[quote=@Scarlet Angel94]
<Snipped quote by Earnest Evans>

I didn't do that because at the time even the characters didn't really know who it was. 
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This isn't taking place in a first-person narrative. Rather, everyone appears to be using a third-person objective perspective, because it's significantly easier to convey information that way. Any vagueness is the fault of the author, not of the point of view.