Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4913740-20130612123630/@comment-72.192.64.32-20130613001751

Zelda4dinner wrote: The idea that a Native American circa early 1900's could be either wealthy or powerful takes historical reality and then breaks its back. It's too much of a stretch to believe, even for Kojima.

That being said, as I stand by my belief that Eli is Liquid and that the description by his name hints at this, I will not reject the possibility that Code Talker might be a founding member of the Wiseman's Committee. Maybe in Kojima's world they were really, really forward thinking individuals... like, centuries ahead of their time. I'm not saying he's one of The Philosophers, I'm saying his name and description seem to point to him being of Native American decent.

Kojima has said that one of the major themes of The Phantom Pain is "Race".