So apparently Demacian knights used to ride legendary ebony wyverns into battle.

Wut.

This information was just dropped right on us. Was there some sort of buildup that I missed? Am I being an idiot right now?

"When Demacian knights rode to war,” says Lonewingy, “they were protected by the anti-magical properties emitting from the statue.” With this aura in place, few could throw the Knights from their mounts, the legendary ebony wyverns. Thus, the sculptor Durand specifically designed Galio to look like a chimeric combination of knights and wyverns, to signify the unity of Demacian warrior and beast.

Seriously, the way they say this makes it sound like these wyverns are, like, a big part of Demacian culture. Can we talk about this?