A Look at the Drakkin

Today, SOE released some images of the new Drakkin race in action. Here are those screenshots, as well as some history about the Drakkin.



After Venril Sathir's curse was released into the Nest and destroyed the dragon eggs, it was clear that the future of dragonkind was in danger.  With the next generation of dragons lost forever, Veeshan's bloodline was in jeopardy. Six dragons who were children of the Nest proposed a plan to their elders -- the creation of a race to protect dragons and the Wyrmqueen's bloodline, something they had seen done once before.

The six dragons were scoffed at by the elders of the Nest, but they were so adamant with the idea that the elder dragons ordered their exile so their ideas would not gain a foothold.  To the elders, it was unthinkable.  The six left the Nest and ignored the decree of the elders.  They settled in the nearby Serpent Spine Mountains to carry out their plan to create a new race to protect the existence of Veeshan's bloodline on Norrath.  They would create a race of dragon-touched humans and call them Drakkin which means “Dragon Child” in the language of the elders.

They called themselves the Circle of the Crystalwing, defining themselves as the future of dragonkind.  The six dragons in the Circle:  Venesh the Greenblood; Draton`ra, Master of the Void; Keikolin, Bringer of Enlightenment; Mysaphar, Seeker of All; Atathus the Red Lord; and Osh`vir the Windspirit. 

In human form, the dragons traveled to Freeport and combed through the taverns and inns, looking for the right humans to suit this new race. The honorable dragons found many who sympathized with their plight and plans and agreed to help right the wrongs that mortals inflicted on dragons of the Nest by unleashing Venril's curse.  Many humans considered it a great honor. The darker dragons were not so willing to negotiate and simply took the human subjects they desired.  Each human taken was touched by the magic of a single drop of dragon’s blood across their cheek.

In only a matter of months, the dragon-touched humans began to experience changes, a coming-of-age that became known as the Awakening.  It is then that the latent strengths they inherit from their dragon bloodline surface and they have a burning desire to better understand them.  Their hair takes on new texture and color – the same color as the dragon who touched them.  Parts of their skin show small, toughened scales, and runic patterns representing their new race began to show on their face, torsos and legs – all in the color of their dragon progenitor.  Delicate horns appear in patterns on their foreheads. They are the essence of beauty to most who see them.

As their new traits develop, the drakkins yearn to meet their parents.  They find themselves on a pilgrimage into the Serpent Spine Mountains. Their final destination is the ancient abandoned ogre city of Nokk, now alive with drakkin who call it Crescent Reach.

As they enter the Dragon’s Grove of the great stone city where their parents await them, their human past is lost forever.  It is from their parents that the drakkin learn their purpose – to live and grow stronger to protect the future of Veeshan's bloodline on Norrath.  With their new identity affirmed, their drakkin life truly begins.








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I am unsure about these guys.
# Sep 11 2006 at 6:57 PM Rating: Decent
I guess when I first saw the prototype face shots a few months ago, I pictured something more Darth Maulish. I'm thinking these are more Will & Gracish.

But that's just me.
'Touched by dragon's blood'
# Sep 10 2006 at 3:51 PM Rating: Default
Retarded idea... surely anyone who has killed a dragon probably got painted with dragon blood what with tearing huge dragon appart at close quarters? does my halfling get to have tattoos too then?
Drakkin Race
# Sep 10 2006 at 8:05 AM Rating: Decent
zomg the Drakkin ROCK!!! They are fantastic looking and their movements are very different from the other races...dragonlike even. The markings and scale like horns are very dragon like too. I grouped with a male Drakkin on Beta (hope it's ok to say that SOE hehe) and he was awesome looking...not in the slightest "gay" as some redneck in another post put it. Elegant and VERY wise, sure of himself and his dragon strength :)) Sure these toons are not jocked out barbarians. They are not primative and bulky either. We already have male characters like that in EQ. You want big? Grab an Ogre, Troll, Vahshir or Barb for your next toon. SOE did something quite different, and imho great with this race. They have always promoted intelligence, it is fitting that the new race place a strong emphasis on strength through higher intellect. The female Drakkin exude exotic beauty, their hair and markings are fantastic and very warrior - like. AND don't even get me started on the armor and robes!!!!! *swoon* The armor and clothing are to die for, really just excellent job on that *cheers* to the EQ artists <3 I am very happy to say I will be starting new toons in the Drakkin race soon!!!!
Serpantious demonfang
# Sep 10 2006 at 1:10 AM Rating: Default
Ok you did it I waited for my joyfull metamorphisis into a drakkin. Visions of quasi iskar with cool horns and just possibly{oh god how cool would wings be} OK I liked the look of some of the spirit shrouds{GOBLIN WIZARD} why not use that as a base but noooo u had to go and stick [FREAKING TINY] thorn sized horns on. I have played rpg since 1975 & have made lots of stuff are you out of ideas or just lazy? uhh no need to guess is there hey ?
hook a bat wing on a horned human/iskar = drakkin or somthing like that no problem I can always just read a cool book.
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nothing better
# Sep 10 2006 at 12:32 AM Rating: Default
Ohh You poor souls!!
Classes
# Sep 09 2006 at 7:26 PM Rating: Default
These guys do look a little fruity. I wonder what classes they will be allowed to be. By the way, everyone is right, playing a gobiling or an orc would be fun, but what about a minitor, or even a behemoth. Even a flying dwarf would be more exciting, but who knows maybe these guys will have a built in abillity to morf into a Dragon. That would be cool.
No Old school this time
# Sep 06 2006 at 10:18 PM Rating: Default

