Who is the Drafling?

[RaphaNissi]

Starting a new thread because this topic was brought up in the never ending thread, and the topic has been interesting me for a while now.    Who is this half dragon and half halfling that we have heard about?  Sir Tatters makes reference to him as his Creator.  The Norrathain reporter (yes, I now half of what he says is just gossip) says he's been sighted in the Dragon Isles.  Fiddy Bobick stole his dolls from the Drafling tower.   Why does he have his own special tower in Rivervale?  Vhalen made reference to the tower in eqlive's Misty Thicket was originally going to be the Drafling's tower.  How did he get to be half dragon?  Did Bristlebane create him that way, or was he the result of some kind of experiment?  These are questions I've had for a while now.  This seemingly gruff and mean Drafling has my interest, and I'd like ot know more.  Any other quests or books talk about him?<div></div>

[Evilcow]

he got beaten up by a certian gnome monk named Gawww so he built that tower and sits up there cries and sleeps all day long  :smileyvery-happy:

[kyrr]

I'd like more of a background on him too. I feel at a distinct disadvantage in the lore area. I started w/EQ II back in Feb of this year. I LOVE lore, and try to get my brain on any I can find. So when some peeps start arguing details about EQ1, EQOA, EQLive or whatever else came before I tend to go numb. I have no clue about a lot of it so I feel left out. Besides I want the story, not wether or not so and so liked polka dots vs stripes. :smileywink: Oh wait, I had a point to make in this post, what was it again.............oh that's right. Was there ever a picture/model made of the drafling? A half dragon/half hafling would be an interesting sight to see I'd think. What color would the scales be?? Hmmmmmmm..............................

[KniteShayd]

I wanna say that i read some where (here or in game) that he was a result from a dragon, or one of dragon kind, breeding with a halfling.

[Coccinea_Maga]

<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV>Jorbo and Mappy, two friends who left for an exciting journey one day, happened across a very interesting person. Looking just like a halfling, the man had lizard scales covering his entire body, and two small little horns sprouting from the top of his head. He was chewing on a small wooden stick, and would puff smoke between words. Interested at their discovery, the friends asked him if the man knew where to find adventure.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Laughing and puffing smoke, the odd halfling introduced himself as the Drafling. He said he knew many different places where to find adventure, and offered to show the two boys where to find it. Taking him up on his invitation, both Jorbo and Mappy followed him to adventures they never would have found on their own.</DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV>Source:  <A href="http://lorenorrath.free.fr/read.php?link=jorbomappy2" target=_blank>More Adventures of Jorbo and Mappy</A><BR></DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV>Jorbo and Mappy had many exciting adventures ever since the moment they left their mothers behind and left the kitchen. Having narrowly escaped an orc, an old witch, and seeing a dragon-like halfling, they knew there was so much more out there to find. With a little help from the Drafling, they intended to do just that - find more adventure. <HR> Source:  <A href="http://lorenorrath.free.fr/read.php?link=jorbomappy3" target=_blank>Even More Adventures of Jorbo and Mappy</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV>To me, the Drafling sounds almost like a cross between the Wizard of Oz, a fairy godmother (father), and a character from a Brothers Grimm/Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale.

[Krilinye]

<blockquote><hr>KniteShayd wrote:I wanna say that i read some where (here or in game) that he was a result from a dragon, or one of dragon kind, breeding with a halfling.<hr></blockquote>Omg... the..picture..of a dragon and a halfling... mating... Get it out! Geez! Sure hope the drag aint on top!

[Kraven Coldblade]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Krilinye wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KniteShayd wrote:<BR> I wanna say that i read some where (here or in game) that he was a result from a dragon, or one of dragon kind, breeding with a halfling.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>Omg... the..picture..of a dragon and a halfling... mating... <STRONG>Get it out! Geez! Sure hope the drag aint on top!<BR></STRONG> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>[Removed for Content]... </P> <P> </P> <P>ahem. ya that was funny. </P>

[zixtent]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Krilinye wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KniteShayd wrote:<BR> I wanna say that i read some where (here or in game) that he was a result from a dragon, or one of dragon kind, breeding with a halfling.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>Omg... the..picture..of a dragon and a halfling... mating... Get it out! Geez! <STRONG>Sure hope the drag aint on top!</STRONG><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>That is just wrong [Removed for Content]!!<BR></DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>The lore says that he was around back during EQlive, but it should be noted that there was never actually such an NPC in the game. So even though the lore says he was back around then, which I have no objection to, he was only now introduced into the games themselves with EQ2... or at least more attention focused on him.</DIV>

[Mirander_1]

<div></div>He's a lot like Mayong, in a strange sort of way.  One of those people you hear about, but no one ever actually sees<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Mirander wrote:<BR> He's a lot like Mayong, in a strange sort of way.  One of those people you hear about, but no one ever actually sees<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Well, Mayong Mistmoore was a story NPC often seen in GM events, and he was even located in his own castle back during Beta, but was removed because his model (the Maestro of Rancor from Plane of Hate) was too large to contain within the tower in the courtyard, and people agroed him easily from outside.</P> <P> </P> <P>But unlike Mistmoore, the Drafling really wasn't even so much as mentioned in Eqlive or had any focus drawn towards him.</P>

[RaphaNissi]

<div><blockquote><hr>Mirander wrote:<div></div>He's a lot like Mayong, in a strange sort of way.  One of those people you hear about, but no one ever actually sees<div></div><hr></blockquote>In a strange sort of way, yep <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.  I never did get to see Mayong myself.  I think my husband did once.  Obviously, teh Drafling has quite a story to tell since the concept of him was started way back when.  Maybe the bard from the past will come sing us a tale.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>He was a male dark elf, just FYI.</DIV>

[KniteShayd]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>He was a male dark elf, just FYI.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Mayong, not the drafling, for those who don't know.

