1: he was the father of ameliea black, his brother was john
2: both of there accents were of french desent
3: old coot was from an earlier time in his apperance, so was black
4: they both looked much the same
5: morgan did drink from the welll of life, this makes it obviuos to some
6: the old coot was helpful
7: both men were importent to the storyline
8: without this it would be a plot hole, who is that old coot guy?
9: think about it: would really any of the other people work, not john, and no other reletives were known of ameliea
10: coot knew the sitution and right thing to do, like the other character mogran black
there are manym ore reasons i discoverd but i do not have enough space or time to mention them all but will upon your requests. i hope this sumarizes everyhting you need to know to get most out of the campiagn.