Sylar

Played by:	Zachary Quinto
Mun:	thegreyhawke
Mun's Name:
Sex:	Male
Ability:	Intuitive Aptitude
Other names:	Sylar/Gabriel Monster Boogeyman Daddy
Date of Birth:	June 2, 1978
Place of Birth:	Brooklyn, New York
Currently Resides:	N/A
Occupation:	Timepiece Restoration Serial Killer Government Agent
Family:	Noah Gray (son)
Significant Other:	Elle Bishop (wife)
First Appearence:	Homecoming

Sylar, formerly known as Gabriel Gray, is a watchmaker turned serial killer that lives for taking the abilities from other evolved humans. Known as the "Boogeyman" and "Monster", he uses his intuitive aptitude and telekinesis to leave his "calling card" on his victims, meaning he slices open their skull to gain access to their brain, and thus, their power.

Personality

Gabriel is very a insecure watchmaker having been raised by his highly religious angoraphobic mother, his father having left at at early age. He worries constantly about his own shortcomings and failures, but he is very kind, sweet and shy. Taught to believe that he was average and nothing more. He was told he had to potential to be 'special', but lacked the knowledge of how to get there. Sylar is Gabriel's near anti-thesis. He is an egotistical, sarcastic, arrogant, serial killer. His only concern is being 'special'. He does not attach himself to other, normal, people. The reason for this may be Gabriel's fear, but Sylar denies this, calling it "separation of the species".
Sylar is eaten alive by 'the Hunger'. Sylar is Gabriel's Id, that was never allowed to be expressed. After years of repression, it came roaring to the forefront of his personality. Others have tried to convince him that Sylar is merely a another 'facet' of his personality, but he remains unconvinced. He views Sylar and Gabriel as two separate people and worries, mildly, that he is schizophrenic. The Gabriel in him despises himself for murdering, killing for something so fickle as an ability, regardless of how special or powerful it would make him. Unfortunately, for now, Sylar remains the strong one.

Power

Sylar posses the ability to acquire multiple powers via his primary: Intuitive Aptitude. His ability allows him to understand the way things work, no matter how simple or complex they may be. With the use of this ability he is able to steal the abilities of others by examining their brains. Despite this however he is able to empathize with others to gain their abilities as seen in Unaccording to Plan. Empathy is difficult for him, and he also lacks the patience to get to know potential candidates, who he views as unevolved, worthless, mindless, un-special 'people'. These people do not, in his mind, deserve their abilities if they do not put them to contructive use, as he believes he himself does. That that use is killing others, does not deter his logic.

By examining the brains of his victims, he is able to gain instant mastery of the ability he seeks, re-training his own brain to adopt and mimic it, using it with ease. Contrary to popular belief, he does not eat the brains of his victems. Intuitive Aptitude isn't without its side-effects however. Those with this ability have the overwhelming need to know more, a condition which he refers to as "the Hunger". This hunger is usually quenched by gaining new knowledge but more importantly by the acquisition of the abilities.

Gained Abilities
Ability	From	Method
Telekinesis	Brian Davis	Stolen
Shattering	Trevor Zeitlin	Stolen
Freezing	James Walker	Stolen
Enhanced Memory	Charlie Andrews	Stolen
Enhanced Hearing	Dale Smithers	Stolen
Electric Manipulation	Elle Bishop	Empathetically
Melting	Zane Taylor	Stolen
Metal Manipulation	Company Prisoner	Stolen
Precognition	Isaac Mendez	Stolen
Induced Radioactivity	Ted Sprague	Stolen
Sound Manipulation	Jesse Murphy	Stolen
Clairsentience	Bridget Bailey	Stolen
Botanical Manipulation	James Iven	Stolen
Self-Cloning	Unknown	Stolen
Noah's As-Yet-Unknown Ability	Noah Gray	Empathetically

Relationships

Family

	Noah Gray Sylar's son with his wife, Elle. Noah was born June 13th. Sandy hair, blue eyes (all baby's have 'em), healthy 7 pounds, 9 ounces, 17 inches tall. Both Sylar and Elle are unsure of the extent of his power, which is impressive regardless.
Virginia Gray	Deceased in homicide.

