Pearl

Pearl is an NPC played by Rustage in Rustage's One Piece D&D streams. She is a member of the Devil's Luck Pirates and a royal princess of the Tarako Kingdom. She met the crew for the first time in Episode 1, but didn't officially join them until Episode 3. Pearl takes up the unusual role of Martial Artist Dragon Girl (MAD.G) on the crew. She is also the user of the Ryu Ryu no Mi: Model Western Dragon.

Human Form
Pearl has pink, frizzy hair and bright pink eyes. She initially wears large black gloves on her hands in order to hide her claws. After gaining better control over her powers during the events of Episode 8 she leaves the gloves behind and stops wearing them. She also wears simple leather armor and a white shirt together with a single silver pauldron on her shoulder. Around her waist she wears a brown belt that holds up her black pants. Hanging from the belt is a quiver of arrows. She also has a cloak that she wears over her entire body. Though initially having claws and horns at all times, she eventually gains better control over powers, including the ability to control whether they appear or not.

Hybrid Dragon Form
In her hybrid form, Pearl possesses various dragon limbs, that are covered in a variety of brown and pink scales. The first of these are front-facing horns, the second is her hands which are now claws, her fingers becoming bony claws. She also has scaly brown and pink wings.

Full Dragon Form
In her full dragon form, Pearl appears like a massive western styled dragon on all fours, with brown and pink scales covering her entire body. She has large wings, claws, and horns. However, because of her immense childhood trauma, she has great difficulty accessing this form.

Personality
Initially, Pearl appeared to be a very shy person who tends to speak in an acerbic, sarcastic manner to those she doesn't know well or when people are especially nice or friendly. In battle, she can often be relatively brutal, even to the point of taking sadistic pleasure in killing her enemies. However, in reality she is a genuinely kind and caring person at heart, and likely adopted these traits due to her troubled past. Throughout the story she struggles with self-doubt, often pushing herself extremely hard in order to "prove herself" to the crew. Pearl can also have an extremely vicious and monstrous temper, although she does not get angered to this degree easily.

As the story progresses, Pearl eventually learns to open up and trust others, gaining more confidence in herself and becoming more comfortable and relaxed around her comrades. She becomes much more friendly and considerate towards the important people in her life. Little by little her true personality starts to emerge: she is actually adventurous, resourceful and energetic. However, she is also one of the more level-headed and intelligent members of the crew, often being the one to remind the others about their priorities when things get heated.

Pearl can hold her alcohol very well. Out of all the other members of the crew, the only person she'd lose to in a drinking contest is Ragnar.

Laughter Style
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Overview
In terms of combat capabilities Pearl seems to be of below average physical strength and instead relies heavily on her dexterity and Devil Fruit in battle. She possesses a quiver of arrows, but has yet to use them. As a former princess of the Tarako Kingdom Pearl received extensive training and education. As a result, she is knowledgeable about the world, keen and perceptive as well as capable of calm and rational thought in the face of adversity, often helping William to come up with plans or, alternatively, reminding him of the existing one.

Ryu Ryu no Mi: Model Western Dragon
With the powers of her Devil Fruit, Pearl is able to access a human-dragon hybrid form and a full dragon form.

In her hybrid dragon form, which seems to be the form she has the most control over, she has claws, can breathe fire and sprout wings to fly up to 90 feet. She also has a special move in her hybrid form called "Dragon Spinner" (originally called "MAD.G Corkscrew") where she puts her claws together and spins into the enemy, she used this move on Big Bozo.

Pearl has shown an unwillingness or inability to transform into her full dragon form, and has only accessed it twice so far, first in Episode 3 and later in Episode 30. In her full dragon form she increases greatly in size, becoming a large western style dragon with pink scales and long claws.

Fire Breath
Due to her extensive training and the stress of the fight with the Eighth Flame, Pearl has accessed a stronger fire breath.

Fireball
Pearl can breath fire and cause a fireball to explode right next to her target.

Fire Bolt
After more training, Pearl can shoot small bursts of flame in bolts

Special Attacks
Pearl has used some special techniques during fights since mastering her hybrid dragon form:


 * Dragon Spinner: First used by Pearl against Big Bozo during the Devil's Luck Pirates' adventure on Clown Island. Consists of Pearl bringing her clawed hands together and spinning rapidly to pierce his opponent. In its first appearance this attack was initially called the "MAD. G Corkscrew".
 * Flaming Claws: First used by Pearl against Luna during their fight in the desert around the Capitol of Duros. Pearl preforms this by breathing fire onto her claws to add extra fire damage to her attacks.
 * Flaming Dragon Spinner: First used by Pearl against Emperor Dominius during their fight in the Imperial Palace. A combination of Flaming Claws and Dragon Spinner. Pearl preforms this by breathing fire onto her claws to add extra fire damage to her attacks as well as spinning rapidly to pierce her opponent.

Haki
Pearl is aware of the existence of the power known as Haki. She has also trained in the use of Armament Haki to a degree, but never learned how to utilize it in combat.

