This question may contain spoilers, so I'm hiding it behind a cut.
I found this image on one of the Tales art sites I like to visit. I found this picture to be particularly interesting because of the Emil at the bottom, right hand corner. While Emil's eyes are normally green, this Emil's eyes are kind of gray-blue, and his outfit and such are very different from the others.
Thanks to running into some unmarked spoilers, I'm aware of the whole Emil spoiler-- that Emil really died in the beginning of the game and that Ratatosk took over Emil's identity but was unsuccessful in it because Emil was already dead; therefore, he had to make do with Astel's appearance.
So do you think that this person is really Astel, or am I looking too much into this?