Dragons gain new powers as they accumulate more energies. At each stage of growth, they gain a new ability, usually culminating with the twelfth ability when they accumulate . The usual progression of powers is as follows:

• Level 1: Soothing breath
• Level 2: Immunity to provocation
• Level 3: Immunity to coercion
• Level 4: Immunity to sharp edges
• Level 5: Scales grant temporary untouchability
• Level 6: Zone of serenity
• Level 7: Complete peace touch, once a year
• Level 8: Moderate healing at will
• Level 9: Danger sense
• Level 10: Negotiation instinct
• Level 11: Summon herd of horses
• Level 12: Untouchable

All dragons accumulate energies by absorbing them naturally from the area around them. As such, they must carefully cultivate their lairs to provide the right kinds of energies, hence they hoard appropriate objects.

Other common powers include causing sleep, protective barrier, instilling endurance, mindreading, and empathy.

Pearl dragons lay their eggs in bowers built out of tall grass, and a parental couple usually guards and raises their young. Pearl dragons mate for life. They live in small communities on the plains and hill lands, making peace with local communities, which help them trade for treasures to hoard. They offer protection and education in exchange.

Pearl dragons have a reverence for scholars, ambassadors, and traders, and they often split their communities such that these things can be focused on. The ambassadors are the only ones who commonly leave, and they are called kren-diief. Pearl dragons love to learn new languages, write poetry, and have long conversations, and they will pull newcomers into these for days at a time.

When a pearl dragon grows old, they are given places of honor in their communities until they pass away. Their funerals are quiet and respectful, often including a listing off of their achievements.