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KniteShayd wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>He was a male dark elf, just FYI.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Mayong, not the drafling, for those who don't know.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Well, yes. As I mentioned above, the Drafling was never an actual NPC (and I don't believe he was ever even mentioned once either) in EverQuest.

[Mirander_1]

<div></div>I think I read somewhere (can't remember where) that a Drafling faction existed in the game<div></div>

[Lyriel]

Yes, you took a faction hit to Drafling when you killed the leatherfoot deputy that you could see swimming around outside that one bar in Neriak. I am not sure I ever saw another way to influence that faction, or ever heard what it was for. But it existed.

[RaphaNissi]

There was supposed to be an ogre servant of the Drafling's found in Misty Thicket.  Does anyone remember him and how does an ogre get involved in this crazy tale?<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Mirander wrote:<BR> I think I read somewhere (can't remember where) that a Drafling faction existed in the game<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>AHH!! I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT!</P> <P> </P> <P>You're right! I remember raising faction with the Drafling all the time yet there was never anything to go to it.</P> <P> </P> <P>As for that ogre servant, there weren't any regular ogre NPC's in Misty Thicket.</P>

[Coccinea_Maga]

<div></div><div></div>No there weren't any regular ogre NPCs in the Thicket, but according <a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=lore&message.id=7080&query.id=0#M7080" target="_blank">this post</a> there was an ogre there at one time.______________________Edited to include post: <div><blockquote><hr>Vhalen wrote:<div>The Drafling existed in original EQ lore. The groundwork for his possible EQLive existence could be found just outside of Rivervale in the Misty Thicket. In the thicket you can see a tower on the halfling side of the Wall. That was going to be his tower. <font color="#3399ff"><b>One of his ogre servants actually made an appearance there, but most likely got pulled from the zone over the years.</b></font></div><div> </div><div>As for the Drafling in the Age of Destiny... we have not forgotten about him.</div><div> </div><div>Note: Did you know the that the original spelling of 'Drafling' was actually 'Dralfling'? Over the design years the he lost an 'L'.</div><div> </div><hr></blockquote></div> <font size="1">*Emphasis mine</font> <div></div><p>Message Edited by Coccinea_Maga on <span class=date_text>07-28-2006</span> <span class=time_text>08:15 PM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Yeah a GM playing an ogre gave me some sandwiches and juice one day. He was going around Misty Thicket giving everyone some food and drink.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There wasn't anything special about it though. No GM event or background on the ogre. Just a nice ogre. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Xxile]

I've been lookin for npcs in eq1 beastiary off zam for his faction but i cant find any. But yeah i remember that faction maybe it didnt get put in cuz no 1 realy noticed it.

[RPZip]

<div><blockquote><hr>Coccinea_Maga wrote:<div></div> <blockquote dir="ltr"> <div> <hr> </div> <div>Jorbo and Mappy, two friends who left for an exciting journey one day, happened across a very interesting person. Looking just like a halfling, the man had lizard scales covering his entire body, and two small little horns sprouting from the top of his head. He was chewing on a small wooden stick, and would puff smoke between words. Interested at their discovery, the friends asked him if the man knew where to find adventure.</div> <div> </div> <div>Laughing and puffing smoke, the odd halfling introduced himself as the Drafling. He said he knew many different places where to find adventure, and offered to show the two boys where to find it. Taking him up on his invitation, both Jorbo and Mappy followed him to adventures they never would have found on their own.</div> <div> <hr> </div> <div>Source:  <a href="http://lorenorrath.free.fr/read.php?link=jorbomappy2" target="_blank">More Adventures of Jorbo and Mappy</a></div> <div> <hr> </div> <div>Jorbo and Mappy had many exciting adventures ever since the moment they left their mothers behind and left the kitchen. Having narrowly escaped an orc, an old witch, and seeing a dragon-like halfling, they knew there was so much more out there to find. With a little help from the Drafling, they intended to do just that - find more adventure. <hr> Source:  <a href="http://lorenorrath.free.fr/read.php?link=jorbomappy3" target="_blank">Even More Adventures of Jorbo and Mappy</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div></blockquote> <div> </div>To me, the Drafling sounds almost like a cross between the Wizard of Oz, a fairy godmother (father), and a character from a Brothers Grimm/Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale.<hr></blockquote>To me he sounds a lot like Gandalf, actually, albeit Gandalf wasn't a half-dragon. He's smoking a pipe, carrying a stick and leading Hobbits - er... Halflings on crazy adventures?</div>

