User blog comment:Zaarqawi/Why players from YGGDRASIL have been transported to the New World at various periods of time./@comment-118.100.217.90-20151108124614/@comment-1846146-20151108135408

Indeed, I also think he is a player. But it's not confirmed. So it's only speculation. He could be indeed Sage, and came up with his ideas himself. Just as a possibility.