Registry of the Evolved Database
File #01 Oct 2008 22:30
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portrayed by Edward James Olmos |
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The Conduit (Black)
Kaizmir's ability was once referred to in a dream as "The Conduit" though little information is actually available on what the power itself truly was. According to what little Kazimir (and later Peter Petrelli) learned of the ability, it was an Evolved power dating back centuries upon centuries. The ability seems, at time, to have a mind of its own and serves as a collective consciousness of all of its previous wielders, with long-term wielders of the Conduit being particularly strong personalities within the power.
The Black Conduit manifested as an ashen specter when outside of a body, a charcoal black and smoky form that draws all life and light from everything around it. The Conduit's natural form is extremely fragile and requires a living host to sustain itself. Outside of the life-draining capabilities of the Black Conduit, it also was able to redirect life energy to drain life from one person in order to heal another, though Kazimir himself did not learn how to utilize this aspect of his ability.
Furthermore, the Conduit itself — when in the presence of a dying non-evolved individual — would sometimes transfer itself wholly to the dying victim (typically if there is a strong emotional connection between the wielder of the Conduit and the dying individual) and leave its original host. In the case of someone like Kazimir, who had unnaturally sustained his life with this ability, it would result in the host's immediate death. Or in instances of Vladimir Volken, it would result in a natural transfer of the ability, only to die from the leeching powers of the Black Conduit once it passed to the new host he was in contact with.
The Black Conduit was paired with a similar ability possessed by one Francois Allegre, though it too seems to have existed prior to Francois' lifetime. The true origins of the Conduits have never been revealed, and their apparent destruction against one another in the deserts of Mexico in 2010 may have prevented that story from being told.
…Maybe.
Former Black Conduit Possessors | |
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Duration of Host Status | Identity |
2010 | Francois Allegre |
2009-2010 | Peter Petrelli |
2009 | Gabriel Gray |
1914-2009 | Kazimir Volken |
1898-1914 | Vladimir Volken |
1880-1898 | Eskandar Singh |
1812-1880 | Marianne d'Beaumont |
1754-1812 | Madeline Rouen |
1703-1754 | David Miljenko |
1670-1703 | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin |
As partially seen in All Saints.