User blog comment:Mark Wowdwod/The two newest Spriggans/@comment-26389992-20161021142708/@comment-26389992-20161021144706

Trueee, forgot about that tidbit. It's been implied there's another Eclipse Gate so it's still possible like you said. If he isn't from the future I'm starting to think he's just one of Zeref's creations/experiments and he donned his last name. Cause he's not gonna be a brother/uncle/father or anything dumb like that. Son maybe, but probably not.