Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-3131736-20150627123029

Ishmael must be an important character we already know.I read that previewers were forbidden to mention Ishmael's identity and there would not be any need for this if he were not important.

As his face is covered in bandages, we don't know how old he'll look in TPP, but as already said: Solidus might be 10 / 11 years old in TPP and due to his accelerated aging, he might be an adult when Big Boss wakes up from coma.

Also Ishmael's comment about having watched over Big Boss for nine years might simply be an exaggeration.