Savitar

"You may serve the Speed Force, Flash, but I rule it. You are only a man, but I am a god. Your god. I am Savitar!"

- Savitar to the Flash

"Savitar" is an ancient and unimaginably powerful speedster with a metallic appearance and the possessor/master of Alchemy, dubbing himself as the "God of Speed". He was also called the Dark Lord by an Acolyte of his cult. According to stories and myths learned by Jay Garrick, he was the first meta-human speedster in the multiverse.

Early life
According to Julian Albert and Jay Garrick, "Savitar" was the first ever speedster and the fastest of them all. He appeared to have been a normal man once before using the Philosophers stone that transformed him into a metallic creature, named after the Hindu god of motion. But as a price he was connected to the stone and would disappear if it was contained in a special box. He dubbed himself the "God of Speed" and founded a cult. Over the centuries, Savitar travelled throughout the Multiverse with the Philosophers Stone in hand, seeking out the most powerful Speedsters who threatened his power to battle and then taking over their Earths. Before each encounter, he would send his servant Alchemy to 'prepare' for his arrival by having him create metahuman armies for Savitar to command.

At one point Savitar was trapped 'in eternity' by a future Barry Allen and swore revenge. After Barry undid Flashpoint, Savitar became aware of the Speedster's rising power and takes control of Julian, calling himself "Alchemy", and proceeds to restore powers to individuals that had abilities in the alternate timeline to "prepare the world" for his return.

Slaying his pawns
After the Rival failed to kill the Flash, Savitar scolded him and proceeded to enter his cell at Iron Heights in the meta-human wing and attacked him. He was able to enter despite the cell being a meta-human power dampener and use his powers fully. Upon investigation, Barry, Joe and Julian discovered that Savitar killed the Rival the night he was incarcerated, although they could only see him as a flying ball of light.

Savitar Revealed
In an effort to lure Alchemy into a trap, Team Flash and a CCPD strike team followed secretly behind Wally West as he approached Alchemy about his visions of Flashpoint. Wally stalled Alchemy long enough to allow the police and Team Flash to storm the hideout. Alchemy and his cohorts were subsequently surrounded and shackled. Flash triumphantly stood before Alchemy and went to unmask him. Just as he was about to do so, an earthquake shook the hideout and suddenly a small blip of light began racing around the hideout, killing all of the cops and freeing Alchemy's followers. Realizing the blip of light was a speedster The Flash attempted to pursue it but it's speed was far beyond his, and Barry was brought down instead. As Wally West became trapped in a cocoon-like container, the mysterious speedster pinned a distracted Flash to a wall, though when Joe looked at them he could only see Barry. The new speedster was invisible to him. Finally able to see the enemy speedster, the Flash saw it as a heavily armored, very tall, robotic looking person, identifying itself as Savitar, the god of speed. Savitar then produced a long curved blade from his gauntlet and prepared to finish off the Flash.

Luckily, the Flash was saved at the last second by the timely intervention of Joe West who managed to shake off his attackers and opened fire on Savitar even though he couldn't actually see the speedster. The bullets however deflected harmlessly off Savitar's armour. Ignoring the interruption, Savitar raced out of the lair with the Flash in hand and proceeded to drag, pummel and throw him all across Central City like a rag-doll by somehow using his speed to open up dimensional breaches to various locations around Central City, finally coming to a stop at the waterfront, whereupon Savitar began to savagely beat down his quarry. As the Flash lay broken and bleeding at his feet, Savitar declared the Flash to be beneath him and announced that he (Savitar) was the future while the Flash was the past. Having said this, he grabbed the Flash by the throat and prepared to once again skewer the speedster with his gauntlet-blade. Before he could do so however, the Flash was saved by the sudden arrival of Vibe and Caitlin Snow, who used her ice-powers to freeze Savitar in place and reveal him at the same time but inadvertently harming the Flash too. The ice though did not last long and Savitar soon burst out of his ice-prison and sped off.

Looking to reform his power-base, Savitar sought out his most loyal disciple Alchemy, who was revealed to be the metahuman CSI Julian Albert and asked him to reaffirm his dedication to ensuring Savitar's successful return.

