Name: Nathaniel Dresden
Age: Unknown, at least several centuries.
Appearance: Tall, thin but muscular, looks to be in his mid thirties with long jet black hair. Bears two deep lightning bolt shaped scars in his palms, but otherwise looks completely normal.
Powers: Manipulation of the speed force for a variety of effects. Because he forced the speed force to "notice" him through magical rites as opposed to other speedsters who were "noticed" unintentionally, he is denied the ability to run at super speeds for more than a few seconds at a time, but he does think and react as fast as any other speedster in existence. A list of known abilities follows.
Physical abilities - Though he can't run at super speeds, Nathaniel can still move and think at super speed, allowing him to read books in an instant, assemble complicated devices in moments and deliver thousands of blows to an opponent in the blink of an eye. When injured, he heals at incredible speeds, even when unconscious, though when still alert he can will the injuries to close even faster.
Shield creation - Nathaniel can charge a thin layer of the very air around himself, causing it to move at near light speed around him. At such speeds, the very particles in the air destroy most forms of matter, and deflect at high speed objects strong enough to survive more then a few second in contact with the field. The shield is also very effective at deflecting most known forms of energy.
Speed force bolts - Nathaniel can cast bolts of raw sped force energy into matter, supercharging the very molecules of the object and causing it to explode, disintegrate, or burst into flames. The size of the object being destroyed is limited only by his need at the time.
Pseudo-telekinesis - In addition to imbuing on object with enough speed force energy to cause it to explode, Nathaniel can grant enough speed force to an object to cause it to move at any speed up to that of light in any direction, even causing it to change directions in midflight. This includes making huge and sustained gusts of wind and even tornados. In this manner, he is also able to fly (relying on the speed force's protection against the harmful effects of such high speeds) and enhance his strength to Superman levels.
Speed stealing - Nathaniel is able to steal the momentum not only of whole objects, but the speed of heat itself, allowing him to make things frozen and brittle in an instant. He is also able to stop the movement of subatomic particles, including electrons and photons, allowing him to become invisible and disrupt the operation of electronic devices.
Temporal effects - Though he has the ability to trave through time while in the same location, Nathaniel generally uses this ability to nullify the passing of time when traveling great distances in space.
Animation of inanimate objects - Perhaps his most impressive and unusual use of the speed force is his ability to imbue things like mannequins, suits of armor and even plant life with speed force and a sort of temporary will and sentience, allowing them to move and act out simple series' of commands at high speeds.
Limited magical abilities: Before he tapped into the speedforce, Nathaniel had started down the path to becoming a powerful warlock. Though he abandoned his magical training to study his newfound speed force powers, Nathaniel still retains a considerable knowledge of magic and the occult.
Other info: Very little is known about Nathaniel's past, as he is very secretive. It is known, though, that Nathaniel was one of the first humans to deduce the existance and nature of the speed force. A dabbler in magic at the time, he spent more than a decade creating a magical ritual that would let him mainline the speed force. As a consequence of forcing contact with the speed force, rather than letting it contact him, Nathaniel was doomed to never know the joy of running at the very limits of speed and received two very painful wounds ont he plams of his hands.
As soon as he attained the ability to move at faster than light speeds in flight, Nathaniel left the Earth in the search of more knowledge. He occasionally returns to Earth, and has even deigned to lend a hand during crises in which he feels he is needed. He answers to no one, though, and walks his own path in the search of greater knowledge.