Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25237036-20141112045053/@comment-86.132.20.223-20150105113135

Fusedtwilight wrote: Phoenix and fire kitsune are good guesses due to their association with fire. I don't think they would go for another kitsune. If he is a phoenix the question is why did he not know this? Jeff adds a lot of the myth of the supernatural to the cannon of the show. Perhaps one of his parents was a phoenix? Kira's mother never told her about her kitsune heritage so maybe the same thing has happened with him. There are stories where phoenix's take human form. Or maybe he has simply forgotten who and what he is, if he is truly an immortal being maybe something happened to cause him to lose his memory? The possibilities for the phoenix theory are many and I would love to see how Jeff would work that angle. But there are many supernatural beings associated with fire there could also be a possibility of him being an ifrit. Legends speak of them marrying humans or it could be one possessed him when in the middle east, similar to the nogitsune only more benign. You I like :D

If he has forgotten his true nature it might be plausible if he had an espesially traumatic "death". He might be a salamander to but I am not sure the show will go in for another "big lizard".