Battling the Flashes
With Julian once again mind controlled into taking on the Alchemy persona, Savitar prepared once again to target the Flash. He ordered Alchemy to use a specially designed building in Central City to refract the energies from the Philosopher's Stone and bestow powers on all the metahumans in Central City from the Flashpoint timeline at once. Their efforts were interrupted once again by the arrival of two Flashes; Barry having joined forces with the Earth-3 veteran speedster Jay Garrick. Before they could do anything to Alchemy, Savitar appeared out of nowhere. While Barry dealt with Alchemy, Garrick squared off against Savitar but was completely outmatched by the metallic speedster, who viciously pummeled, threw around and beat down the elder speedster all across Central City, finally coming to a stop in an alley. Savitar angrily told Garrick that this was not his fight and unsheathed his gauntlet blade to kill him. Garrick was saved however when Barry sealed the Philosophers Stone back in its chest, causing Savitar to disappear into thin air.

Looking for a way back to resume the fight, Savitar bided his time while using his telepathic powers to manipulate Cisco Ramon using a mental projection of his dead brother Dante, convincing him that the Stone could help him get Dante back. Entranced by the stone's power, Cisco opened the chest, releasing Savitar once again just as the Flash arrived in Cisco's lab. Savitar then seized the Flash and brought him to the Star Labs speed lab whereupon he began to mercilessly beat up the Flash yet again. As he did so, he was stalled by the sudden arrival of the new Speedster Wally West who went to attack him but was merely seized by the throat by the metallic Speedster and thrown across the room into Barry. As the two Speedsters lay defeated on the ground, Savitar unsheathed both of his wrist blades and moved to kill them both. He was however prevented from doing so at the last second when Caitlin Snow convinced Cisco to accept his brother's death and close the chest containing the Stone, sealing Savitar away again.

Fuming from his latest defeat and Alchemy's constant failures, Savitar suddenly felt Julian's consciousness connected to the Stone, established a psychic connection through him and found himself face-to-face with Team Flash. He berated them for not bowing to him only to be derided for his claims to be a god. Seeking to rattle them, Savitar revealed intimate knowledge of each of the Team Flash members as well as a chilling warning about their future; one would betray them, one would die and one would suffer a fate worse than death. The Flash demanded to know who Savitar really was and what he wanted to which Savitar responded that he wanted to take back everything that the Flash had taken from him before he would destroy him. Confused, Flash angrily asked why Savitar didn't follow through with his threats right away before realising that without the Stone, he literally couldn't. Enraged, Savitar revealed the reason for his vendetta; that it was in fact a future version of Barry who had trapped him 'in eternity' and vowed that he would rise again and the whole world will feel his wrath. Disconcerted, Barry disconnected Julian from Savitar.

Possible future
In one potential future of May 2017, Savitar returns and kills Iris West in front of Barry, declaring to the Scarlet Speedster that he has "lost".

Personality
The spitting image of an ego-maniac with a God complex, Savitar believes himself to be a god in every sense of the term. He claims to 'rule' the Speed Force instead of 'serving it' like Barry does and as such he looks down on all others including fellow speedsters with contempt and derision. He believes that he is meant to be worshiped and bowed to by all and has a loyal cult following that he seems to appreciate enough to aid in times of need.

Like his evil speedster predecessors, Savitar is merciless and cruel toward his opponents as evidenced by his murder of the CCPD officers in his lair, his savage beat-down of the Flash all across Central City and his willingness to kill the Flash without a second's hesitation.

Savitar has a short temper and is obsessed with revenge on the Flash for imprisoning him.

Savitar has demonstrated dependency on Dr. Alchemy, whom he views as his greatest servant.

