Maury Parkman
From Activating Evolution
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. 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. 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.
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