Pearl

**Pearl** is a member of the Crystal Gems. She was Pink Diamond's second Pearl, and one of Rose Quartz's closest followers and her sole confidant. Pearl is one of the last surviving Gems on Earth who joined the Crystal Gems in their rebellion against the Gem Homeworld. Pearl would afterward protect the Earth over the next several millennia alongside her friends, while later teaching Steven the ways of Gems.

## Appearance

Pearl has a slender, thin build, ivory skin, light cyan eyes, a pointed nose, and thin lips. She is quite a tall Gem, towering over Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Peridot, and Steven alike. She is nearly equal in height (with hair) to Garnet's chin. Her complexion is ivory and her hair has a light peach color (looking light pink in some scenes) and resembles a pixie-cut in the front, while in the back, her hair leads to a point. Pearl is usually drawn without eyelashes or pupils, although they have been seen in some close-ups. Pearl's gemstone is located in the middle of her forehead and has no facets.

## Personality

Pearl is a perfectionist who is knowledgeable on a plethora of topics that value organization. Pearl has a penchant for symmetry and very high attention to detail. Despite her perfectionism and occasional bragging, Pearl suffers from low self-esteem.

Pearl is easily flustered and overwhelmed when confronted by the unknown or when her plans fail, which can lead to her judgment being clouded or cause her to act on impulse instead of rational thinking. She has shown to some selfless traits when despite her failed attempt to finish the battle with Hiccup in his cursed lava form, she brought someone who could to help him.

Out of all the Crystal Gems, Pearl is the most poorly adjusted to life on Earth, being unaware of social conventions and culture, such as jokes, games, arcades, food, and birthday parties. She claimed to have been around during the millennium when humans lived without any light and were aware that they used to hunt and gather. She appeared quite surprised that that despite the existence of modern Huntsmen and Huntress to battle the Grimm.

## Powers and Abilities

Pearl possesses standard Gem abilities: bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability.

Despite this talent, she cannot craft or upgrade weaponry and has to rely on Bismuth for that task. Furthermore, due to Pearl's lack of update in terms of current Gem technology for thousands of years, she is unfamiliar with some current Gem technology like the operating system in the Roaming Eye in which she needs Peridot to check the system for her and the Crystal Gems.

**Spear Proficiency**: Through her many years of training, Pearl can summon her weapon, a pearlescent spear. Pearl is very skilled in the art of spear-wielding and goes in tandem with her pattern of fighting that involves formal (Ballet) dancing. She moves gracefully and swiftly, attacking with grace and poise. She stays calm and collected during melee battles, duels, and skirmishes. Pearl also has great skill in throwing her spear.

* **Dual Wielding**: Pearl is capable of wielding dual spears in battle, implying she is ambidextrous.
* **Energy Projection**: Pearl can fire arrow-like blasts of energy from the tip of her spear. This can be done as rapid-fire or charged to unleash a more powerful blast. This ability is named "Fireball". It is implied that this ability may have been developed sometime after the title character was bubbled by Rose.
* **Swordsmanship**: Pearl possesses expert knowledge and skill with a sword. For one on one dueling, Pearl's preferred weapon is a straight-bladed saber. Pearl's parries are tight and minimalist; her offense is a pattern that is specific to the environment. This pattern consists of lunges, thrusts, and horizontal slashes.
* **Gem-tech Interfacing**: While not to the extent of Peridot, she is be able to interface and control Gem technology such as the Gem Warship and, to a greater extent, Peridot's escape pod. When she interfaces with Gem-tech, her eyes become overlapped with what looks like a programming code.
* **Mentoring**: Pearl homeschools Steven effective enough to make him score a perfect mark in human conventional school. This is also shown in how effectively she has trained both Steven and Connie to fight.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Swords**: Pearl possesses a vast collection of swords consisting of cutlasses, Persian Talwars, and sabers which she stores within the central fountain in her room.
	+ Pearl's preferred sword when teaching sword fighting lessons is a standard adult training saber.

## Background Information

Pearl is one of the main protagonists of the Cartoon Network series *crystal Gems.*