Professor Zoom

*"There is no 'what could have been.' This is the only way things could've ever turned out."*
―Professor Zoom
***The Phantom From The Future***

## Biography

### Origins

#### Childhood

Eobard was genetically created by his father and mother to be the smartest of their family. Throughout Eobard's childhood, he was harshly scolded by his father whenever he would make even the simplest of mistakes, such as taking three seconds to solve a mathematical equation. By the time Eobard reached the age of eight, his father's scoldings had escalated into beatings. Due to this, Eobard would hide in the attic after school to avoid his father's beatings. There he came across old newspapers and holograms detailing the heroics of the second Flash: Barry Allen. Eobard admired what Allen did during his time as The Flash and began to spend his hours after school visiting The Flash Museum and learning as much as he could on him. Eobard began to idolize Barry Allen and follow him as a role model. Eobard chose study of the Speed Force as his major before he had graduated high school, despite the arguments of his father.

#### Career

After leaving college, Eobard applied for a job at The Flash Museum. He was hired as one of the lead specialists in the research department. Due to his extensive knowledge of the Speed Force, other employees nicknamed him "Professor Zoom." After two years of working at the Museum, the Museum started experiencing power failures, thought to be impossible in the 25th Century. While searching for the cause, Eobard discovered that Speed Force molecules in one of the suits on display had become active. Eobard removed the suit from the Museum, causing the power failures to stop.

#### Recreating the Incident

Eobard spent the next few months studying the molecules found in the suit. After many days of studying the suit, Eobard became convinced that he could recreate the incident that created The Flash. Eager to see if his theory was true, Eobard broke into Star Labs after hours and proceeded with his experiment. The experiment caused a critical failure in the chamber he was testing in, causing it to explode. Eobard survived the explosion, only to discover that the Star Labs facility wasn't completely empty. Knowing the explosion was his fault, Eobard decided to help evacuate the facility and rescue any personal that was put in harm's way. Upon doing so, Eobard discovered that the explosion had allowed him to tap into an alternate form of the speed force. Eobard quickly evacuated the facility only being seen by witnesses as a blur. Due to the nature of his deed, Newscasters quickly named him "The Flash of the 25th Century."

### Flash of the 25th Century

Following his evacuation of Star Labs, Thawne decided to embrace the Flash persona that the media had given him. Not wishing to diminish the legacy of Barry Allen with his possible failures, Thawne altered the colors of his Flash costume to the Reverse. Thawne dubbed himself "The Reverse-Flash" and began a career of crime fighting. Thawne spent his time out of costume observing old footage of Barry Allen, mimicking his posture and movements in order to be more like "The Flash the city needs."

#### Justice League

Thawne's efforts did not go unnoticed as he was soon contacted by Terry McGinnis, who was investigating a case in Central City. Together, along with other heroes like Kai-Ro, Steel, and Donna Troy, they discovered a plot by The Brain. After The Brain's defeat, the team stayed together and continued to fight crime in the 25th Century.
Due to his studies of Barry Allen, Thawne tried to develop a friendship with Kai-Ro, trying to replicate the bond between Barry Allen and Hal Jordan. Though his attempts ended with failure, Thawne found himself becoming romantically involved with Donna Troy.
In a battle against the newly formed Rogues, Thawne was called "A cheap imitation of The Flash" by Shriek, resulting in Thawne violently beating him while repeatedly repeating that he was indeed The Flash. Terry stopped Thawne before he could deliver a fatal blow. Thawne lashed out at his team, calling them all pale imitations of the originals before resigning from the Justice League.

#### Time Travel

Thawne continued his crime fighting career on his own. Regretting his decision of leaving the League since it made him alone, he slowly became more and more aggressive as the days went by. He eventually came across a plot by Vandal Savage, who planned to travel back through time in order to alter history. Thawne defeated Savage, but didn't turn him over to the authorities and instead wished to continue Savage's work on time travel. Thawne kept Savage hostage until a prototype time machine was built. Thawne wished to use it to travel to before he had gained his powers and therefore end his suffering. The time machine went active, causing several wormholes to appear in Central City. This gained the attention of the League, who traveled to Central City to subdue Thawne.

