My Theory about Arthur Petrelli is that he is alive, He shot Nathan and he is the ultimate villain

It is obvious that he is alive because the show has gone on for some time since the announcement of his death not to provide evidence that he's dead. There has been no reference to his body, his funeral, or his grave. Nobody is known to have seen him dead. When TV shows do that with characters it's only for one reason, to hold out the possibility of surprising the audience with the shocking news that the character is still alive. The group of twelve photo could be important because his face is blurred possibly implying that Arthur Petrelli may have a significant role in future volumes/seasons. One of which could be that he is not dead. It's a cool and workable plot twist, therefore almost guaranteed.
Also i think that arthur is the mysterious person who shot nathan because Mr. Petrelli has been noted as looking very similar to Noah Bennet, so that could account for the assailant being mistaken for HRG, Angela Petrelli reacts as if the person on the phone is very familiar to her. It could be another family plot to bend the world to their way of thinking, The Petrellis are known to have very good connections in the Company, so would have access to the same kind of weapons that HRG uses and in the War Buddies graphic novels, Arthur/Dallas appeared to have no trouble killing people when needed. Assuming he was alive, it is possible that if he learned his son was going to expose "the secret" (the Surveilance cams) he may have felt he had no choice but to kill him.
Arthur is the true villain in all of heroes. In Truth & Consequences, Victoria tells Peter, "Adam's a murderer, and since you're helping him, you're one too... Just like your parents", Arthur was a close friend of Linderman, and one of the founders of the Company. Linderman was a main villain of season one, and certainly the most manipulative. He is also married to Angela, who also supported Linderman. Bob claims that Linderman was Adam's disciple; however, Arthur appears to have taught Linderman more about "the ends justifying the means" than Adam did, Bob says that with her power (the same as Adam's), Claire could "become a major player. The next Linderman. The next Arthur Petrelli." The emphasis on Arthur could be indicative of something and Linderman told Nathan that Mr. Petrelli had "great power".

so after all that
what do u think ????

that is absolutely incredible!!!! definitely the best theory I have seen yet!!!!! That means you're either a super genious or you have way to much free time on your hands. But everything you say makes total and complete sense and would be a perfect way to tie everything back to everything else once again and tie up ends that have still been left hanging loose.

This is off topic, but does anyone else find it funny that in volume one milo's hair was long and adrian's hair was short, and now adrian's hair is long and milo's hair is short??? that just occured to me... i guess i'm slow.

I guess you could be right though I can't really understand why a father would kill his son... but I read the graphic novel again, no. 28 War buddies part 5, Arthur said when he was dismissed, silenced from the military: "my life, my FAMILY, from what it was, had become POINTLESS."

great theory everything fits

well probably coz he was about to expose everything and as weve seen angela wasnt that bothered so why would arthur be??
angela always played arthur down but i think that arthur was actually incharge

what I don't understand is why Arthur remained invisible all those times. I mean, does Angela know that her husband is still alive? (if she did talk to him after the shooting). If the company knows he's alive, where was he kept? I mean, was he kept a prisoner all those years because he's 'DANGEROUS?' So they needed him that time so he was sort of released? Like a monster or something.... ha ha ha! wild.

Suppousedly arthur comited suicide, after failing two times right?... what if he has some power like maya... and he couldnt cope with it and tried to kill himself, but he failed and they locked him up? Angella can sacrifice both her kids... she could very much lock her husband, she is very famous for the careless desitions!

I like the theory of arthur being alive, it would be a great twist Now im almost sure they had him locked up and like the company is going down, so they needed someone to kill nathan, and they asked him! and it fits with the villans plot and it also fits with the pandora's box remark made by angella. It would also explain why they call angela after the murder, not to say "hey we killed nathan" but to say "hey we had to ask arthur and now he is free..." and then she would answer with the pandoras box thing...

It so fits! I love it!!!

It definitely sounds plausible...but I keep looking at the blurred image of the assailant and taking peeks at the photo of the 12 founders and I think he looks younger than Arthur Petrelli. Unless it's like an Arthur from the past, but that doesn't make much sense. o_O

i agree that maybe the company locked him up and maybe thats why angela is in the company prison
mmm!?

the "assailant" had a hat on and weve never seen the back of arthurs head so we cant tel realy but the body figures look really similar...

I like the idea about him having a very very powerful power and not being able to cope with it because i think something was mentionted about him being depressed and maybe the third suciede ATTEMPT acutally got him locked up in the company and maybe he is one of the powerful 12 to escape and is quite physco and killed peter for a secret family reason (as we know theres enough in the petrelli family) so maybe arthur petrelli is still aliveeeeee !!!!

yeah, but angela was lying about the delusions of grandeur and the suicides so she could control peter. he didn't really kill himself.

but i do think he will come back. putting the argument in bold was what really convinced me. ;-)

Arthur might be running the company from behind the scenes.

To be dangerous enough to be locked up, he'd have to have probability powers, but extreme. He probably has Scarlet Witch powers.

"Chaos Magic"

However, i have a feeling he didn't run The Company. Adam formed and led it. I think. I assume this because he found them and brought them together. Once he went rogue, and Kaito locked him up, I think Arthur may have taken over here, or Linderman. I have a feeling it was probably a power struggle of sorts. There was probably a split in the Company, and Angela must have taken Linderman's side, cuz Arthur probably went rogue, and they sealed him in the basement.

This would explain what he would do if he was in the hole for that long, and was suddenly let out. He's probably pissed.

I dunno, it's possible.

Yeah, Noah says "like 12 sylars running free." you can say"hey, there are 12 founders, he must be talking about them". But I cant see Charles Devoux being a hard killer. Arthur Petrelli having a sweet power, to contest Peter and Sylar?

adam didnt lead the company he suggested they get together (to secretly do his dirty work.) but he was imprisoned a few months after they were founded for trying to steal the shanti virus

Something tells me this won't happen.

bump.

i agree

Awesome awesome awesome theory! It made perfect sense, and it would rock real hard if it was that way indeed. Arthur Petrelli as a villain would be great.. I have lots of expectations regarding his character and his abilities, I always thought that there was more to know about him.

Could be. Good theory.