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[[folder:Heroes: Civilians]]
!![[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Edward Holmes, Esq.]]
%% * BrainyBrunette
%% * ByronicHero: He fits nearly every qualification listed on the page.
%% * ChallengeSeeker
%% * TheChessmaster: Especially at XanatosSpeedChess in ''The Road to Reichenbach''.
%% * DarkIsNotEvil: He is often described simply as being "dark".
* DeathSeeker: Played with - there are times that he does ''not'' want to die, and then there are times that he ''craves'' death.
%% * {{Determinator}}
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:''Twice''. The Reichenbach Falls, of course, but the middle of ''Mortality'' also counts.]]
%% * DistressedDude: It's [[TheWoobie a recurring motif]] of the series.
%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
%% * AFatherToHisMen Holmes plays these tropes very straight with his Irregulars, especially Davy Wiggins.
%% * GuileHero
* HonoraryUncle: The Lestrade children consider him to be this. Yes, that is as ironic as it sounds.
* InHarmsWay: So often that [[HyperCompetentSidekick Wiggins]] [[CallingTheOldManOut actually calls him out on this]] 'several times]].
%% * TheLeader: Type I.
%% * LikeASonToMe
%% * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Mary.
%% * LoveHurts
%% * ManlyTears
%% * MrFanservice: See DistressedDude above.
%% * NotSoStoic: Not at all...
* RavenHairIvorySkin: It may be AdaptationalAttractiveness, but Holmes is ''definitely'' this in the author's illustrations. He is also 6'2", a nod to Creator/JeremyBrett.
%% * SharpDressedMan
%% * SherlockScan: As per usual.
%% * WhatBeautifulEyes: It's almost ''blatantly'' obvious that [[AuthorAppeal the author fangirls over Holmes's eyes]], and just about as blatantly obvious that they're based on Creator/JeremyBrett's eyes.
%% * PuppyDogEyes: Oh ''yes''.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Culverton Smith [[spoiler:and Colonel Moran]] have to find this out the hard way. It's really not a good idea to make the Great Detective mad at you.

!!John Hamish Watson, M.D.
%% * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Holmes - also his BerserkButton.
* DeadlyDoctor: Eep, do ''not'' mess with Literature/SherlockHolmes. [[BerserkButton You'll be very sorry you did]].
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}:
-->"Porlock, there is no use in arguing the point. I ''shall'' search for Holmes. Whether you help me or not is your choice, but you shan't stop me — [[HeroicVow you have my word on that]]."
* EnemiesWithDeath: He's [[TheMedic a doctor]]. It's his job.
* FakeNationality: In-universe. Watson speaks and acts like a Londoner but is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} full-blooded Scot]].
%% * HappilyMarried
%% * TheHeart
%% * HonoraryUncle: To the Irregulars.
%% * TheLeader: A combination of Types I and II.
%% * LoveHurts
%% * ManlyTears
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Never explicitly stated but heavily implied when he [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption interrogates and then kills]] a {{Mook}}.
%% * TheSmartGuy
%% * SoProudOfYou: Plays the trope straight with the Irregulars.
%% * TranquilFury

!!Mycroft Tristan Holmes, Esq.
* AloofBigBrother: In terms of plot, only. In characterization, he has a definite...
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's actually quite protective of Sherlock.
%% * TheChessmaster
%% * ManlyTears
* NotSoStoic: Mycroft experiences nearly a full range of emotions in ''Mortality'' alone.
%% * TheQuietOne

* SharpDressedMan
!Baker Street Irregulars

!!David "Davy" Jonathan Wiggins
* CallingTheOldManOut: Does to Holmes regarding [[InHarmsWay his recklessness with his own safety]]. ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome several times]]''.
%% * DeadpanSnarker
%% * {{Determinator}}
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wiggins's first scene neatly establishes him as a [[DeadpanSnarker sardonic]], [[WiseBeyondTheirYears concerned]] HyperCompetentSidekick.
%% * HyperCompetentSidekick: To Holmes.
* TheLancer: To Holmes's, then Watson's, [[TheLeader leadership]].
%% * TheLeader: Or "lieutenant", of the Baker Street Irregulars. Combination of Types I and II.
* PromotionToParent: Had to step up to be the man of the house and the father-figure to his siblings when [[ParentalAbandonment his father abandoned them]].
%% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
%% * StreetSmart
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Davy is just 22, but he tends to act older (and, in some cases, wiser than his own employer). Though he has a mother and a home, he worked as a beggar and pickpocket before being hired by Holmes.

