Nice. I'm assuming all the various lines in the last paragraph, the son, the father, the soldier, all refer to the hero who was the whirlwind?
In any case, I like it. 
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
You assume correctly, those last lines refer to the fallen superspeedster.
((This is a poetry piece I submitted in my writing class, we've working on repetition in writing. It's pretty short, but I thought you guys and gals might like to see it. Lemme know what you think!))
Crackle of energy, leaving the barrel. Crunching of metal, pummeled by a thousand fists. Whirlwind, dervish, cyclone of pain, scattering the invaders like autumn leaves. Swords drawn, edged in light. Force fields conjured, portals opened, robots summoned. All burst away, scattered, demolished, lying in defeat amongst the broken landscape. Defeated, beaten, those who would take away his home. A whirlwind of fury, fists flying everywhere, crunching metal, scattering the invaders, those who would take his home from him, those who would blast it to ruin.
Bombs blast, shards fly, piercing, slicing, shredding everything. Screams everywhere, foreign, native, all screaming in pain, pain of conflict. Blood flows, red, green, mixing, pouring from gashes, slashes, stubs, from the remains of the dead. The dead, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, siblings, children, parents, family, friends, neighbors, losses insurmountable, losses on both sides.
Crackle of energy, flying through the air. Burning, searing, destroying all it touches. A thousand fists fly and fall flat. The whirlwind unraveled. A son who won't see his mother. A soldier who has lost the battle. A father leaving behind his children. A friend, neighbor, confidant, who falls amongst the nameless dead. The invaders slay the whirlwind. The ruins swallow the remains, the remains of the dead, blood mixing, red and green, blood of both sides, losses on all parts. Two sides of the same coin.