Dante Esposito

**Dante Esposito** (*エスポジートダンテ Esupojīto Dante*), also known as **Hydro**(*ハイドロ Haidoro*) is one of the top ten Pro Heroes.

## Personality

Dante is someone with great perseverance, to the point that most tend to relate this trait of his to that of a single soldier facing an entire army on his own. It was this perseverance that helped him reach not just the position of a hero but also reach the critical third rank of the the top ten heroes of America. While he did have every reason in the world to quit such a goal, everything in the universe wanting to make sure he would forefit such a goal, Dante refused to be chained down to any specific path in life just because it is what people would assume of him. He's always been humble and constantly challenging himself to be the best he can be. To this end he always looked at any mistakes he makes and disects it, figuring out what went wrong and accepts the responsibility of his actions. He did this in order to perform as greatly at his job as he does.

Early on at a remarkably young age he was able to determine that there's is no substitute or equivalent to a "human life". This is seen right away as despite being rather young, he would do his best to protect his mother from his abusive father by willingly putting himself in-between them and took beatings that were originally directed to her but that he took on himself. This is reflected in his hero work and his decision making, doing his best to save as many people as he can, even if the circumstances means that he needs to allow the culprit in question to escape. He wishes to protect and defend as many people as possible, though whenever he "fails" and others get hurt, even if the situation was out of his control, Dante takes the harden and weight upon his shoulders, blaming himself and doing his best to prevent it from happening again. He's also very empathetic, being someone that is able to understand and seemingly feel the same kind of emotions those around him are going through. Dante does use this skill of his in his hero work, able to calm down those he rescues from near death experiences, gain trust of others in high stress situations to a degree that even those who didn't know of him as a hero in his early career still trusted their lives to him.

Despite what's been said, Dante himself is far from "perfect" or a "saint" that others tend to call him. He has his faults as he does place a great priority into his work which sometimes does affect his family as he doesn't spend as much time with his children as he'd like. He also is clumsy while not on the job, sometimes running into doors or roll down stairs when in a rush. Along with that he's someone that enjoys very simple things in life, he prefers to read books and cook his own dishes rather than live an extravagant lifestyle. While he may come off as many things, Dante himself emphasizes on simply being himself and happy a trait he's passed onto his children.

## Battle Prowess

### Abilities

* **Proficient Martial Artist**: Dante is a very talented martial artist, having trained in boxing at an early age at a small boxing gym. He's able to deliver powerful and destructive punches on others, being known for his powerful right hook, having once broken three ribs and one time with it. His pinches even without using his quirk to enhance it's speed was already rapid and incredibly quick, but when using his quirk it's quite impressive, mimicking speed enhancement quirk users. Outside of boxing he has also trained in Krav Maga and taekwondo from his early teens through now.
* **Keen Intellect and Adaptability**: Dante was blessed with a great mind, thanks to his eidetic memory. He's able to keep track of multiple factors at any given moment, prioritizing his decisions and given options to the best he can. He can deduce the moves of his enemies by memorizing their patterns while allows him to gain an upper hand against them. Thanks to his mental prowess he can also adjust to the situations thrown at him which greatly helps his hero work.

### Quirk

State(州 Shū): This Emitter Quirk allows Dante to generate water in any of its states of matter from any part of his body. This means Dante is capable of making steam, water, or ice whenever they wish. This can be in different amounts such as a small amount, such as a glass of water, to a massive size, like sending a large wave down a city street. As Dante can even make variations of these forms manipulating its temperature which allows him to make boiling water or clear fog. This quirk gives Dante a lot of creative freedom in how they use hix Quirk, which speaks volumes of it's versatility in general.

It's thanks to this quirks sheer versatile nature that Dante isn't limited to a single field of hero work. He's capable of putting out fires, dosing enemies with water, propelling himself around with steam, defending himself and others or even binding others with ice. In combat he's able to obscure his location with a fog cloud, making rough terrain with ice, and burning enemies with steam. He's even mixed this quirk with martial arts by using pressurized water to deliver critical strikes on enemies at incredible speed, cut through walls and defenses with a pressurized stream of water.

### Weaknesses

However, since the Quirk is fueled by Dante's level of hydration, Dante must stay as best hydrated as they can to keep up with Quirk's "burning" of his hydration. Adjusting the temperature of his water too much will have recoil effects on Dante's body such as burning on his skin or causing stages of frostbite in extreme cases

## Trivia

* Dante's image source is Amakusa Shirou Tokisada from Fate/Apocrypha.