#### Shape the Future

*"I won't just be an extension of Barry Allen's legacy, I'm going to set it in motion!"*
―Eobard Thawne
When the League arrived to subdue Thawne, the sight of them standing against him and the realization that he had become the villain proved to be too much for his psyche. Thawne began to rationalize with the League, as well as himself, that he wasn't the villain and that he would prove it. However, when Kai-Ro addressed him as Flash, Thawne attacked and killed him, screaming that he wasn't just another name in the Flash legacy just like the rest. He screamed to the rest of the League that his name was now Professor Zoom and that he refused to become just an extension of Barry Allen's legacy and would instead be its most important factor and that he would get Barry Allen himself to acknowledge him as a hero by creating The Flash legacy himself. Realizing the potential danger of his plan, Terry ordered the remaining members to attack Zoom. Zoom fought and brutally defeated his former teammates before proceeding to enter the past. Before he left, a dying Donna Troy pleaded with him to stop. Zoom only smiled and said that she'll thank him when he gets back.

### Shaping the Future

#### Creating the Flash

Thawne arrived in The Flash's childhood. He quickly located Barry Allen's home and infiltrated it as soon as he could, killing Nora Allen and bringing Barry away from the house, making it seem like a murder caused by his father as much as he could, hoping this would be enough motivation to drive Barry to pursue a life of fighting crime.

## Personality

Growing up, Thawne never felt like he had any control over his own life and with his connection to the speed force, he is willing to seize control of whatever he can. Somewhat disconnected from reality, Thawne meticulously adjusts and manipulates events throughout time in an effort to live the life he not only believes he deserves, but the life he is fated to live. Seeing his actions as nothing more than an extension of time's will, in tandem with his own sociopathy, Thawne often has zero remorse for the atrocities he commits, with the only hints of remorse stemming from him seeing his victims as unable to escape the destiny they had been saddled with, much like himself. However, in truly learning his role in the Flash's history, Thawne shredded any bit of lingering regret, becoming not only completely apathetic to his actions and role, but also petty and spiteful. Thawne is not above emotional manipulation, torture, and murder if it means accomplishing his goals.

Though Thawne's meticulous nature was originally driven by a minor hero complex, it descended into a psychotic obsession, where he is compelled to make events occur exactly as he believes they should. Should he believe it necessary, he would anonymously aide Flash's heroics if he deemed in necessary for Flash to appear even more heroic in not only the eyes of the public, but also in his own eyes. Despite whatever hatred Thawne may harbor towards Barry Allen, complicated by his lingering hero complex, Thawne is completely incapable of seeing Flash as anything other than a hero and holds him to a standard that is unobtainable. He looks upon most other heroes and potential allies with disdain for daring to steal Flash's spotlight and responds to perceived attempts with violent outbursts.

Thawne's compulsion for control and hero complex feed into a dangerous ego, creating a being who sees his shaping of history through his committing of atrocities as a necessary evil and that, in time, he will be remembered as a hero who was willing to make the tough choices in order to create one of the greatest heroes the world would ever see. Even though Thawne tends to pull the strings from the shadows, he is compelled to, in some way, let his victims know that it was him. Though Thawne rarely realizes it and would never admit it, Thawne's obsession, anger, and hero complex stems from a desires to have lived the life Barry Allen had, surrounded by those he considered family and friends, but knowing that it is not his destiny to ever have such a life. As a result, Thawne will gleefully gloat about how he is responsible for the life Barry lives. Thus, Thawne consistently conveys a smug, yet affable, demeaner, one that barely hides the spiteful and violent nature lurking underneath.

### Likes

* Flash
* Control

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Speed Force Conduit**: Thawne is able to tap into the Speed Force which grants him control over the particles in his body. This allows him to move at super speed and vibrate his particles at high speed.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Enhanced Reflexes**: As a speed force conduit, Thawne is able to perceive the world much faster than the average human. As such, he possesses an extraordinarily fast reaction time and reflexes.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**
	+ **Intangibility**: Thawne can vibrate his particles at such high speeds and frequencies that he is capable of phasing through objects. This can range from solid walls to blasts of destructive energy.

### Abilities

* **Genius Intellect**
	+ **Computer Hacking**
	+ **Computer Operation**
	+ **Gadgetry**
	+ **Mechanical Engineering**
	+ **Multilingualism**
	+ **Physics Expert**
	+ **Tactical Analysis**
* **Master Combatant**
* **Surveillance**
* **Tracking**