It's been like 6 years and the most obvious of the classes were never touched on. I remember specifically pre-luclin they mentioned a new race was coming out.i was positive i had it pegged.. instead i got the crappy Vah shir. Pretty much A bigger version of the kerans, who i used to rock for my hero bracers.:). Where the hell are my Goblins and Orcs? Been a long time coming, but now i fear it's too late. The game isn't half of what it used to be.. less is more.. ask someone who's actually lvled in crushbone.. or took a boat to FV for the first time. Waited in EC tunnel for someone to Auc a wurmslayer for under 5k...those that remember will agree with me. Would have been nice to be a Gobby in Sol A
Y o Y
# Sep 01 2006 at 8:32 AM Rating: Default
Why couldn't they take the models of the mobs from RSS and tweak them slightly i mean they have Horns, tails, differing colors and what not and I truly believe that many of us would agree that interest and desire to play the new race would be much higher!

male toons could have the beefed up look of a barbarians masculinity and yet still the traits of the dragon that "touched" them

female toons more of fem darkelf body style w/ drakkin traits

OMG look I can work for SOE
:(
# Aug 29 2006 at 8:34 AM Rating: Default
They should be red and look likea mix of dragon and demon, that would be cool. SoE made them look gay though. :(
what classes?????????
# Aug 26 2006 at 11:04 AM Rating: Decent
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aaaand which classes wil these gays be...i think bard for sure =P
yuckk the Drakkin suck
# Aug 25 2006 at 9:23 AM Rating: Decent
They should of expanded amount of characters you can create. I won't be wasting my hard earned money on this expansion.
LOL
# Aug 23 2006 at 2:30 PM Rating: Default
So... When are they going to try to take over Canada and rename it?
LOL
# Aug 23 2006 at 2:28 PM Rating: Default
So.. When are they going to try to take over Canada and rename it?
"You think you're all that... But You're NOT!"
# Aug 23 2006 at 7:57 AM Rating: Default
These guys couldn't look less intimidating if you painted them blue and called them "Doctor."
Oh dear god in heaven...
# Aug 21 2006 at 12:59 PM Rating: Default
I'm not much for religon but if this is what they are gonna make the new race look like then SOE better have a few favors to call in from the man upstairs if they want anyone to actually buy the expansion for anything other than the new AA's and level cap.

I have never seen anything more horrid looking anywhere. I don't really care how people describe these, they are some whole new level of ugly, hell we need a new word for it it's that bad.

I was so hyped up to try one of these when they came out, now the only reason I plan to get the new expansion is for the new AA's and level cap. These are so bad I almost wish I had a high level toon on a PVP server just so I could run around and kill every one of them I could find and call it cleaning up after bad taste!

Please SOE go to your design department, reach down, and help them pull their heads out of there rectums, and then tell them to scrap this Pile of Sh*t and try again.
SOE hire Micheal Jackson??
# Sep 11 2006 at 6:57 PM Rating: Default
What were they thinking... The idea is a very interesting one, but the models look more like a Micheal Jackson verson of a sand elf. While i congratulate SOE on what they have, the new Drakkin race is a horrid look. Dragons...wings big teeth SCALES HORNS - these Drakkin have none of that...a light breeze will nock them down.....scrap it and get an RSS model to work with
Oh dear god in heaven...
# Sep 11 2006 at 6:53 PM Rating: Default
I totally agree. SOE did a bad job creating a "Human-touched by Dragons" These "Drakkin" look more like a micheal jackson verson of a sand elf. I congratulate SOE on all of the things they have done so far, but these Drakkin are horrid.
Oh dear god in heaven...
# Sep 11 2006 at 6:49 PM Rating: Default
AMEN !!!!!
Homophobia
# Aug 21 2006 at 12:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Not saying that I like the new models any more than others who have posted here... however...
Why is it always the position of the ignorant and immature to refer to something as "gay", then equate it to something detestable or loathesome? I've always reserved the term "homophobe" to equal such descriptions.
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Nice work SOE :P
# Aug 20 2006 at 9:12 AM Rating: Default
um, so the Other reason for getting the new expaniton is the lvl 75 cap? Must be, because these are pretty sorry looking. If you want something that looks half dragon, you might just be stuck with an Iksar. I'm not impressed at ALL with these Drakkin critters. They better have some other redeeming qualities or they'll be the laughing stock of servers everywhere.
HHMMM
# Aug 19 2006 at 5:37 PM Rating: Decent

