Iron Rings

Iron Rings (鉄指輪, Kurogane Yubiwa) is a quirk used by Kai Smith.

## Description

Iron Rings allow the user to use the iron within their body to form black iron rings. The Quirk gives the user a marvelous offensive weapon.

These rings can come in various sizes depending on how much iron is used and new rings materialize slowly over a few minutes if some are destroyed. The user can actively control whether each ring's edges are sharp or blunt and are aware of each ring's location until they are replaced. The user has telekinetic control over the rings meaning they can come back to the user if they willed it to.

The user can only have ten rings in total and is limited to using four at a time. Using more than four is possible but it is hard to control due to having to concentrate on multiple items. The smaller the rings the more the user can have out due to the low amount of iron they take. The user also shares a telepathic connection with their rings.

Iron Rings gives the user a small mutation that causes the iron in the body to solidify around the user's arm creating black ring-like tattoos that the user uses to manifest the rings physically.

### Weakness

This quirk requires the user to have a high iron diet to maintain ring production, and replacing too many rings in a short period can result in iron deficiency.

Telekinetic control over the rings can result in varying levels of headaches depending on size and distance. Continued strain of telekinetic use can result in the user feeling faint and off-balance, even to the point of passing out. This can also happen when the user uses too much iron on the sizes of the rings.

## Usage

Iron Rings first manifested on Kai when he was four years old, as he was waking up to see a black ring on both of his wrists. Originally, this Quirk only let Kai manifest and manipulate his rings telekinetically, but he was able to improve its effects ever since through intense training. Before that, he could barely move them five meters away from him.

In combat, Kai is very strategic and tactical, letting his mind run rampant before going on the battlefield. Kai mostly focuses primarily on mid-range combat but sometimes leans into close combat. Using it mid-range, Kai focuses on using his rings as projectiles and fighting from a distance. He can also use his rings like cannons by balling his fist and firing his rings right off his arms. Using this quirk in a close combat situation, Kai partially sharpen his ring to use as brass knuckles or as a bladed weapon.

Kai also can use his quirk supportively by using his ring to save people from disaster. It can also be used for mobility, giving them or their allies support for climbing structures or something to ride on top of. He can manipulate each ring and dedicate it to saving one person, using it to float them away from danger. He can also plant his rings on people and uses them to track them, offensively the planted rings can be used to forcefully bring an opponent toward him, throwing them off balance or causing their attack to be redirected.

Kai has also developed a way to use his quirk defensively by manifesting multiple spikes within his rings to close the space in between them, doing this does take a great amount of iron, Kai must be careful about using Iron Rings as a form of defense.