William
Pearl and William started out on relatively bad terms, distrusting and regularly insulting each other throughout the earlier parts of the story. However, following the search for the Devil Fruit and Pearl joining the crew their relationship has improved significantly. While wary and suspicious of Pearl at first, William is now grateful to have Pearl on the crew for her capabilities and hard work. William has been shown to care for both Pearl's physical and mental well-being and has made an effort to take her opinions into consideration before making any major decisions, just as he does with the rest of the crew. Pearl holds William in high regard as her captain as a result, often relying on his orders during combat and regularly calling him by his title, even during casual conversation. They have been shown to work very well together both in- and outside of combat, and they regularly joke among themselves. Both have also demonstrated their willingness to put themselves in harm's way in order to protect the other one on several occasions.

Verona
Verona didn't seem to particularly trust Pearl at first, but he quickly grew to after she saved him from falling, potentially to his death, in Episode 3. The two seem to have since formed a bond of mutual respect and trust. During the fight with The Timber Lord, Verona accidentally shot Pearl, knocking her unconscious. However, it seems that this hasn't strained their relationship.

Duros
Pearl sees Duros as a kind and caring person and someone she can truly trust and look up to. Duros was the first of the crew to truly trust her, and when he learned she was the princess of the Tarako Kingdom and the younger sister of his liege Jasper, Duros promised to assist her in saving him. They both promised to protect the other in the Grand Line when Jasper made Duros promise to keep Pearl safe. When Pearl began to express feelings of uselessness to the crew, Duros started encouraging her and acting as a sympathetic figure. Overall, the two share a very strong bond, one akin to a father-daughter or a brother-sister relationship.

Ragnar
While Ragnar was humorously unable to see Pearl at first due to her small stature, he soon became one of the first of the crew to truly trust her. She and Ragnar often team up to perform special attacks in fights, most notably when they worked together to finish off Captain Marrow. She seems to greatly respect him for his power and loyalty, and Ragnar tends to be encouraging and supportive of Pearl in her own endeavors.

Gravy
Just like all the other members of the Crew, Pearl greatly enjoys Gravy's cooking and his company, although they do disagree when violence should be used, as Pearl has grown more willing to kill over the course of the journey.

Louis Le'cloque
Pearl and Louis seem to have a sense of polite cordiality with each other, even if they are not uniquely close. During the battle with The Timber Lord, Louis used his Devil Fruit to heal Pearl, potentially saving her life. In Episode 22 and after he got dumped by Cleo, Louis was inspired by Pearl to keep fighting and making the crew proud in order to make up for healing Cleo when she was almost dead. Louis seems to have become infatuated with Pearl. How Pearl feels about him in a romantic way is currently unknown but she most likely views him as a friend.

Cyril
Pearl at first has pity for Cyril after her crew accidentally caused him the loss of the right arm, but after the G4 arc and seeing him man up and fight for the justice in the world by killing Arzen she has grown to respect him, forgiving him for blasting her out of the sky and being happy to work with him. Cyril has developed an obvious crush on Pearl, blushing and stuttering whenever she's around him. It is not confirmed if Pearl shares the same sentiment, However we saw them go back to the Yogi Pooh 2, which had no one watching it, holding hands. Pearl believes that he will become a strong warrior in the future and tries to encourage him as much she can.

King Malachite
King Malachite is Pearl's father. He was an absolutely abhorrent father, feeding her a Devil Fruit at a young age and using it as a psychological tool to transform Pearl into a weapon for the Tarako Kingdom. Through this and other awful actions, such as making Pearl believe she was a monster (to the extent of forcing her to consume human flesh), Pearl came to absolutely despise him. She finally got her vengeance in Episode 8, where she killed Malachite in the throne room after defeating Eustass Valve and Captain Marrow.

Jasper
Jasper is Pearl's older brother and the two have a very close bond, as seen as Jasper calls her "Pearly". In spite of their father's mistreatment and Pearl's tragic upbringing. Pearl was a significant part of the reason why Jasper decided to launch a coup d'état in the Tarako Kingdom, and through his and Duros' efforts, managed to give her a chance to escape. Jasper would go on to say that while she was away there wasn't a day where he didn't cry, wondering if she was okay.

Unknown Mother
Not much is known about Pearl's mother aside from the fact that she died while giving birth to Pearl.

Atom
Pearl was quite wary of Atom, especially after Episode 3 where he attacked her. He would refer to her as a monster and a freak in Episode 4, much to the anger of her crewmates. However, she did not advocate for his death, instead believing he could be useful to the crew. When he was killed in a battle against Captain Marrow, Pearl was visibly upset over his demise. She would later assist Ragnar in avenging his death by enabling him to deal the final blow to Captain Marrow.

Hemlock
Pearl doesn't seem to have a particular opinion of Hemlock, mostly just untrusting of her (with good reason). However, she did not object to her helping them or leaving her in peace on Le Arbor after the fighting with The Timber Lord.

Cleo
Pearl absolutely despises Cleo for her eccentric and overly enthusiastic personality, which almost functions as a polar opposite to Pearl's shy, acerbic demeanor. During the Eight Flames Hideout Raid she seemed enthusiastic over the prospect of killing her.

