NPC = Non-Player Character, in computer games, it's normally a player that is controlled by the software and computer, not a real, live person.
If it was Eder Tomahn......Surprise!

The answer is: No, if you used Drizzle to download the Age for offline play, you were not suddenly online, it was something I put in to surprise people. Also, so that something would suddenly appear that was not there before.