In my opinion Munkustrap is the hero of the story, after all he is the only one to fight Macavity, he is noble and a good talker. I don't think he's actually chronologically the son of Deutoronamy but they have a father/son relationship, most of the cats regard him as the second-in-command, and it's a title he relishes. I believe he and Rum Tum Tugger might be distantly related, maybe cousins, and they kind of compete for second-in-command. Munkustrap having the brains and the courage, Tugger having the charm and the humor. Yet when it comes down to it, Tugger concedes he's got nothing, except maybe height, on Munkustrap. ---Rattrap