire had come hoping that he would take her away. Nathan agrees with her about sending Claire away before the meeting, which Claire overhears.

Alejandro Herrera

See also: 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 virus she creates. Afterwards, they try to escape from Mexico in order to go to New York, picking up Sylar along the way. While Maya trusts Sylar, he doesn't, and soon after, when he tries to leave with Maya, 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.

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.[9]

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 and even called her worthless. 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".[10]

Afterward, about six months before most of the series' 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's going to give him the gun and he's 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 won't 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.[11] Her body is later found in Sudbury, Ontario, having been dumped into Lake Ramsey.[12]

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 knock 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.[13] 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 attempted to kill Bob, he was stopped by Matt, who managed to trap Maury in his own nightmare.

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

Ted has the ability to generate and manipulate radiation, which he first discovers after being abducted by the Haitian. At first, his power is very destructive, replicating harmful side-effects such as radiation poisoning. He subconsciously emits a small amount of radiation constantly, which, while not immediately dangerous, was responsible for his wife's cancer. As a direct result of prolonged exposure to Ted, his wife fell into a coma and died within a few years.

His powers are absorbed by Peter Petrelli who later explodes. When Sprague is transported in a van, Sylar tracks him down, kills him and takes his powers.

West Rosen

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.[14] West has a philosophy that people are either 'Aliens' or 'Robots'. [15] 'Robots', in his opinion, are those who act normal and question nothing- the kind of people who don't "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 behaviour 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 scar 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.

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.

Graphic novel characters

Characters with special abilities who only appear in the graphic novels.

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 to death by Arthur despite Daniel's efforts to stop him. This event later on became the starting point of Mr. Linderman's and Petrelli's friendship.

Evan

  • First appeared in: Revolutionary War, Part 1
  • Special ability: Duplication

Richard Drucker

  • First appeared in: The Last Shangri-La
  • Special ability: Electronic reception / Cyberpathy

Richard Drucker is an evolved human recorded by the Company. He is described in the Heroes 360 Experience as having hatred towards the founding members of the Company.

Guillame

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

Liquid Man

18 years ago, the Company sent Ivan, Maarten, and Noah Bennet to "bag and tag" a man with the power to transform his own body mass into a water-like liquid. They wound up trapping him in a train's freezer car.

Maarten

  • First appeared in: Team Building Exercise
  • Special ability: Pyrokinesis

Maarten was Ivan's partner at the time when Noah Bennet was Ivan's protégé. His current status with the Company is unknown.

Rollo Fusor's partner

  • First appeared in: The Golden Handshake, Pt. 1
  • Special ability: Dehydration

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, an unnamed woman. While Haram and Claude is to arrest the unnamed woman, she attacks Haram, nearly killing him. Claude manages to stop her, and she is killed by Haram.

Sparrow Redhouse

  • First appeared in: String Theory
  • Special ability: Unknown

Sparrow's name was on Chandra'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.

Teenage patient

  • First appeared in: Blackout, Pt. 1
  • Special ability: Electricity absorption

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

  • First appeared in: The Last Shangri-La
  • Special ability: Omnilingualism

Unnamed agents

In an alternate future, one year after the explosion, Peter Petrelli and Hiro Nakamura infiltrate a prison complex where many "special" people are being unjustly detained, including Niki Sanders, and attempt to break them out. As they attempt to escape, they encounter a team of agents who attempt to stop them, including a woman with the power of super-speed and a man with the power to generate and manipulate electricity. Peter absorbs the powers of the agents, who are soon knocked out by Niki.

References

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  4. ^ "BEHIND THE ECLIPSE: SEASON 2, WEEK 2".
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  15. ^ Heroes Novel #52, Flying Blind
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