!!Peter Wiggins
* TheLancer: To his brother's [[TheLeader leadership]] of the Irregulars.
%% * ParentalAbandonment
%% * StreetSmart
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Approximately 19 or 20, his backstory is the same as his brother's, barring Davy's PromotionToParent.

!Supporting Women

!!Mary Watson ''neé'' Morstan
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mary's first scene sets and cements her [[LikeBrotherAndSister sibling-esque relationship with Sherlock]].
%% * FirstNameBasis: With Sherlock.
%% * HappilyMarried
%% * TheHeart
%% * InnocentBlueEyes
%% * PintsizedPowerhouse:
%% -->She raised an eyebrow. "John, in the event that you have somehow forgotten, I am now quite capable of defending myself. You made certain of that, and I believe I proved myself last Christmas."

!!Rose Hudson
* LoveHurts: When her characterization finally starts coming through in ''Mortality'', it's when she's acting very much like a [[ParentalSubstitute surrogate mom]] to a ''very'' damaged Literature/SherlockHolmes.
* TeamMom: Very much on the sidelines, but still there.

!!Annie Rebekah Lestrade ''neé'' Rhys
* BrainyBrunette: Annie is incredibly well-educated for a working-class woman, having largely taught herself through books. [[CunningLinguist She can speak several languages]] aside from her native ones: French, German, Italian, and Breton, as well as classical Greek and Latin.
* BreakoutCharacter: Annie was intended to be used extensively as the series progressed, but the unexpectedly enthusiastic response to her initial minor appearances in ''Mortality'' led to more scenes than originally planned.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dark hair, dark eyes, ''and'' fairly brown skin.
%% * HappilyMarried
%% * HotBlooded: Oy ''vey''.
* OddCouple: Not exactly a "fire and ice" deal with Geoffrey, but it's not far from the truth, either.
* OneSteveLimit: Played with. "Annie" is revealed to be the name of Sherlock Holmes's deceased fiancee.
%% * PintsizedPowerhouse
%% * TheSmartGirl: Of the Yarders' wives.
%% * IrishmanAndAJew: Annie's parents, Dai Rhys and Ruby Rhys ''neé'' Eisenman.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Subverted. Yiddish was her ''first'' language ''alongside'' English.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Heroes: Scotland Yarders]]
!!Geoffrey Michael Lestrade
%% * BewareTheNiceOnes
* ConsummateProfessional: Or, in Holmes's own words, the "best of professionals."
* DarkIsNotEvil: Like Holmes, Lestrade is often described as "dark".
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh so much. The narrative from his PointOfView tends to be ''very'' dry...
-->'''Watson:''' ''(concerning Moran)'' I think you'd know him if you saw him, Lestrade. The man has a presence.\\
'''Lestrade:''' Well, then, that limits our man to half the men in that room. Come along, let's get you back out there.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: As an AscendedExtra - Lestrade is one of the three major [[PointOfView POV]] characters.
%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The scene that introduces all of ''Mortality's'' Yarders (excepting Sean Youghal) establishes Lestrade as a [[DeadpanSnarker dry-witted]], OlderAndWiser, [[SeenItAll generally world-weary]] TeamDad and OnlySaneMan.
* FakeBrit: Another in-universe example, as Lestrade is a London-born ''Breton''.
%% * FriendOnTheForce: To Holmes, Watson, and Wiggins.
* GenreSavvy: When you've SeenItAll, it's a little hard ''not'' to be GenreSavvy.
-->'''Lestrade:''' I mayn't be a genius — I may even be an imbecile, as Literature/SherlockHolmes [[InsufferableGenius is always so kind to point out]] — but I ''do'' know how criminals think.
%% * HappilyMarried
* HeroicBSOD: When he believes Holmes to be dead - he suffers it again later on, [[spoiler:in the aftermath of the raid.]]
%% * InspectorLestrade: Played positively.
* TheKirk: To Patterson's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Gregson's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]].
* OddCouple: As mentioned in the folder above, not exactly a "fire and ice" deal with his wife Annie, but not far from the truth, either.
* OlderAndWiser: Combine SeenItAll, OnlySaneMan, and TeamDad, and you've very much got this.
* OnlySaneMan: Whether he's interacting with the rest of the "FiveManBand" or his own colleagues, he is so very much this (even when Watson's around).
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Lestrade is fairly short at 5'7", [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry but he's also known to be a holy terror to his subordinates and colleagues alike when he's worked up]].
** Not to mention the fact that his [[DeadpanSnarker dry wit]] is a superpower all of its own.
* TheQuietOne: Another of Lestrade's superpowers - he's incredibly long-suffering.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Just watch his interactions with Wiggins.
* SeenItAll: He's been on the London Met for over two decades, longer than most of his colleagues.
%% * SharpDressedMan
%% * SixthRanger: To Sherlock Holmes's unofficial "FiveManBand". See the main page for further details.
* TeamDad: He even considers himself something of a father-figure to Holmes.
* TranquilFury: He's TheStoic that [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry you wouldn't like when he's angry]].
%% * TheWatson: To Patterson's "Holmes".

