

After he was defeated, Savitar was returned to his prison. By the time Savitar was removed from the Speed Force, the world around was different from when he was first disintegrated, due to various timeline alterations. Wally eventually succeeded in pulling Savitar into the material world and defeated him. The Speed Force pulled Wally West into itself to try to force Savitar out. One of these surges caused the Sanctuary disaster. These surges would discharge into the material universe from the bodies of random speedsters across time, space and parallel universes. Eventually the Speed Force began expelling powerful surges of energy throughout the timeline, in an attempt to expel Savitar from within. He then ascended into the Speed Force itself, bathing in its cosmic energy and using what he learned in the dark to pull at the Speed Force to drain its energy in order to make himself more powerful. After years of trying, Savitar finally regained his connection to the Speed Force, allowing him to create a portal to escape his prison. He became obsessed with speed, naming himself after Savitar, Hindu for "god of motion", and dedicating his life to unlocking its secrets.Īfter he was touched by Barry Allen, who had been infected with the Negative Speed Force, Savitar was disintegrated and eventually woke up in a dark void, where he could hear others pleading and crying.

As he reached top speed, his plane was struck by what appeared to be lightning, transforming him into a conduit of the Speed Force.

He was a Cold War pilot for a third-world nation, who was to test a supersonic fighter jet. Savitar is the self-declared god of speed.