Powers

 * Speed Force connection: Savitar possesses a extraordinarily potent connection to the Speed Force and his control and power in its usage vastly exceeds all other known users. To which, his potency made him claim to be a god and the "ruler" of it. Savitar's connection also appears to grant him immense longevity, if not agelessness, having seemingly been around since ancient times.
 * Bodily vibration: When Savitar was encased in sub-zero ice, he was able to almost instantly break free from his confinement.
 * Electrokinesis: While moving, he emanates white lightning.
 * Enhanced perceptions: Savitar is easily capable of keeping up with and perceiving the movements and actions of speedsters.
 * Superhuman agility: Savitar possesses inhuman bodily coordination, balance, equilibrium, and dexterity. He is able to change direction immediately, thus allows him to make sharp turns and easily maneuver while moving at immense speed.
 * Superhuman reflexes: Savitar possesses superhuman reflexes, allowing him to easily react to other speedsters.
 * Superhuman speed: Savitar is unfathomably fast, so much so that he's totally invisible to the human eye while running. He can also rumble the ground with his speed. His speed allowed him to race around Alchemy's lair and instantly kill multiple cops in milliseconds. Only Barry was able to see anything. Despite Barry's own speed exceeding Zoom's or Rival's, his own movements were still slow-motion in comparison to Savitar, who effortlessly countered and outmaneuvered the Flash. He was also able to get into Edward Clariss's prison cell, despite his cell containing a meta-human power dampener, and fully use his powers once inside. Savitar was able to overpower and defeat Jay Garrick with ease, and later, in the speed lab, he was able to zip around extremely fast and beat down Barry, and then was able to overcome both Barry and Wally easily. Despite his seemingly unmatched power, Savitar was defeated by a future Barry Allen and sealed away.
 * Dimensional travel: Savitar's speed is so intense, with a sudden movement he can open breaches, enabling him to shift and warp about and appear out of nowhere. Combined with his raw speed, the actions can appear as if he is at multiple places at once.
 * Inter-Dimensional Travel : Savitar is capable of travelling to other dimensions within the Multiverse. This is shown due to the fact that knows Jay Garrick, and has presumably fought him before.
 * Superhuman momentum: Savitar can generate great amounts of physical force through the kinetic energy his immense speed generates.
 * Geokinesis: Savitar is somehow capable of generating earthquakes with his speed.
 * Superhuman stamina: Savitar's body can handle the stresses of superhuman racing without noticeable distress.
 * Superhuman strength: Savitar possesses a level of increased strength, able to lift a full-grown man off the ground by their throat and pin them with a single hand. With one punch, he was able to send Jay Garrick flying over a building.
 * Telepathy: Savitar was able to telepathically communicate with his servants, as he did to Julian Albert. He can also make someone see a mental projection of a deceased loved one to coax them into releasing him from his prison, as he did with Julian showing his sister and Cisco showing his brother. This ability doesn't seem to be stopped by the stone being sealed up, allowing Savitar to manipulate people into doing what he wants, despite not being in that plane of existence.
 * Immortality: Savitar is immortal, having been around since ancient times.

Abilities

 * Cunning: A deceiver worthy of Eobard Thawne, Savitar was able for the longest to conceal his involvement in a cult that worshiped him as a deity for long periods of time, fooling all into believing Alchemy was the true leader.
 * Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Savitar is a capable fighter as evidenced by his rapid defeat of the Flash when his lair was stormed. His style is not as refined as Eobard Thawne's but is as savage as Zoom's; he uses his extraordinary speed to land powerful blows and throw his opponents around with lots of momentum.

Weaknesses

 * Extreme cold: Much like any other speedster, Savitar seems to be weakened or at least momentarily stunned when exposed to an extremely cold environment. This was proven when Caitlin Snow used her metahuman freezing powers on an invisible Savitar. However, his powers allowed him to shortly afterwards break free and recover enough to zip away.
 * Connection to the Philosopher's stone: At some point, Savitar was defeated by the Future Barry Allen and sealed away. Savitar can only maintain his presence in the world while the Philosopher's stone is in contact with the world outside of its containment vessel.

Equipment

 * Armor: Savitar wears armor, The armor is also able to produce long curved blades from both gauntlets. Savitar's armor seems to be bulletproof, with bullets fired by Joe West bouncing off his back harmlessly.

Trivia

 * Savitar is the first speedster to be capable of opening dimensional breaches to different locations on the same Earth.
 * Savitar is the first speedster to be able to move so fast that he becomes invisible. Though how he is accomplishing the feat is still unknown. This in an ability in the comics, where conduits of the speed-force can move so fast that they are invisible to normal humans.
 * Savitar's speed lightning is white as opposed to yellow (Barry, Wally, Jesse, and Jay), red (Edward and Eobard) or blue (Hunter and Eliza).
 * Savitar has been confirmed by Jay Garrick to be the original Speedster; the first human to be granted super-speed.
 * Oddly, Savitar never crossed paths with Zoom despite the fact that Zoom's power far outstripped Barry's for much of their conflict; likewise he never crossed paths with the Reverse-Flash either. This may be due to the fact that neither of the evil speedsters had interfered with Savitar's plans nor lock him away forever, as Future Barry has.
 * In the story that Jay Garrick told, Savitar was shown to be a human.

.Behind the scenes

 * In DC comics, Savitar was an enemy of Wally West as the Flash, an ex-pilot obsessed with speed, who named himself after Savitr, the Hindu god of motion, and dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of the Speed Force. He discovered creative ways of using the Speed Force and tried to kill every other speedster on Earth, transferring their Speed Force connections onto himself.
 * Similarly to how it's depicted in The Flash TV series, Savitar was able to use the Speed Force to make himself invisible to non-speedsters in the comics.