!!Tobias Gregson
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Gregson:''' ''(concerning Patterson)'' Have to admit, I've always wondered what it would be like to have Literature/SherlockHolmes as JustForFun/OneOfUs. Now I don't have to wonder, and I don't like it one bit.
* DumbBlond: Inverted. Gregson is the Sherlock Holmes[=-=]acknowledged smartest man at the Yard.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is quickly established in his first scene as a [[InsufferableGenius smart]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* FriendlyRival: Is this to Lestrade, [[CharacterDevelopment who doesn't reciprocate the "rival" bit anymore]].
%% * HappilyMarried: To a sweet woman named Lisbeth.
* InsufferableGenius:
-->'''Lestrade:''' Come off it, Tobias — you look like a thunderhead about to erupt.\\
'''Gregson:''' Volcanoes ''erupt'', Ferret Face. Thunderheads ''burst''.\\
'''Lestrade:''' What's going on in that bright head of yours, other than the incessant need to demonstrate your superior knowledge?
%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* TheMcCoy: Surprisingly so, but [[TheSpock Patterson]] seems to bring out the trait in him. (Canonically, Lestrade and Gregson are more like TheMcCoy and TheSpock, respectively - even in ''Mortality'', they go back and forth as needed.)
-->'''Gregson:''' [Patterson] could have had enough consideration for [[TheWatson the poor Doctor]] to make his announcement less abruptly.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Daniel Patterson
* AscendedExtra: From ''one mention'' in "The Final Problem" to supporting character.
%% * TheChessmaster
%% * ConsummateProfessional: Another heroic example.
* TheCynic: Then again, he's rather entitled to it, after all the years he's spent undercover in the underbelly of VictorianLondon.
%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Patterson's is the most concise, introducing him as [[TheCynic cynical]], [[TallDarkAndSnarky sarcastic]], [[GoodIsNotNice cold]], and something of an in-universe {{Expy}} to Literature/SherlockHolmes. In other words, a true KnightInSourArmor.
* {{Foil}}: Patterson to Holmes, rather as a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of [[MemeticMutation the popular image]] of Sherlock Holmes, in-universe but also in RealLife.
-->'''WordOfGod:''' I think that by Patterson ''living'' [[TheStoic the image]] Holmes attempts to ''project'', it makes Holmes [[NotSoStoic that much more human]].
%% * GoodIsNotNice: Nooo, not really.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's spent ''most of his career'' - fifteen years at least - investigating Moriarty.
* IcyBlueEyes: Often described from Lestrade's PointOfView as icebergs or chips of ice, with just as much emotion.
* InsufferableGenius: So much so, in fact, that Sherlock Holmes actually decides to cut back on his own arrogance whilst around Watson and Lestrade in the future!
%% * KnightInSourArmor
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* %% SharpDressedMan
* SherlockScan: He can do this just about as well as one of the Holmes brothers.
%% * SixthRanger
* TheSpock: To Lestrade's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Gregson's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]], as far as team dynamics go... Really, he's just TheSpock, period.
%% * TheStoic: But, [[SubvertedTrope for just one moment,]] NotSoStoic.
%% * SupportingLeader
%% * TallDarkAndSnarky
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets this from Lestrade and Gregson a few times in ''Mortality'' alone.

