u/skeleman1

I've recently finally listened to/read the full series after starting it years ago and tapping out at season 4-ish. Started again at the beginning of course. Ep 127, 'Remains to be Seen', everything said about Albrecht von Closen and his condition made me think that it was alluding to him being an Archivist. The fact that when he tells the stories, Fanshawe is unable to leave or ignore him. The whole "I don't read the books, they read me." The fact that he obsessively collected supernatural tales and that he remembered them completely clearly after the books had been taken. And, of course, that the inside of his body was completely covered in eyes. I was sure that him being an Archivist was the implication, but the wiki didn't say anything about it. Am I just drawing connections that don't exist? Obviously Gertrude and Jon didn't go mad like he did, but his connection to the stories did appear to affect his physical health. Like the monster at Alexandria, he feels like some sort of Archivist left to grow and accumulate power unchecked, before suddenly being cut off. Is this theory nuts or am I onto something??