The DragonFable team based the show's name on the game's central town Falconreach, and came up with "Falconreach's Got Talent" and "Falconreach Idol," and then decided on "Falconreach Idle." ...

But when the lead animator of DragonFable had to take unplanned time off to recover from pneumonia, the team was left without a way to make the cutscenes for their Christmas event finale.