History
Pearl was born as the princess of the Tarako Kingdom. She was force fed a Devil Fruit as a baby by her father, who lied to her about her powers, telling her that she was cursed. He would tell her that she must listen to everything he says or she would end up hurting innocent people-- all while her father raised her with stories of things like Sea Kings to scare her and trained her to be a living weapon. This mistreatment was so severe that he even forced Pearl to commit cannibalism, to drive deeper the idea that she was a monster and could never be cared for by people. However, her father did bring a clown in once to comfort her- showing he still cared for her, at least in some measure. At some point, with the help of Duros, Jasper was able to help Pearl escape Tarako Kingdom and their father.

Pearl was introduced in Episode 1, where she was hiding from the Marines on a small unnamed island. She helped the remains of the Devil's Luck Pirates get off of the small island. It was later revealed to the crew that Pearl is a princess from the Tarako Kingdom.

She joined the crew officially in Episode 3 as the crew's Martial Artist Dragon Girl (MAD.G for short). After helping the crew gather information about Ragnar's missing family, they headed to the Tarako Kingdom once more to liberate Jasper, overthrow the tyrannical King Malachite, and find Eustass Valve. At the end of the fighting, Pearl killed her father, finally getting revenge for all that he put her through.

Continuing on with the Devil's Luck Pirates, Pearl and the rest of the crew journeyed through Reverse Mountain to the Grand Line, where they encountered Louis Le'cloque and learned of their bounties. She would assist the crew in the resulting battles against Louis' brother, The Timber Lord, on L'Arbor.

After L'Arbor, Pearl joined the Crew in their fight against Big Bozo and to G4, where she threw away a chance at freedom to reaffirm her loyalty to the Crew.

Trivia

 * A large portion of Pearl's demeanor and attitude at the start of the series was similar to the tsundere personality trope.
 * Peal has shown some talent as a rapper while the Crew was on Krendor.
 * Pearl loves pineapple juice, as it is, in fact, the best juice.
 * Due to the abuse she faced as a child, namely her father forcing her to eat human flesh in order to turn her into a human weapon, Pearl has developed cannibalistic tendencies.
 * The information about Pearl's mother was revealed in Rustage's One Million Subscribers special stream (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1068312750).
 * If the Devil's Luck Pirates were to compete against each other in a drinking contest, Pearl would take the second place.
 * Pearl is the first Devil Fruit user and Zoan user shown in the story.
 * When Dominius betrayed the Devil's Luck Pirates in his original timeline, he killed Pearl first, deeming her full dragon form to be the biggest threat to him combat wise.
 * Pearl can also be assumed to hate mimes due to her comment of "Fuck Mimes!" when the crew was shitting on mimes and talking about how much they hate them.
 * Pearl has killed a grand total of 6 people after setting out to sea, Pearl has the 5th highest kill count on the Devil's Luck Pirates.
 * Pearl was stated to have went on a massacre in Tarako Kingdom killing every Steam Pipe Pirate she saw but we have never been given an exact number so they were all grouped up into adding 1 person to be as accurate as possible, but if we are ever given said number for these events this score will be adjusted.
 * If she lived in the real world, Pearl would be English.
 * If she had a job in the real world, Pearl would be a twitch streamer or police officer.
 * Pearl's favorite place to hang out on the Yogi Pooh is the Crows Nest along with Verona, but she doesn't really have one place he hangs out, going around with other people mostly.
 * Pearl's favorite food is meat, but mainly steak.
 * If Pearl was in the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, she would be a Firebender.
 * If Pearl was put on a morality scale with 0 being evil, 50 being neutral, and 100 being good, she would be given a 80.

Quotes

 * "I haven't been with you guys for very long, but if Duros tries to do anything sneaky, it seems like everyone within a twelve-mile radius can hear the clap of his asscheeks."
 * "Watching people die really makes you hungry."
 * ”I am a member of the Devil’s Luck Pirates and I am not ashamed of it!” - Pearl declaring her devotion to her crew.
 * "You're not a good brother. I know what it's like to have terrible family members." - Pearl to Trevor at G-4.
 * "Yes it'll make a lot of noise, it's a huge fuck off lever!"
 * "I'll enter the man-hole from the rear."
 * ”It doesn’t matter if your room was next to his last night, he was very loud!”
 * "Fuck Mimes!" - Pearl's opinion on mimes
 * "Captain, do I have permission to engage?"
 * "This is my crew. I trust you guys with my life!"
 * "Come on Duros, learn to loosen up a little bit."
 * "Ok, I will eat a bit of Jefferson for you, Verona."
 * "I've got this new move I wanna try out. It's called eating his fucking face off!"
 * "That tasted like shit!"
 * "Ragnar, you are really big...I can't carry you!"
 * "Permission to fuck it up, Captain?"
 * ”What’s the haps cap?!”
 * ”What’s the beef chief?!”
 * "I'm cool now, I smoke weed!"