Iris West-Allen

* Member of Team Flash (in secret)
* Blogger
* Investigative journalist for *Central City Picture News* (formerly)
* Psychology student (graduated)
* Waitress at CC Jitters (formerly)
* Vigilante (in secret)
* Founder and owner of *The Central City Citizen*
* Leader of Team Citizen

**New multiverse**

* Member of Team Flash (in secret)
* Blogger
* Vigilante (in secret)
* Founder and owner of *The Central City Citizen*
* Leader of Team Citizen

**Iris Ann West-Allen** (née **West**) is the deuteragonist of the Arrowverse television series *The Flash.* She is the daughter of Francine and Joe West, the wife of Barry Allen, and the older sister of Wally West. Throughout the series, she is the childhood best friend, crush, girlfriend and eventual wife of Barry Allen and the mother of his future children Nora and Bart Allen.

Iris was unaware that Barry Allen was the Flash until the night Eddie was taken by Eobard Thawne. As the Flash ran, she felt a shocking spark between them when they touched have. A similar event happened to her and Barry when she's watched his hand when he was in his 9-month coma. Since then, she took an active role as a member of Team Flash.

She is the the co-leader of Team Flash, a former journalist of *Central City Picture News*, a former waitress at CC Jitters, and the owner/editor-in-chief of '**The Central City Citizen'**

## Early Life

Iris was born on June 24, 1989 to Joe and Francine West in Central City.

In 1991, Iris developed a love of ice cream since she was two years old, when her parents took her out for ice cream after receiving a dozen shots. She proclaimed to eat ice cream everyday for the rest of the month.

Iris was only six years old when her mother had an overdose. There was a terrible fire and Iris Francine would have died had Joe and his partner come and rescue them. Following this, Francine left her husband and daughter; instead of telling Iris the truth, Joe told her that her mother died and instead told her stories of the mother that Iris deserved and not the one she was. Unknown to both, Francine was pregnant with Wally at the time. The incident eventually caused Iris to suppress that memory.

While in elementary School Iris befriended Barry Allen, another boy her age. It was through their friendship that iris's father became well acquainted with Barry's parents, Henry and Nora Allen. The parents would know of Barry's secret crush on Iris since the day they first met. Despite being bullied by Tony Woodward, a boy who *also* had a crush on Iris. She would still remain a loyal friend to Barry, eventually coming to love and marry him one day

At nine years old, Iris dreamed of becoming a ballerina. However, she had a terrible case of stage fright causing Berry to rush on the stage and help her finish her routine in front of the whole crowd.

Iris would later come to own her mother's engagement ring but lost it on a field trip when she was in the 5th grade. The only connection she had to were supposedly mother really affected her.

At age eleven, she was the editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper. However, around this time Barry's mother was murdered by the Reverse Flash and his father was falsely accused of Nora's murder. Sequentially, Joe adopted Barry soon afterwards and Iris showed him to the guest room. When Barry claimed that his father did not kill his mother, Iris was the only one who believed him.

At age fifteen, Iris unmasked a corrupt teacher in her and Barry Allen's high school.

### Original Timeline

Sometime around 2015-2020, Iris of this timeline eventually learned of Barry's feelings for her and came to realize she loved him back. During this time, she and Barry married before 2024 and would have a daughter presumably named Dawn. After her husband's accident in 2020 because of Harrison Wells and Tess Morgan's particle accelerator explosion, Iris went on to found *The Central City Citizen* newspaper and wrote all of her husband's exploits as the Flash. She would one day have the pain to write an article about her husband's disappearance during the Anti-Monitor Crisis and report that 25 years later her husband was still missing.

### Erased Future

#### 2017

In one timeline, Iris is killed by Savitar, time remnant of Barry Allen who killed her to ensure his creation during the crisis in 2024. Her death resulted in her name being changed on the newspaper article she would write in the future. However, this terrible future was undone when HR Wells gave up his life by impersonating Iris.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Journalism**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)**
* **Leadership:** Iris lead Team Flash by herself when Barry was trapped in the Speed Force and later when they both became the leaders.
* **Investigation:** Being the daughter of a detective and studying journalism at the community college allows Iris to become her own investigative reporter. She is able to her own conclusions., having figured out Barry was the Flash in Season 1b.
* **Firearms:** Being the daughter of a detective and her application to the Academy, Iris learned how to work a firearm. When her dad gave her a pistol to defend herself because Eddie was no longer around to protect her, Iris' intervention came in handy when she shot Dr Light's helmet off in order to save her colleague, Linda Park, from her Earth-2 doppelganger. She was also able to shoot Savitar in the back and a possessed Nora West-Allen with a tranq dart when she was controlled by Spencer Hasting's cell phone and Spin zone app.
* **Driving**
* **Tactical Analysis**

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

* **Pistols**
* **B.O.O.T**

## Relationships

### Family

* Esther † - Great-Grandmother
* Great-Great-Uncle
* Ben West - Paternal Grandfather
* Maternal Grandfather
* Great-Uncle
* Joe West - Father
* Francine West † - Mother
* Wally West/Kid Flash - Younger Brother, Savior and Former Teammate
* Jenna West - Paternal Half-Sister
* Barry Allen/The Flash - Husband
* Joannie - Honorary Sister
* Nora West-Allen/XS - Daughter
* Bart West-Allen - Son
* Great-Grandfather-in-law
* Great-Grandmother-in-law
* Mr. Grandfather-in-law
* Ms. Garrick - Grandmother-in-law
* Nora Allen †- Mother-in-law
* Henry Allen † - Father-in-law
* Daughter-in-law
* Grandchildren