August Heart

August Heart
Biological Information
Species	Meta-human
Status	Alive (as of 2049)
Universe Information
Home universe	Earth-1
General Information
Occupation	Criminal (incarcerated) Intern at Mercury Labs (formerly)
Family	Jorge Heart (brother; deceased)
Alter ego	Godspeed
Actor	Kindall Charters B.D. Wong (voice)

"Yes, I am a god. The god of speed!"

—Godspeed to Nora West-Allen^[src]

August Heart (born August 16, 2021), nicknamed Godspeed by Lia, is a speedster from the year 2049 who used Tachyons to gain super-speed and Velocity-9 to enhance it. He was ultimately stopped and imprisoned by Nora West-Allen with the help of Eobard Thawne.

Biography

Early life

August was born on August 16, 2021.

In the year 2049, after having experimented with tachyons to give himself speed, August became Godspeed and began stealing chemicals to make the Velocity-9.

August visited the Flash Museum where he saw how Zoom used V9. He also met Nora West-Allen.

Nora would go on to attempt to stop Godspeed's robberies, but he knocked her down the first time with a lightning bolt and defeated her the second time in speed combat, after which he murdered her friend Lia for taking what he aimed to steal.

After learning from Eobard Thawne, Nora fought and defeated Godspeed by tricking him into getting in the way of some radio waves that disrupted the V9 in his system. Heart was then taken into custody by the CCPD.

Personality

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August is obsessed with his speed similar to the late Hunter Zolomon.

Powers and abilities

Powers

• Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology: Through his research into Tachyons, August was able to grant himself a natural, albeit unstable connection to the Speed Force, giving him the powers of incredible speed. He noted Zoom's use of V-9 at the Flash Museum, and used it to try permanently enhancing his speed.
  • Accelerated healing factor: As a speedster, August regenerates faster than humans do.
  • Bodily vibration: Like most speedsters, August can vibrate his body for various effects.
  • Electrokinesis: Unlike other speedsters, August produces white electricity from his body, commonly seen eradiating from him even when he stood still. August also mastered harnessing his lightning to a greater extent that any other known Speedster, able to fire at target even when stationary in a Hadouken-like manner. He easily unleashed a lightning bolt containing five billion joules of electricity, a feat which an enraged Barry only recently revealed he was capable of.
  • Superhuman durability: August possesses inhuman resilience, most commonly seen from being unaffected by momentum build-up. He can take attacks and exertion, even survive impacts that would easily kill normal humans.
  • Superhuman speed: August can move at such vast speeds, indeterminable to the naked eye. He boasts that he is "The God of Speed". His speed is proven to be so great, that even a camera able to capture a trillion frames per second, can barely capture his lightning trail.
    • Superhuman agility: August has demonstrated flawless coordination, equilibrium and dexterity. He can change direction with immediate sharp turns without sliding or losing balance and instantly stop running on the spot.
    • Superhuman reflexes: August's reaction time is augmented to superhuman levels, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than normal humans.
    • Superhuman momentum: August can generate great amounts of physical force through kinetic energy, simulating superhuman strength, even in a stationary position. Even little exertions from this build-up can generate a tremendous amount of force, able to knock a person out.
  • Superhuman stamina: August can handle the stresses of extreme racing without noticeable distress, letting him function much longer than normal humans unhindered.

Weaknesses

• Electromagnetic radiation: Due to August's new, currently unstable Speed Force connection, his Velocity-9 enhanced speed was disabled and seemingly lost access to his powers.
• Metahuman power dampener/Speedster dampening bracelet: August was unable to use his speed after Nora cuffed him with one. However, after injecting himself with a dose of V-9, he was able to phase it off and access his speed again.

Equipment

• Godspeed suit: August wears a protective suit as his villain alter-ego, Godspeed, to hide his identity from his victims.

Appearances

The Flash

Season 5

• "Godspeed" (flashforwards)

Trivia

• In the DC comics, August had Tan skin and was possibly Latino, while here he is Asian.
  • However in both the DC comics and TV show, he has a deceased brother named Jorge.
• It's noted in his introductory episode that no other speedster has white lightning, even though Savitar's lightning was white whenever he wore his suit.
• As August visited the Flash museum, he seems to have taken cues from Savitar, namely the "God of Speed" introduction. Nora also notes that his plans of making a perfected Velocity 9 would make him "the most powerful speedster", another title that Savitar used.

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, Godspeed is August Heart, a murderous vigilante speedster introduced in the recent Rebirth storyline who worked with Barry at CCPD by day and killed other speedsters by night. Eventually, he had a redemption arc and is now more of an anti-hero.