OK...I realize that the Drakkins here are not like the Drakkins my friends and myself always fought in D&D which are very dragon-like (more like Dragorns) but come on....these suck. How many of you think a dragon-touched human would get skinnier and uglier than normal humans?? ("They are the essence of beauty to most who see them." hmmm)
Also, why in the name of Karana would DRAGONS need some tweaked out homos like these protecting THEM??? Needless to say, I am very disappointed thus far...SOE could at least put our money to good use and IMPROVE the expansions. Oh well.

Chazmir Tormtor
Human Monk - Bristlebane (Solusek Ro)
Level 62
omg
# Aug 18 2006 at 9:39 AM Rating: Default
3 Words, They look Gay


SoE You sucked Big time.
omg
# Aug 18 2006 at 2:25 PM Rating: Decent
Holy cow they messed up big time. SOE had to have been drunk when they made these guys they look so gay.

Edited, Aug 18th 2006 at 3:32pm EDT by jperrijr
CAN"T....STOP.....PUKING...! ! !
# Aug 18 2006 at 12:39 AM Rating: Decent
Now I see why the Elder Dragons were against the idea in the first place.

Really people....I want to puke....right now...on my keyboard...
Well...
# Aug 16 2006 at 1:26 PM Rating: Default
Well, I imagined that the Drakkin would look more like Dragorns or something. Everyone else has already said what I would have said (about this being a lack of creativity) so I'm going to save time and space by not repeating that. However, I am still really dissapointed that they don't look as good as I, and probably a lot of others, had hoped. I deleted a decent character for one of these thing, now I somewhat regret that.

P.S.
Wtf is up with the guy in the 3rd picture?
New Drakkins
# Aug 15 2006 at 4:46 PM Rating: Decent
These guys are totally cool, and they look hot in the armor. Can't wait to see what the females look like
Drakkin or Undersized Barbarians
# Aug 15 2006 at 9:19 AM Rating: Decent
Sigh.....

To be honest the new race Drakkin is a disappointment. When I first heard bout them I expected a Humanoid race with dragon like features. And what did we get? We got undersized barbarians with diff tattos, big woop. A complete lack of imagination for the new race.

Other stuff. Besides the lack of imagination for the new race the rest is looking pretty good. New zones are huge, graphics look pretty good considering the graphics engine they are useing, new armor looks good. And its nice that for those who wish to play the new race can do it all in one generalized area. Over all the expansion should be good. But yes i have to agree .... SCRAP the current model for Drakkin and start again.
It's not a mirrior, it's a monitor!
# Aug 15 2006 at 9:12 AM Rating: Decent
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OMG, We are so into this that the tunes image is becomming the deciding factor for whether to play it or not. Not that I like the Twiggy on steriods look, but her/his looks aren't a huge factor for me. What's under that tunic? That's the thing -- will Dragonkin have new abilities? Interesting quests? A new religon? Special crafts talents? Do the females have nice.... well, stop that dirty mind of yours.... nice combat weapons? Will the streets of Crescent Reach be filled with interestring dialogue and make me want to explore for alleyways and alcoves? ? I have already deleted an ugly barbarian warrior to make a spot ready for my Drakkin and can't wait to fine tune the looks and abilities of whichever class I can. And if you pst me with jokes about his swish I'll knock you on your bum!
Flame ON!
# Aug 15 2006 at 8:35 AM Rating: Default
The last one... Looks like Matt Damon pretending to be a gay magician...

Even if I somehow miraculously make it to 70 before this comes out, I am not going to get it, there are zones in previous expansions where you can level to 75 on mobs that are still yellow and red at 70. If the AAs are worth it, then, yeah, but so help me, unless they change this gay tarts, I am not playing one.

C'mon SoE, you've gotten monthly payments from me for YEARS! Gimme something worth my time.
Flame ON!
# Aug 16 2006 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
You will more than likely have to buy the expansion to level to 75, because as in past expansions (i.e. OoW) you had to purchase before advancing into the new level cap. But good luck trying to get 71 without the expansion it will more than likely not happen.
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