Significant Others

Elle Bishop, the daughter of one of his greatest enemies, Bob Bishop, is Sylar's girlfriend and love interest. They met when Elle was on a bag-and-tag for the Company while Gabriel attempted suicide. Elle betrayed him, and he left her. The Company wiped their memories of each other soon after. They met again at Claire Bennet's Union Well's Homecoming. Elle hunted him down and after killing Caleb they are now back together, formerly staying in his apartment, until he stole Isaac Mendez' ability of painting the future. In it, he saw Elle's charred corpse. After visiting Angela Petrelli at Primatech, they learned that the Company is planning on blowing up New York. Elle is now pregnant by him, and since he loves her, and would do anything to keep her safe, he placed her on a train heading for California so she remains out of harm's way. She disobeyed, and nearly died in the explosion of New York. They moved to California and lived for several months in peace before being disrupted when Trace was followed on her way to warn them about the government's plans. They went on the road again, and Elle was captured by Danko in Lousiana while Sylar was looking for a power. He struck a deal with Danko for Elle's release and the cessation of the government's hunt of their family, in return he would work for them.They (finally) married in April.

Friends

N/A

Victims

See Victims Table

Enemies

Bob Bishop. Public enemy number one, as far as Sylar was concerned. The father of his girlfriend Elle, Bob has been pain in the ass him he discovered that they were dating. Bob imprisoned Sylar at one point, which only increased his need to kill her girlfriend's father. He had done some horrible things to Elle in Sylar's eyes, if not Elle's. He blames Bob for Elle's torment and sadistic streak. So they definitely had a score to settle. He can't wait to kill Bob, slowly and painfully. He is under oath not to mention Elle's pregnancy to him. However, Elle seems to have gotten over her father, much to Sylar's relief, and only now refers to him as 'Robert'. Bob left the Company in New York before the bomb, leaving Elle to die.

Peter Petrelli. Sylar holds great animosity towards "Pretty Princess Peter Pan" or "the Boy Scout" as he refers to him. The reason: Peter all-but kidnapped Elle for several days, claiming that he wanted to see if they could have a normal life. Her abscence worried the Gabriel in Sylar no end. Sylar may be jealous of Peter to some extent, since he wants to be Gabriel, who is somewhat similar to Peter's "boy scout" act, but does not have the strength to fully make the transition. Although nothing "happened", Elle assured him, he still holds a grudge for trying to steal his woman, not to mention blowing up their lives. Pete was, surprisingly, invited to the wedding.

History

Timeline

+2006

October 25, 2006	Homecoming	Elle comes to collect Claire's blood, but things don't go as planned.
October 29, 2006	Falling for the Enemy	Minding her own business, Elle is pursued by Sylar as he tries to nag her ability, but she totally wasn't going to have none of that.
October 30, 2006	Out With the Old, In With the New	Sylar treats Elle to breakfast and they talk about traveling together when suddenly Caleb shows up.
October 31, 2006	Disney World or Bust	The psychotic couple continues to make their way away from Vegas, but rather than going to New York, Elle has other plans in mind.
November 1, 2006	Unaccording To Plan	Elle finally makes it to Disney World with Gabriel, and something unexpected happens.
November 1, 2006	Your Castle Awaits	After a rather uneventful beginning at Disney World, Sylar decides to surprise Elle with a little something special.
November 2, 2006	Sure That's What You Want?	Elle accompanies Sylar to steal the power of Zane Taylor, but during their trip together she makes him realize something important.
FLASHBACK: April 14, 2006	Been There, Done That	How Sylar and Elle met is detailed.
FLASHBACK: April 28, 2006	Been There, Done That Pt.2	More of how Sylar and Elle met and how he became what he is.
November 3, 2006	Secrets and Lies	Elle takes Sylar to her father where the painful truth of their past is revealed.
November 4, 2006	Breakfast in Prison	After Sylar is taken into custody, Elle stops by the next day with a little reminder of freedom.
November 4, 2006	Temptation	Later on that night Sylar is visited by a strange new enemy just as Elle arrives to spend their night together.
November 5, 2006	Escape	Just when she thought things couldn't get anymore complicated, Elle has to deal with an aggressive Peter Petrelli, Sylar, and her father. Lucky her.
November 7, 2006	Haunted	Since Elle's false confession of her "true" feelings Sylar becomes a little obsessed with her and visits her to exact revenge.
November 8, 2006	Stalk and Rescue	During an assignment Elle runs into both Ripper and Sylar who seem to have it out for her, luckily things turn around just in time.
November 9, 2006	Authenticated Love	Sylar is still jealous over Caleb though he's dead, and goes out of his way to prove just how much he truly loves Elle.
November 10, 2006	Reconciled	After making Sylar terribly upset, Elle goes to find him hoping to make everything right.
November 12, 2006	Panera Aftermath	After fleeing Panera, Elle is confronted by Tracy, but Sylar just so happens to show up and saves her before vanishing again, leaving her to get arrested.
November 12, 2006	Honey I'm Home!	Elle finally makes it back home to Sylar but she isn't exactly happy that he left her to get arrested.
November 13, 2006	Not Feeling So Hot	Elle wakes up in the middle of the night feeling incredibly ill.
November 13, 2006	And Baby Makes Three	A trip to the supermarket put's the two killer's lives in perspective.
November 14, 2006	Unaccepted Fate	Elle accompanies Sylar as he goes to kill Isaac Mendez, but when he gets that power a gruesome future is painted.
FLASHBACK: April 15, 2006	A Date? Really?	After spending the night with Gabriel, the new couple enjoys spending the rest of the day together, learning new things along the way.
FLASHBACK: April 15, 2006	A Date? Really? Pt.2	The museum didn't go as expected but it was wonderful to Elle, but it just seems that the day keeps getting better.
November 14, 2006	Always and Forever	Going to the Company to find answers, the psycho couple finds out when the explosion is taking place and plans to leave for California immediately.

