Reverse-Flash (Arrowverse)

"We've been at this a long time, you and I, but I'm always one step ahead. It is your destiny to lose to me, Flash, just as it was your mother's destiny to die that night."

- Reverse-Flash

Eobard Thawne was born in 2151, a member of the prestigious Thawne family, consisting of politicians, scientists, and captains of industry. Through unknown circumstances, Eobard gained a limited connection to the Speed Force, and traveled back to the time of the Flash. Slowly forming a bitter rivalry, the two speedsters clashed frequently, but neither was able to gain the upper hand over the other. In 2024, Eobard discovered the Flash’s true name, and attempted to travel back in time to kill his foe’s younger self. Despite the efforts of the Justice League, both the Flash and Reverse-Flash were sent back in time to 24 years earlier. Attempting to murder a young Barry, the Reverse-Flash was stopped when the Flash carried his younger self to safety. Enraged, Eobard murdered Nora Allen in an attempt to traumatize Barry, then fled.

Before he could return to his own time, Eobard realized he had drained his connection to the Speed Force, stranding him in the 21st century and forcing him to hatch a plan to create the Flash so he can return home. First, he stalked and murdered Harrison Wells, the scientist who created the particle accelerator that created the Flash, and took his place. He then devoted his life to both ensuring the creation of the particle accelerator and watching his nemesis grow. As time went on, “Wells” grew fond of both Barry, though he still hated his future self, and the rest of the S.T.A.R Labs team, in particular Cisco Ramon and Hartley Rathaway, who he later fired to prevent from fixing the particle accelerator. When the accelerator was activated, it malfunctioned, and “Wells” made sure that both Cisco and Grodd, a gorilla who he and General Wade Eiling had been running tests on, were exposed to it’s energy. After the accident, “Wells” faked being crippled so as to stay beneath suspicion, and convinced Barry’s guardian Joe West to let S.T.A.R Labs take care of Barry, who was in a coma after being struck by lightning. When Barry awoke from his coma, he came to the realization that he had super-speed, and began using his power to help people and stop deadly metahumans, with Wells and the rest of the team’s assistance.

Having regenerated some of his powers, Eobard became the Reverse-Flash once more, and revealed himself to Barry before luring him into a fight in a football stadium, where he easily defeated him before taunting him and leaving. Barry and the group, alongside Joe and a task force led by his partner Eddie Thawne, attempted to set a trap for the Reverse-Flash by locking him in a force field, but he outsmarted them by moving quickly enough to create an after-image of himself savagely beating “Wells” and forcing them to let him go. Once free, the Reverse-Flash easily slaughtered the task force and savagely beat Joe, but abstained from hurting Eddie, his ancestor, before running out of S.T.A.R Labs with Flash in pursuit. Once again, Eobard prevailed over his less experienced counterpart, with only the intervention of Firestorm saving Barry.

After hearing of the dissapearances of both industrialist Simon Stagg and reporter Mason Bridges, Barry became suspicious of “Wells”, and worked with the rest of the group to determine who he reallly was. However, Eobard managed to narrowly avoid another set-up by the group, but was forced to reveal his identity. Kidnapping Eddie as insurance, Eobard then released Grodd, now much larger and pyschic, on the city as a distraction. When Eddie attempted to stand up to Eobard, he revealed that Eddie never marries Iris West, who instead marries Barry, and that Eddie is seen as a failure by the rest of his family. With the group distracted, Eobard finished repairing the accelerator and escapes, though he returns later to power it up. Arriving outside of S.T.A.R Labs, Eobard was confronted by not only Barry, but also Firestorm and Green Arrow. After a brutal fight, Eobard was defeated and locked into the pipeline, where he revealed his true motives to Barry, and offered to show him how to time-travel so he could save his mother in return for his release. Ultimately agreeing to his offer, Barry traveled back in time, but realized he couldn’t change time without losing his friends. He returned to the present and destroyed Eobard’s time sphere, preventing him from returning to the future. Enraged, Eobard attacked and easily defeated Barry, but before he could kill him, Eddie, realizing why he was brought here, shot himself in the chest, creating a time paradox. Eobard, realizing he was going to be erased from history, mocked Barry for a final time before vanishing.

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