Iris West-Allen

"It doesn't matter how many fall, new heroes will always rise to carry on, bringing on all resources, their skills, their talent to defeat the enemy"

- Wally West

1975-1998
Iris and her older brother Rudy's early childhood was a tumultuous time with their father’s short temper and alcoholism often landing him in jail and their mother in the hospital. When Eric’s violence turned on the children, Nadine confided in the police officer and widower next door. After Eric was locked away, Nadine and her children began the process of healing. When Iris was eight, her mother married that same cop and Iris found a new father in Joe West and even got a brother out of the deal: his young son Daniel.

In time, Iris and Rudy were adopted, changing their last name to West. Iris was interested in a career in law enforcement, Joe convinced her to instead study journalism, leading her to Midwestern University where she would meet Barry Allen.