Nora Allen

Nora Allen (born Nora Thompson) was the wife of the late Henry Allen and the mother of Barry Allen.

Biography

Early Life
Nora grew up in Fallville, Iowa. Not much is known about her early life before she married Dr. Henry Allen. She eventually started to despise her marriage and cheated on Henry with Darryl Frye in secret. Soon after, she wanted to divorce Henry and was compiling divorce papers before her unfortunate death.

Death
It's Barry's 10th birthday, May 13th 1986, and he's getting dressed for school. Nora is downstairs talking on the phone about divorce papers and tells Barry that she has a surprise waiting for him after he comes back. Barry asks if he can have a slice of his birthday cake first but Henry takes him to school as he has to go to work. Nora is then murdered by Eobard Thawne by a knife thrusted into her heart, the cake knife from the kitchen. Barry comes home and is greeted by cops arresting his father for the murder of Nora Allen.

Legacy A long time after her death, her son, Barry, decided to dedicate his life to proving his father's innocence and it's because of her death that he has became the hero known as the Flash.