Esmail Pasdar

Mahsa Pasdar (younger sister)

**Esmail Pasdar** is a freshman at the William Eisner School for Heroic Arts, where he is learning to use his Quirk to the best of his ability.

## Appearance

Esmail is a tall boy with a lanky frame. He has dark red-brown hair, parted at the center into two tufts that point out from his head in a horn-like manner. He has tan skin. The sclerae of his eyes are yellow, while his irises are purple.

Esmail dresses casually and plainly, usually in a pale pink t-shirt and dark blue jeans with sneakers. He wears a bulky purple rubber bangle on his right arm that he is frequently seen fidgeting with or chewing.

## Personality

Esmail is a soft-spoken boy who is prone to sudden bouts of anxiety. He has difficulty reading situations and often sees antagonism where there is none, leading him to feeling highly self conscious and reserved. He engages in specific repetitive movements, usually bouncing his leg or snapping his fingers. He received a special bangle from his therapist to fidget with in a way that is less intrusive and distracting.

Due to the temperamental nature of his quirk, Esmail's parents struggled to raise him while keeping his emotions in check. His father often accused his mother of coddling him, while his mother argued that his desire to "toughen him up" would only do more damage in the long run.

Esmail grew to blame himself for his parents' fighting, leading him to often feel guilty for the problems of others. On the behest of his extended family, he and his family have begun attending therapy sessions, through which his parents have been able to reconcile for the most part and Esmail has learned new techniques to control his emotions in a healthier way.

Despite his shyness, Esmail has grown close to Rosalind Glazer, whose quirk also caused her family great concern, and Walter Jiang, another student with a temper-based quirk.

## Quirk

Esmail's quirk, Orbital Field, causes him to generate an orbital field that pulls in small objects no heavier than 1 pound within a 6 foot radius around him when he feel overwhelmed by negative emotions. The speed of the orbit, the angle at which they revolve and their proximity to his center of gravity are all controlled mainly by his mood, but he is able to voluntarily control these factors consciously if he concentrates hard enough. He can voluntarily release specific objects from the orbit through concentration as well.

The objects in his orbit can reach extremely high speeds that deliver powerful blow to anything or anyone in their path, but the orbit can also be maintained at a slow pace and close to his body, so he can essentially hold items in a gravitational inventory.

## Trivia

* Esmail is originally from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States and the home of the National Air and Space Museum. He is Iranian-American.
* Esmail's full name is meant as a play on extrasensory perception, or ESP (**Es**mail **P**asdar), a set of pseudo-scientific psychic abilities often said to include telekinesis, which Esmail's quirk resembles.
* His alias, **Kepler**, comes from Johannes Kepler, an astronomer known for his writings on planetary motion and gravity.
* Esmail is heavily implied to be on the autism spectrum, due to his emotional outbursts, inability to properly read situations, introversion and repetitive behaviors.