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Hey Bioluminesence. Just hoping for some non meme answers

WarWork·2/27/2018, 6:29:34 PM·14 votes·4,841 views

Hey Bio. I'm a real fan of yours you are a champion on boards. I was just hoping if you could answer some old questions I had that were never answered or answered in a joke (if you don't know I would love to hear the thoughts of other rioters).

But my question is why was in necessary to make Galio that big and does it make sense? Also does the answer justify how stupidly large he is (he was made to be a movable bulwark, how in the hell a nation that doesn't use magic or tech do this) ? I actually love his new personality and everything about his lore except literally his size. That's the tl;dr question below is a comment I copied from a post about how I fee.l

It felt to me they only made him gargoyle enough to pass as Galio. And what I hate about the new lore is that they introduce some new ideas that have just simply put, logical problems and almost never address it, answer questions or if they do they respond in memes and jokes. Back to galio as an example, he was built to be a mobile anti magic shield (all in his lore) , and this dude comes back with a statue of liberty? How do they move this? Demacia doesn't use magic and from what we can tell they aren't technologically advanced so how did they expect to move him? How was doran not put to death??? And on another note about galio, in his stories with Lux, how does he move and leave the damn city, without anyone noticing or being concerned? How is this not an issue and go unnoticed or without consequences??? Especially in a notably magic-phobic state? I think Galio was just made too huge, his stories and lore would make a lot more sense if he was even just 20 feet. Something that big moving in a war doesn't just disappear into folk tales, that makes no sense.

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RiotBioluminescence2/27/2018, 8:48:51 PM17 votes

I'll see if there are answers I can share. Gimmie a couple of days in case folks are out of the office before I get back to you.

NO PROMISES though. I could get into a lot of bother if I make promises.

ModWulf Helhammer2/27/2018, 7:21:06 PM8 votes

how in the hell a nation that doesn't use magic or tech do this) ?

People built the Pyramids, Great Wall of China, Colosseum.

Don't forget the power of many people and animals working together

RiotRiotJaredan3/4/2018, 1:34:06 AM7 votes

/walks by. Oh, hello!

Personally, from an in-world story logic perspective, I think the idea was that as Gallio is meant to nullify magic on the field, just having a chunk of petricite on a wagon isn't going to be enough against larger magical forces (as there were more of in Demacia's past).

To protect a large number of troops against a large number of, let's say, bloodmages, moving something that can have a wide area of effect might make sense, even if it produced challenges in transportation.

Moving large objects across large distances (though not intercontinental, as that's not really Demacia's bag, baby) is something that's been done by various civilizations since time immemorial (such as the Welsh stone used to build Stonehenge about 3800 years ago, give or take a few Mondays). So it's not like it's impossible to put Galio out to the battlefield, particularly when it's not too far beyond the edges of Demacia's territory, but the threat would need to be pretty high to make all the effort worthwhile.

In regard to him not making sense, for Demacia, he hasn't made sense for quite a while. He fell into legend as, perhaps, Galio's cumbersome nature became less worthwhile as the level of magic threats deteriorated, hence him being left to sit for the grass to grow around for so long.

Keep in mind that Galio's origin seems to imply his sculptor, Durand, created something a bit outside the box compared to what was commissioned. Though they didn't get what they expected, the Demacians were able to make use of the stone giant's eye-opening proportion as a magical shield and something to strike fear into enemies' hearts from above the treeline.

Who knows what the Demacians actually wanted Durand to make, or why the sculptor created what he did (if he's anything like me when I'm writing a bio, he probably got carried away, or was insane, either really). In any case the happy accident that is Galio proved to be valuable despite his challenging size.

Just my two pennies for the 'story logic.'

Mainly I just think it's cool we have a living, anti-magic, alabaster giant thundering around when we fancy, both in-game and in-story.

Ebonmaw Dragon2/27/2018, 7:05:17 PM3 votes

As far as i know, Bio is a "map/language person" or something like that... So i doubt that she has the answer to your question about Galio.

GreenLore2/27/2018, 7:54:57 PM3 votes

how in the hell a nation that doesn't use magic or tech do this) ?

While we can't say for sure if it is canon or not,the legends never die video shows Garen pulling a giant stone statue all by himself. https://youtu.be/r6zIGXun57U?t=85

So assuming that humans in runeterra just can get THAT strong,not to mention that they might also use giant warbeasts.