Marble Hornets (group)

The **Marble Hornets** crew is a group of former college students who worked on the production of Alex Kralie's *Marble Hornets* student film, or were closely affiliated to the production crew, who eventually became targets and victims of the Operator.

## Current Members

### Alex Kralie

As the creator and director of the student film, Alex was arguably the leader of the group throughout the production of the film until he cancelled the film and disbanded the original crew, and subsequently distancing himself from everybody else. Over the course of Jay's investigation, however, it became apparent that Alex was hunting down former members of the Marble Hornets production crew who have come into contact with the Operator and/or afflicted with the Sickness, in hopes of stopping the Operator's influence from spreading; as of 2014, he had successfully killed Seth, Sarah, his girlfriend Amy, and finally Jay. He also attempted to kill Jessica, but was thwarted by Tim and Brian (as the "Masked Man" and "Hooded Man" respectively). During a final confrontation at Benedict Hall, Tim was able to overpower Alex, stabbing him multiple times, finally putting an end to his killing spree. In his dying breaths, Alex urged Tim to finish what he had started to stop the Operator for good, though his final pleas were ultimately ignored.

### Jay Merrick

Jay was a close friend of Alex's who served as the production assistant, script supervisor and substitute cameraman throughout the project until the sudden end of its production. He later created the Marble Hornets YouTube channel to document his investigation into the events behind the student film's production and subsequent cancellation, eventually causing him to be targeted by the Operator and later Alex himself. Over the course of his investigation, he became severely afflicted with the Sickness until his mental state deteriorated to the point where he became unstable and incoherent. In late 2013, Jay was killed by Alex in Benedict Hall, after which his body was taken by the Operator, and later briefly seen in the Ark's version of Tim's house.

### Tim Wright

One of the lead actors in the original student film, Tim was a longtime victim of the Operator, and thus, was unwittingly responsible for afflicting the rest of the crew with the Sickness. He became an important ally to Jay throughout the latter's investigation, then later took over the Marble Hornets YouTube channel and the investigation after Jay became too unstable, and was later killed by Alex. Tim also worked alongside his best friend Brian as part of totheark in order to thwart Alex and, sometimes, Jay during his investigation. However, he was also indirectly responsible for Brian's death, and later killed Alex during their final confrontation, thus becoming one of the two remaining survivors in the conclusion of the web series alongside Jessica Locke. Tim later turned himself in to the police, confessing to Alex's murder, but was instead contained by the SCP Foundation due to his connection to the Operator. In 2016, he escaped containment alongside fellow Marked victims Skye Martin and Toby Rogers, and left for Alabama to search for Jessica.

### Brian Thomas

One of the lead actors in the original student film, Brian was good friends with both Alex and Tim, having introduced the mutual friends to one another during the open auditions. Similar to Alex, Brian disappeared not long after the cancellation of the film, and Alex later claimed to have killed him during his mission to eliminate those who were part of the film production afflicted with the Sickness. It was later revealed that Brian was still alive and was operating as the Hooded Man and part of totheark. Together with Tim, the pair thwarted Alex several times and worked to protect Jessica from Alex and the Operator, until Brian turned on Tim after learning the latter was responsible for infecting them with the Sickness. Brian later fell to his death during his confrontation with Tim in Benedict Hall, but re-appeared in the Ark sometime afterward.

## Former Members

In addition to the four mentioned above, former members of the original film production crew include Seth Wilson, who was the main cameraman of *Marble Hornets*, and Sarah Reid, another actor in the student film. Amy Walters was the girlfriend of Alex Kralie who also became afflicted with the Sickness. Alex later confirmed he killed Seth, Sarah and Amy at some point before and/or during the series.

### Jessica Locke

Jessica was Amy's roommate and a mutual friend of Alex's. She became involved with the crew when Alex called her about Amy's disappearance, and was contacted by Jay shortly after, who warned her not to trust Alex. She and Jay attempted to expose Alex for his crimes and instead became a target to both Alex and the Operator, who eventually wiped hers and Jay's seven months' worth of memories. Tim and Brian, as part of totheark, eventually saved Jessica from the Operator and hid her in an unknown location safe from both the entity and Alex. She briefly reunited with Tim after the latter had killed Alex, and was revealed to be taking the same medication Tim used to suppress the Sickness. After the end of the web series, Jessica continued living in the same area, still traumatized by past events despite having lost most of her memories involving *Marble Hornets.*

## Trivia

* In the sequel comic series, Jessica Locke is the only member of the group confirmed to still be alive after the end of the web-series. "Skully" later implied that Tim is also still alive, though his whereabouts are unknown.
* Alex Kralie is directly responsible for the deaths of four of the eight known members of the group, namely Jay, Seth, Amy and Sarah.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Marble Hornets Issue 3.5: ToTheArk*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Marble Hornets Issue 1: Regards*