Did Riot know they were gonna release vel Koz from 2-3 (even 4 maybe) years ago? wow

I remember this picture being out and around ever since 2011 I'mm sure of it in the lore section on the lobby or did riot randomly create this out of boredem and then few years later they thought yeah we will use this image come up with a random shit and then link these 2 champs together. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fyb2KC-q7ls/hqdefault.jpg