[Cyrikk]

In the Art book that came bundled with the collectors edition It shows a picture of what looks to me like a stone bulldog looking thing on the same page that described the Drafling Tower zone. I guess thats always how I assumed he looked. On a unrelated note - theres also a sweet sketch of Cazic Thule atop the temple where Danak currently is.<div></div>

[RaphaNissi]

<div><blockquote><hr>Xxile wrote:<div></div>I've been lookin for npcs in eq1 beastiary off zam for his faction but i cant find any. But yeah i remember that faction maybe it didnt get put in cuz no 1 realy noticed it.<hr></blockquote>This <a href="http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=2183" target=_blank>Leatherfoot Deputy</a> must be who you remember.  Interesting how a halfling spy in Neriak was connected to the Drafling.  Hm....</div>

[Liched]

I have a strange feeling that this guy was involved with Miragul. Perhaps one of his experiments when he passed near RIvervale. Needless to say he is some how connected to one of Miragul's acoyltes 'Salon McMoor'. In what way, I am unsure. I believe this story arc was never implemented. <div></div>

[Zabjade]

<div></div><font color="#66ff00"><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Either a Dragon had access to Illusion Halfling, or a Halfling had access to Illusion Dragon.Who was the mother, who was the father?</font></font></font><blockquote><hr><font color="#ffffff" face="Century" size="3">Krilinye wrote:</font><blockquote><hr><font color="#ffffff" face="Century" size="3">KniteShayd wrote:</font><font color="#ffffff" face="Century" size="3">I wanna say that i read some where (here or in game) that he was a result from a dragon, or one of dragon kind, breeding with a halfling.</font><hr></blockquote><font color="#ffffff" face="Century" size="3">Omg... the..picture..of a dragon and a halfling... mating... Get it out! Geez! Sure hope the drag aint on top!</font><hr></blockquote><div></div>

[steelbadger]

well in the fantasy world dragons quite often have the ability to shapeshift into bipedal creatures.  And indeed in this game also.Look at Darathar/The Sage Of Ages or Barakah and Siyamak.<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Yeah but a dragon would never ACT like a halfling.</DIV>

[Trepan]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Yeah a GM playing an ogre gave me some sandwiches and juice one day. He was going around Misty Thicket giving everyone some food and drink.</div> <div> </div> <div>There wasn't anything special about it though. No GM event or background on the ogre. Just a nice ogre. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><hr></blockquote>Heh, sounds like Ngreth passing out Niami goods <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> My personal take (and this is only my personal theory) is that the Drafling is Brell's attempt at understanding dragon-kind.. or he and Bristlebane got together and created him as a parody - or he's an escapee from the Plane of Mischief.</div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Trepan wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>Yeah a GM playing an ogre gave me some sandwiches and juice one day. He was going around Misty Thicket giving everyone some food and drink.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There wasn't anything special about it though. No GM event or background on the ogre. Just a nice ogre. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Heh, sounds like Ngreth passing out Niami goods <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <BR><BR> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Considering that GM's on Rallos Zek dont have <FONT color=#ff0000>red names</FONT> like the players do, i'd say not...

[steelbadger]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Yeah but a dragon would never ACT like a halfling.</div><hr></blockquote>hehehe, I don't think a halfling could ever act like a dragon either though. <span>:smileytongue:</span></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>we have nothing to show that he does though.</DIV>

[steelbadger]

hmmm...  I think we have both gotten the wrong end of the stick Cusa...I meant that a dragon could shift into halfling form to procreate with a real halfling, resulting in a drafling.  I think you thought I was saying that the drafling was really a dragon in halfling form...<div></div>

[Trepan]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Trepan wrote: <div> <blockquote> <hr></blockquote>Heh, sounds like Ngreth passing out Niami goods <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <hr> </div></blockquote>Considering that GM's on Rallos Zek dont have <font color="#ff0000">red names</font> like the players do, i'd say not...<hr></blockquote>"sounds" does not equal "is"     Being literal is not always a good thing - you miss out on so much amusement that way.Anyway, another of my pet theories (Since we have NO background on the creation or early years of the halflings) is that they were hatched...  some people maintain that Halflings sprang whole from pies, but the Drafling is a convenient target to conjecture produced the eggs from which the little hairy buggers were hatched.I think he also made the cool zorro hats the guards wore.   1/2 hafling, 1/2 dragon, 1/2 haberdasher.</div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> steelbadger wrote:<BR>hmmm...  I think we have both gotten the wrong end of the stick Cusa...<BR><BR>I meant that a dragon could shift into halfling form to procreate with a real halfling, resulting in a drafling.  I think you thought I was saying that the drafling was really a dragon in halfling form...<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>hmm. You're right.

[Zabjade]

<font color="#66ff00"><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">The dragon was likely trying to find out cooking secrets raw/charr/poisoned/diseased/iced  adventurer gets old after a while and there is treasure in-them-there secret provisioner recipies! </font></font></font><div></div>