Dragalxen uses its staff to poison foes from afar and to cause a great number of illnesses to them, including rapid cell division. It uses burning globs of poison as markers of where its territory lies.
When the twig is plucked from its tail, friction sets the twig alight. Their poison is strong enough to eat through the hull of a tanker, and they spit it indiscriminately at anything that enters their territory.