I just had this really horrifying image flash through my head that phantom is actually the seer. Can y'all imagine?
If so, it would suit him perfectly fine to playact being a cobbler, since the wolves would let him live indefinitely.
And if he's not, I think that's where he's headed with his "Boro, where are you? I neeeeeeed you!" thing.
"Dear peons of this game, it is I, the phantom, your Real Seer, and I have come to completely Blow Your Minds with my last minute revelation."