User blog comment:Lupercalus/Savitar/@comment-27700324-20161204012101

In the comics, Savitar is a human being who worships the hindu Speed god. He learns of the speed force and with the help of his praying and worshipping goes into it after being struck by lightning. He spends so much time in it that decades have past and he finds that someone else has his power and he wants to be the only one that fast.