Tim Wright

*"I was doing fine. I was getting better!"*
―Tim, to Jay Merrick in "Entry #59"[src]
**Timothy "Tim" Wright** was one of the original members of the *Marble Hornets* production team, and one of the Operator's longtime Marked victims. He was also formerly known as the **"Masked Man"** when he worked as part of totheark with former friend and colleague Brian Thomas.

## Biography

### Last Run

After parting ways with Jessica, Tim turned himself over to the police by confessing to Alex's murder. Recognizing he had previous contact with the Operator, the SCP Foundation took over custody and contained him as "SCP-720-S" in one of their containment sites. At one point, one of the Operator's former proxies who had also been recently contained, Siren, accidentally found Tim in her attempt to locate a different Marked victim; though she hesitantly extended an offer to help him, he refused, asserting his intention to remain in containment as he believed it would protect him from the Operator, despite her claims otherwise; as well as to make amends for his past actions, which she respected. Some time later, he discovered the new person inhabiting a neighboring cell was in fact the host of the body Siren was inhabiting, a young woman named Skye Martin, who had no recollection of their previous encounter.

When a containment breach occurred at the site, Skye again attempted to coax him into escaping with her and her group. He initially declined, but after she returned his cellphone to him and he learned that Jessica might still be targeted by the Operator as well as the Foundation, he finally decided to join Skye's group and escape containment.

On the run from both the Foundation and the Operator, the group settled in Alabama at Tim's request while he tried to search for Jessica's whereabouts. Near the end of 2016, the entity known as HABIT, along with the Rake, ambushed them at the house they were temporarily living in; they severely injured Toby then Tim, and though Jack tried to hold them off, HABIT was able to overwhelm him and kill Tim. The shock of his death caused Siren to re-emerge from Skye's psyche, who was able to fend HABIT off, but still left the remaining trio to grieve over Tim's death.

### Surviving in the Ark

Upon death, Tim emerged in the Ark, where he met Jeff of the EverymanHYBRID crew, who warned him that HABIT was still hunting them down even after death, but from whom he learned that a sanctuary dubbed "Eden" existed within the Ark that would protect them from both HABIT and the Operator. Tim was also briefly reunited with Brian, who was still obsessively pursuing Alex, believing he was responsible for their current predicament; Tim attempted and failed to dissuade his former friend from going too far, but the two were separated when HABIT came close to finding them and forced them to scatter.

While wandering near a park, Tim encountered Siren, in Skye's body, who had also been stranded in the Ark after being abducted by HABIT. Initially mistaking her for Skye, he nonetheless resolved to aid her in escaping the strange realm when he learned that Toby had also been abducted with her, but was separated from her.

## Skills and Abilities

**Combatant**: Tim has proven himself to be a formidable combatant throughout *Marble Hornets*, handling himself quite well in confrontational situations. He was able to subdue Jay Merrick long enough to tie the latter's hands and feet with zip-ties, though the latter was noticeably erratic and vulnerable from the Sickness. Tim has also overpowered Alex Kralie, who was often armed, several times throughout the series, eventually killing him in "Entry #86".

## Possessions

* **Pills**: Afflicted with the Sickness, Tim has to regularly consume pills, presumably prescribed for his schizophrenic symptoms, to suppress the Operator's influence on him. He was often seen consuming them throughout *Marble Hornets* when he started exhibiting symptoms again.

## Relationships

### Brian Thomas

Brian is Tim's best friend, former enemy, and former colleague. Brian was Tim's "first real friend (he remembers) having" and "one of the few friends (he) had back then," after he gained some confidence in making friends due to the progress he's made in staving off the Sickness. Brian later introduced Tim and Alex to each other when Tim accompanied Brian to audition for Alex's *Marble Hornets* student film and also agreed to be part of it. The two friends subsequently worked together throughout the production of *Marble Hornets*, but unbeknownst to either of them, the prolonged exposure to Tim eventually caused Brian to be afflicted with the Sickness as well. The two fell out of contact when the production crew was disbanded, as Tim stated during his presumed first meeting with Jay that he had not seen Brian in some time.

After it became apparent that Alex was hunting former *Marble Hornets* crew members down, Brian and Tim came into contact again at some point and started working together as "totheark", under the identities of "Hooded Man" and "Masked Man" respectively, devoted to killing Alex, who Brian believed was responsible for infecting them with the Sickness in the first place. During the times that the Operator wiped Tim's memories, Brian would remind him of the events that occurred before reinstating their partnership. After Brian discovered that Tim was the true cause behind their Sickness, Brian turned against him, accusing him of being a liar, and even stole his pills or taunted him with his own mask. The now-amnesiac Tim, no longer recalling their partnership, also began antagonizing the Hooded Man, not knowing he was Brian. When the two men finally confronted each other in Benedict Hall, Tim cornered Brian/Hooded Man and witnessed the latter falling over a ledge to his death. After learning Brian's true identity from the tape found in his pocket, Tim admitted he was "not sure what (he) would have done" if he had known it was Brian under the mask.

### Jay Merrick

Jay Merrick is Tim's ally, former friend, temporary enemy, and former colleague. The two first met while working on Alex Kralie's student film, *Marble Hornets*. They are presumed to have been in good terms with each other throughout the production process, as Jay would occasionally feed Brian's lines to Tim when Brian wasn't present. However, after Alex abandoned the project and disbanded the crew, the Operator manipulated their memories, causing them to believe that they were meeting for the first time when Jay went to question him about the film production. *More to be added*.

As Jay began to gradually succumb to the Operator's influence over him, Tim had to keep Jay under house arrest for their safety, showing great concern for his ally, though it culminated in a brief fight where Tim had to restrain the erratic Jay with zip-ties, to the former's remorse. After Jay's disappearance and presumed death, Tim took over his YouTube channel, determined to finish what Jay had started. While chasing the Hooded Man through Benedict Hall, Tim was briefly transported to the Ark-version of his house where he found Jay's body; Tim expressed shock over his friend's death before he was transported away again.

### Alex Kralie

Alex Kralie was Tim's former colleague-turned-enemy. The two met through Brian, and the three worked together during the production of Alex's *Marble Hornets* student film. *More to be added*.

After Alex burnt down Tim's house, the latter decided to confront him at Benedict Hall. During their fight, Alex taunted and accused Tim for causing Jay and Brian's deaths; Tim eventually gained the upper hand and, in a fit of rage, brutally stabbed Alex multiple times. In his dying breaths, Alex urged Tim to finish what he had started: kill others afflicted with the Sickness and then himself, in order to finally stop the Operator's spreading influence. Tim ultimately decided against following through with it, instead choosing to live and move on.

### Siren

Siren is Tim's ally and friend. They first met when she accidentally teleported into his cell while trying to locate Toby, unaware that Tim was also a Marked victim contained within the facility. Though she offered to help him escape containment, he declined, choosing to stay so he could be safe from the Operator, as well as make amends for his past actions, which earned some respect from her. They would meet again in the Ark, where he initially mistook her for Skye before she corrected him; he nonetheless showed concern for their well-being, and immediately decided he would help them escape the Ark. He stated that despite her previous affiliation to the Operator, he did not hate her, knowing they both shared a common enemy in the entity.

## Trivia

* In the web series, Tim Wright was portrayed by Tim Sutton, who also co-wrote the latter part of the series.
	+ Interestingly, Tim Wright also played a character named Tim in Alex Kralie's *Marble Hornets* student film.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Marble Hornets*, "Entry #86"
2. ↑ *Marble Hornets*, "Entry #66"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Marble Hornets,* Entry #84.