+2007

January 15, 2007	Here They Come	Tracy comes along with some very important information to relay to Elle just before government agents attack.
March 15, 2007	Pregnant and Hunted	Sylar and Elle are on the run from government agents while struggling to cope with the side-effects of pregnancy.
March 15, 2007	Unwanted Visitors	After sharing an emotional moment, things go from great to terrible as the man in charge of the government operation decides to show his face.
March 16, 2007	Strange Day	Elle decides to drag Sylar along for a birthing class, but the wacky instructor is pretty much a sign of things getting even weirder.
March 18, 2007	You Can Do It	With the help of her fiance, Elle learns to swim… well kind of… not really, but whatever. At least there was passionate sex as reward.
March 21, 2007	Old Faces	Going on the road again the expecting, psychotic couple runs into Tracy and… Arthur Petrelli?
March 21, 2007	A Safe Haven	With an invitation from Arthur Elle decides to visit him at his Dallas branch of Pinehearst where they catch up.
March 24, 2007	Trouble, Trouble, Trouble	Elle has come down with the flu and is feeling extremely ill, to make matters worse she's left all along with a malfunctioning ability leaving her vulnerable.
March 27, 2007	Let's Try Again	After being miserable in Building 26, Sylar gives Elle a pleasant surprise.
March 28, 2007	Wake Up	Sitting up at night unable to sleep, Elle can't help but notice how sexy Sylar is.
March 28, 2007	So Hard to Hate You	Elle decides to tell her fiance about her talk with Peter but for the rest of the day he causes her emotions to go up and down.
March 31, 2007	Love Me Through the Phone	Someone just can't keep their mind off a certain someone and leaves a ton of unusual messages on the phone.
March 31, 2007	On Your Knees	Not satisfying his appetite quite yet, Sylar releases his pent up sexual aggression on Elle.
April 2, 2007	Let's Talk Truce	A simple day at the mall turns into drama, but is it really that hard to believe?
April 3, 2007	Surprise For Daddy	Due to all of Sylar's hard work and sacrifice, Elle plans something to let him know just how much all that he's done means to her.
April 6, 2007	What Do You See?	Elle and Sylar spend the whole day together, a day which branches off into a very interesting game.
April 9, 2007	Tough Love	Someone isn't too happy with the thought of his fiance going out every now and then.
April 11, 2007	Special Just The Way You Were	A serial killer finds out what his Elle really thinks about him.
April 15, 2007	Naughty Naughty	Deciding to treat herself to the movies, Elle comes home to find Gabriel waiting for her, but he doesn't seem too mad… What's he planning?
April 19, 2007	Wedding Bells	The day that she thought was going to happen much later, actually comes a lot sooner than she expected.
April 21, 2007	Let's Go Out	Once again it's time for another dinner date, exactly how will this one end up?
June 13, 2007	Birth of Noah	Nine months of hard work and waiting come to an end as Sylar and Elle's firstborn enters the world in a surprising way.

Notes

• Even Psychos Fall In Love A Sylar/Elle AU
• I'm Only Undead A Sylar/Elle Vampire AU