Iris West

Iris Ann West is a Central City reporter and girlfriend of Barry Allen.

Early life
Iris West is the sister of Daniel West. Her mother died giving birth to her younger brother Daniel, which their father William blamed him for. Her father became an abusive alcoholic, whom Daniel eventually crippled when he pushed their father down the stairs. Her brother then ran away, leaving Iris with their paraplegic father. While Daniel eventually returned to try and mend his relationship with Iris, Daniel had been involved with a stickup crew and was eventually sent to prison after being stopped by The Flash.

Iris spent most of her life in the Gem Cities—growing up in Central City and attending college in Keystone City.

Later life
Iris eventually became a reporter. Interning momentarily at Gotham City's Gotham Gazette, where she first met and worked with Barry Allen, Iris eventually moved to and found a career at Central City. During the course of her career, she has had multiple run-ins with Barry, being a forensic scientist of the Central City Police Department, and his alter-ego, The Flash, whom Iris has been trying to write an exposé about ever since she was put on writing a large piece on the Metahuman Thesis.

First date
During the start of this event, Iris is waiting at Jitters for Barry to arrive for their date. He finally arrives nearly half an hour late but nonetheless sits down and the two start their date. They begin by talking which leads to the topic of occupation. Barry asks about her Metahuman Thesis article and she tells him about why she thinks its so important. Before the date can continue, however, she is interrupted by an alert from Barry's phone. He apologies and says its urgent so he has to go. She demands an explanation for him always running away but he ignores her and runs out the building.

Forgiving Barry
Barry meets Iris at Jitters again and apologises for his actions. He tells her that in exchange for information on the Rogues for her article, can she forgive him. She reluctantly agrees and he tells her everything he knows. She writes it all down and tells him that this has scored him another date.

Final Scene
In the final scene, her and Barry are at the West Residence where the pair are watching the news on the Rogues' arrest and the two exchange remarks about them. However, Barry gets an alert from his phone and he urgently leaves, leaving Iris speechless.

Abilities

 * Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic): Iris West has been taught basic hand-to-hand combat via self defence classes.
 * Investigation: Iris has exceptional investigative skills as an investigative journalist and experienced reporter.
 * Journalism: She is considered one of the best reporters in the Western world and has ways of always getting information that isn't typically available.
 * Multilingualism