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1Savitar, the antagonist of The Flash's third season, is a time remnant of Barry Allen from a future created to defeat him. Shunning the rejected time remnant, Barry's future self leads to the remnant's descent into madness, where he becomes the "God of Speed". Driven by pain and a desire for godhood, he manipulates the timeline to ensure his own creation by murdering Iris West, creating a causal loop that traps him in his armored form until his eventual defeat by Iris West's shot.
Origin and Identity
Time Remnant of Barry Allen: Savitar is a future version of Barry Allen, a time remnant who was created to fight a future Savitar.
Rejected and Driven to Madness: This time remnant was shunned by Team Flash, including Iris, for not being the original Barry Allen.
Desire for Godhood: The experience caused him immense pain and loneliness, leading him to seek godhood to end his suffering and ensure his own existence.
Goals and Actions
Causal Loop: He created a causal loop by traveling to the past to obtain the Philosopher's Stone and become the God of Speed, a legend he fabricated.
Molding Team Flash: He also wanted to manipulate Team Flash into ensuring his own creation by ensuring Iris West's death.
Alliance with Killer Frost: He formed an alliance with Killer Frost to ensure the destruction of Caitlin Snow's identity and the continued reign of Killer Frost.
Abilities and Power
God of Speed: As the self-proclaimed "God of Speed," he possesses enhanced speed, though his physical form is fragile.
Armored Suit: He built an armored suit to protect his body from the Speed Force's destructive energies by using the Philosopher's Stone.
Possession: He also possessed Julian Albert to become "Doctor Alchemy," using the stone to revive memories from Flashpoint.
Defeat
Iris West's Shot: In the end, Iris West successfully shot Savitar in the chest, phasing him out of his armor.
Erase from Existence: After being phased out, the timeline corrected itself, erasing Savitar from
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