Revelations from Patch 4.4

[Iscah]

I personally don't want it to be Gaius, though having him involved would be cool. But, that being said SE does tend to be heavy handed on the hints when it comes to big reveals. Although, what a Primal was still confused people until HW cleared it up: even though the hints were there since 2.1, and given again in 2.4. Also what an Eikon is compared to a Primal still confused some people... maybe those hints arent so heavy handed, lol.

I think it would be too far-fetched for it not to be Gaius at this point. Especially after they’ve dragged out the reveal for two patches now.

What else are they going to do? “Hah! We fooled you all with this new character who happens to be mistakeable for Gaius in every way!”

It would be a cheap twist, and wouldn’t make for a better story than it simply being him.

[Eloah]

I think it would be too far-fetched for it not to be Gaius at this point. Especially after they’ve dragged out the reveal for two patches now.

What else are they going to do? “Hah! We fooled you all with this new character who happens to be mistakeable for Gaius in every way!”

It would be a cheap twist, and wouldn’t make for a better story than it simply being him.

I'm not saying it's not Gaius. At this point I think it's him too. But, what I'm saying is, I'd prefer some twist, not a cheap one, but some twist where it's not Gaius. Remember, we don't actually know what Gaius looks like. The scars Shadowhunter has are superficial. And the gear we're are shown, mostly point us in Gaius' direction, good or bad. Combining these draws us to the natural conclusion, "this is Gaius". But it could be his protege, with Gaius alive but behind the scenes, leading the Shadowhunters. That's probably the case either way, I'm just saying it would be nice/interesting not to get what we are expecting.

Plus one other "clue" that, this is Gaius, is SEs tight lips. When SB launched and Lyse and her "job" were in question. Her Identity was "secret" but they confirmed, she was not a Dancer, she was a Monk.