Alchemy

"I'm preparing this world."

- Alchemy to The Flash

"Alchemy", nicknamed Dr. Alchemy by Cisco Ramon, is the alias of an unnamed individual in Central City with a number of meta-human abilities without being exposed to dark matter. Alchemy seeks to "prepare" the world for a currently unknown reason. Part of this includes transforming individuals from the Flashpoint timeline "back" into their meta-human selves including Edward Clariss and Francis Kane.

Biography
At some point, Alchemy transformed four individuals into meta humans, leaving behind husks of skin from each individual.

Dr. Alchemy communicated with Edward Clariss through unknown means and led him to his lair where he and his followers awaited him. Alchemy also forced Clariss to remember his Flashpoint life and manipulated him into agreeing to serve him in exchange for restoring his powers, allowing Clariss to become "The Rival" again. After the Rival's first encounter with The Flash, Rival led Flash to a sawmill where Dr. Alchemy attacked Flash. Dr. Alchemy claimed that he is helping people achieve their true potential to prepare the world, and had Rival fight Flash again. However, Rival was defeated by the joint efforts of Flash and Vibe. When Clariss was imprisoned, Dr. Alchemy scolded him for his incompetency and something with a metal arm came into the cell and punished him for his failure. It was later revealed that whatever attacked Clariss had killed him.

Personality
Not much is known about Alchemy, though he is shown to be short tempered. He harshly expresses his disappointment to Clariss about his loss to the Flash (though whether he knows about Vibe and Flash teaming up on him is unknown) even after Alchemy enhanced his speed, and has him attacked.

Powers

 * Psychokinesis: Dr. Alchemy has shown multiple times to be able to carve his name into mirrors and other surfaces without touching them, or even being present for that matter.
 * Retrocognition: Dr. Alchemy is able to remember the Flashpoint timeline and is capable of making people, such as Edward Clariss, remember their alternate lives. Dr. Alchemy was able to perform this despite the fact that the Flashpoint timeline was reset by Barry.
 * Telepathy: Dr. Alchemy is able to communicate with anyone regardless of where they are.
 * Transmutation: Dr. Alchemy is able to biologically alter individuals to give them meta-human powers, the individuals leaving behind a "husk" in their place after being granted their powers. Said powers are also greatly amplified if Alchemy chooses to. Whereas The Rival in the Flashpoint Timeline could only match the much slower Flash/Wally and struggled to keep up with a weakened Flash/Barry, in the new slightly altered timeline The Rival's powers were increased to the point that they could practically compete with The Flash.

Skills

 * Master manipulator: Dr. Alchemy is very persuasive as he convinced Clariss to join him and become a metahuman. This is through showing the individuals Flashpoint memories, which psychologically screws with the person's brain. The memories do not stop until the individual decides to receive their previous metahuman powers.

Equipment

 * Stone: Dr. Alchemy uses an stone to project energy blasts. It's unknown what it is made of, or if it has any other functions.

Behind the Scenes
In DC Comics, Doctor Alchemy is the alias of a criminal named Albert Desmond who used an object called the Philosopher's stone to physically reshape objects into any form of matter he desired. However Desmond also suffered split-personality disorder and has haunted by a "good" side named "Alvin Desmond". Desmond also had a number of successors, such as Alexander Petrov.