So when word had spread of a mysterious creature who claimed to have came from across the vast oceans from lands unknown, completely without any hullabaloo from the Black Isles, who had put fear in whatever the changelings possessed in the place of hearts, overturned kingdoms and, if the rumours from sources in Canterlot were to be believed, resistant to the magic of even Discord, a lot of ponies took interest. Not least because said creature was not under the Celestial sisters' control, but rather that of the griffons. That was exploitable, a potential weapon that was not under the Equestrians' control, something that could potentially be wrested from the griffons if the right leverage were applied. 