Quote Originally Posted by yokyok View Post
I was thinking more in terms of the comic's writing style, not as a universal rule for guessing games. For example: First we learn Nergal is god of destruction in Malack's pantheon, that Malack worships Nergal, and that Hel is goddess of destruction in Durkon's pantheon. Then we learn Malack is a vampire. Then Durkon becomes a vampire. Then (the punchline): Durkon* worships Hel. I'm expecting that the MitD's reveal will put together facts from the comic in a logical way. If MitD is a protean, the structure would be: MitD has X property, protean has X property, MitD is protean. If the second part is available in a MM but not in the comic itself, the reader of only the comic doesn't get the satisfaction.
IMO, that's actually one of the advantages of the protean. When the time does come for the MITD to reveal itself, the basic idea of what a Protean is and how its abilities work can be conveyed simply by showing the MITD unmasked for two or three panels, which is not really true of any other FBS creature.