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My own thoughts on the identity of 'Y', and perhaps a definitive answer.
I have been play D&D for nearly 40 years, and can remember the halycon days when AD&D was launched upon us to the delight of my friends and I, and can remember the marvels of WG5 Mordekaninen's Adventure, but never bothered my players with Castle Maure until the Dungeon release. As the identity of 'Y' is centre to the Maure family history, I have been conducting my own research based on the excellent work done by althen artren, and have come up with this enticing theory. Bear with ...
One of the original hardback AD&D books was Deities & Demigods with the first edition of that particular book having the Melnibonean and Cthulhu Mythos (which were subsequently removed following the revelation that Chaosium had the rights to these for gaming purposes). Amongst the descriptions that appeared in the book for the Cthulhu Mythos was one entry for an Outer God whose symbol is a 'Y' rune.
And who is this being?
I present to you the Cthulhu Mythos Preeminent Deity of Sorcerers and Wizards, the Key and the Gate, the Opener of the Way, the Tawil at'Umr, - Yooooooog-Sothoth!
And I quite like the idea that the immortal Uncle is some aspect of Nyarlathotep. It makes quite a lot of sense in many ways ...