"Lakes In Stillnesss will Take Every life of the Night"
TOTHEARK IS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL CREATED TO REPLY TO JAY'S ENTRIES WITH CRYPTIC CODES AND MESSAGES. IT WAS CREATED ON JULY 22, 2009, A MONTH AFTER JAY STARTED UPLOADING THE TAPES. THEIR FIRST VIDEO, "REGARDS" WAS UPLOADED IN RESPONSE TO "ENTRY #9" ON THE MARBLE HORNETS CHANNEL.
"Tell us. You have been keeping secrets. Smile for the camera"
THEIR REAL IDENTITY WAS KEPT MOSTLY VAGUE UNTIL SEASON THREE, ALTHOUGH IT IS SUSPECTED MULTIPLE PEOPLE RAN AND POSTED ON THE CHANNEL, GIVEN THE STYLISTIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIDEOS. AT THE VERY LEAST, THE HOODED MAN AND THE MASKED MAN WERE INVOLVED WITH THE CHANNEL DURING ITS RUN. THE VIDEOS CONTAIN CLUES FOR JAY TO SOLVE AND THREATS MADE TOWARDS SEVERAL OF THE CHARACTERS, BUT THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO STOP ALEX, AND THEY SEE JAY (AND LATER TIM) AS A MEANS TO THAT END.
"You Are Who You Are. You Are You. But Who Are You?"
WHILE THE MASKED MAN WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THE CHANNEL, ESPECIALLY IN EARLIER VIDEOS, THE HOODED MAN (A.K.A BRIAN) IS—ARGUABLY—THE MAIN FORCE BEHIND TOTHEARK. THIS IS CONFIRMED IN "ENTRY 61", AND ON THE LAST TTA VIDEO, "NULL", WHERE HE SIGNS OFF WITH HIS NAME IN AN ANAGRAM. PLUS THE CHANNEL NEVER POSTED AGAIN AFTER BRIAN'S DEATH IN "ENTRY 83". A COMMONLY ACCEPTED THEORY IS THAT THERE'S A THIRD MEMBER OF TOTHEARK, WHO MOST PEOPLE SAY IS SETH, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ALEX KILLED. I PERSONALLY DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO THAT THEORY. (AND NEITHER DOES SERIES CO-CREATOR JOSEPH DELAGE.) BUT IT'S FUN TO SEE PEOPLE'S TAKES ON IT.
TOTHEARK HAS A HISTORY OF HACKING JAY'S CHANNEL AND TWITTER ACCOUNT, POSTING VIDEOS AND PICTURES ON THEM. THEY'VE UPLOADED THREE VIDEOS ONTO JAY'S CHANNEL: "ENTRY ######", "ENTTRY 37" AND "ENTRY", WHICH JAY LATER PRIVATED, AND EDITED THE FOOTAGE FROM IT INTO "ENTRY 61"
"Who are the liars. Are you one of them. Are you both of them."
TOTHEARK'S CODED MESSAGES ARE WRITTEN IN A VARIETY OF CODES, USUALLY BINARY, BASE64 AND A VARIETY OF SUBSTITUTION CIPHERS. COMMON ELEMENTS SEEN IN TOTHEARK'S VIDEOS INCLUDE: DISTORTED AUDIO AND VIDEO, ANAGLYPH STEREOSCOPY, FOOTAGE OF OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES, FOOTAGE FROM THE SHOOTING OF ALEX'S STUDENT FILM, FOOTAGE OF THE HOODED AND MASKED MEN, EDITED FOOTAGE FROM JAY'S ENTRIES, AND REFERENCES TO SOMETHING CALLED "THE ARK".
"He will lead me to you. Lead me to death. Lead me to the Ark."
IN THE MARBLE HORNETS COMICS, WE LATER LEARN "THE ARK" IS AN INFINITELY LOOPING DIMENSION WHERE THE OPERATOR'S VICTIMS ARE STORED, AND BRIAN SOMEHOW FOUND A WAY TO ESCAPE SEVERAL TIMES, LEAVING PARTS OF HIMSELF BEHIND AND BECOMING A SHELL OF A PERSON, UNABLE TO PROPERLY COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE OF THESE CRYPTIC VIDEOS. BRIAN WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH JAY, TIM AND ALEX, THE LATTER OF WHICH HE HOLDS A MASSIVE GRUDGE AGAINST FOR TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE AND MAKE EVERYTHING WORSE.
