Alex Kralie

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[C/N: 15/06/2020 - THIS PAGE HAS BEEN EDITED =

 Mental Health has been added to go more in-depth about Alex's descent into madness.

"Appearances in Series" has been removed as it was unnecessary.

◾ The grammar has been cleaned up.]

Main bio

Alex Kralie was a film student and friend of Jay, He was the writer, director, and producer of his 2006 student film Marble Hornets, He originally had a sarcastic yet still friendly attitude, but in the middle of filming, he becomes very irritable and started showing obsessive behaviour which caused the filming of Marble Hornets to halt. As Jay reviewed the tapes, he found that Alex had been filming himself constantly and continually drew messages and warnings on paper strewn around is home and was being stalked by an unknown entity later referred to as The Operator. Alex is first introduced in the Introduction.

Personality

Originally described as being enthusiastic, the videos from the Marble Hornets filming in 2006 display his descent into madness, paranoia, anger and other forms of psychosis.

After being stalked by the Operator, it is shown that he is very violent, incapacitating several of his friends in various videos, including Tim, Brian, and Jay. It can be assumed he killed Seth and Sarah as well, and it is revealed later in the series that he even killed his girlfriend Amy after she came into contact with the Operator. His violence is shown in great detail when he assaults and murders a man outside the tunnel.

The greatest explanation of Alex's personality likely comes during Entry #86, where he sees himself as a force of good. Having discovered The Operator's memetic spread, he takes it upon himself to kill everyone who has come into contact with The Operator and save the planet. As Tim points out, however, The Operator is likely using Alex to spread further, as he has been causing more havoc than he had intended.

Mental Health

From what we learn from the few times we see Alex during the early stages of filming Marble Hornets, such as the moment during Entry #54 where Jay played a tape of Alex, Tim, Brian and Seth are caught in the rain and in Entry #20 where Alex and Jay are sharing a revised version of the script with Tim. Alex in both entries is shown to be rather laid back and sarcastic but, is also shown to be enthusiastic.

He first comes into contact with the Operator while filming Marble Hornets. This makes Alex slowly become more and more paranoid and he begins to film himself at almost all times, even while he is sleeping. The tapes begin exhibiting strange occurrences including Operator sightings and irritable behaviour from Alex which Jay says he has never seen before. Jay suspects he has been messing with the audio in the tapes.

After his descent into madness, he has repeatedly been linked with the appearance of the Operator, such as calling Jay shortly before the Operator shows up, and remaining inside when the Operator shows up in his house, after telling Amy to jump out of the window.

As time goes on it becomes apparent he had become psychopathic to some extent even during the shooting the student film. The most obvious example is Entry #49 where it shows Alex going to the tunnel in Rosswood Park, sitting down for fifteen minutes until a passerby asks him if he is okay. Alex shouts, "I told you not to follow me!" and attacks the man. Alex strangles the man then smashes the man's head with a rock. From this point on it shows Alex has truly become unhinged as he continues but, it should be noted that this isn't the first time Alex has acted violently towards someone.

Such as in Entry #56 and #57, which canonically take place one after another and the entire ordeal the entries reveal takes place before Entry #49, where Alex and Tim are scouting for locations and examining possible film sites. Alex doesn't like any of them and asks to explore the abandoned hospital. Tim agrees though is reluctant. Tim then excuses himself for a moment and walks behind a wall. Alex then picks up an iron rod and attacks Tim behind the wall, knocking him out. The camera falls, and The Operator is standing nearby. There is heavy distortion, then The Operator disappears. Alex walks in front of the camera, holding the stick, then he walks off camera. 

Entry #57 picks up later at night when Tim comes to and he spends most of the tape In the abandoned building trying to run from Alex.

In Entry #79, Jay finds pictures of Alex tied to a chair in an underground room and according to a message left by Hoody, Alex was taken to a large, locked building on the campus. I don't see why Jay still trusts Alex at this point or why he would try to help him but still, Jay makes his way inside during Entry #80; there, Alex ambushes and shoots Jay, and he is taken by the Operator as he bleeds out in a room, trying to evade Alex.

In Entry #85, Alex infiltrates Tim's house and begins to pour lighter fluid all through the rooms as he wanders around, challenging Tim to face him should he survive the burning of the house. Tim watches in hiding and flees the house with his car keys and pill bottle as Alex lights it.

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