He could have been from a long time ago in the DC past…..possible Rumple turned him into a candle in a fit of pique. I admit tht Rumple does not seem the type to have a servant, especially since he could use magic to get himself whatever he wanted, but if he wanted someone in the DC just to “be” there, so he would know he wasn’t alone……I guess I could see it. That’s probably why he wanted Belle…though honestly it seems odd that if he was just looking for someone, anyone, to be a housekeeper, to occupy space in the DC, that he wouldn’t have found someone well before Belle. Maybe, despite himself, Rumple was looking for someone “just a bit more special” (as I think he put it to Maurice). Maybe, despite himself, he was looking for someone with a mind, someone who he could actually talk to IF he one day felt like it……..
IF Lumiere is in the DC Past and maybe Rumple turned him into a candlestick, then he would be in SB,right? and human again? Wonder where he would work.