!!Roger Bradstreet
%% * BoisterousBruiser
%% * GentleGiant
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Harold Morton
%% * FriendOnTheForce
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Stanley Hopkins
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee:
-->'''Hopkins:''' (solemnly) "Literature/SherlockHolmes, detective genius forever and ever, world without end, Amen." (winks at [=MacDonald=])
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Athelney Jones

!!Alec [=MacDonald=]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Lestrade holds that [=MacDonald=] and Hopkins are Literature/SherlockHolmes's biggest {{fan}}s, [[TheWatson John Watson]] aside.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Sean Youghal
* AscendedExtra: WordOfGod states that Sean is actually the Inspector Youghal mentioned in "The Mazarin Stone". ''Mortality'' takes place twelve years before MAZA.
%% * FriendOnTheForce
%% * StreetSmart
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Villains]]
!!Professor James Richard Paul Moriarty
%% * BigBad
%% * TheChessmaster
%% * ConsummateProfessional: Absolutely The Best at [[DiabolicalMastermind what he does]].
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He wanted to be this for Literature/SherlockHolmes. Fortunately for the world, Holmes was rescued by TheCavalry.]]
%% * DiabolicalMastermind
%% * DisneyVillainDeath
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He calls out Culverton for killing his step-nephew.
* EvilGenius: He's not just a DiabolicalMastermind - he's an astrophysicist as well, one far ahead of his time.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Even from his own brother.
%% * LightIsNotGood
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the Red-headed League, Culverton Smith, and purportedly many others.
* OddFriendship: Played with. He trusts Moran more than anyone else of his subordinates, but he makes it ''very'' clear that Moran ''is'' a subordinate. Their dynamics are pretty much as "fire and ice" as it gets.
%% * SharpDressedMan
* TheSyndicate: He's not just the DiabolicalMastermind - he IS TheSyndicate.
%% * WickedCultured: He puts the "wicked" in "cultured".

!!Colonel Sebastian Moran
%% * AffablyEvil: At times, particularly while in the Tankerville Club.
%% * ConsummateProfessional
%% * TheDragon
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Turns out that Moran ''does'' have some respect for the holiness of Christmas.
* RefugeInAudacity: How he survives after [[YouHaveFailedMe disobeying Moriarty]]...
-->'''Moran:''' “Professor, I do not enjoy disobeying your orders. But I could not, [[EvenEvilHasStandards in good conscience]], carry that one out. Not at that time.”\\
'''Moriarty:''' “And what does that make you, Colonel? A soldier with a heart?”\\
'''Moran:''' “I hope so, sir. It would be deucedly difficult to live without one.”
%% * SharpDressedMan
%% * WickedCultured

!!Culverton Smith
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Undoubtedly from so much time in the tropics - Holmes thinks that he could almost pass for a native of Sumatra due to his coloring.
%% * BrainyBrunette
%% * DarkIsEvil
* DeadlyDoctor: Played with, as he has all the knowledge of a Ph.D. without actually having acquired his doctorate (or even an M.D.) due to financial difficulty.
* EvilUncle: Out of {{Greed}} for his ''half'' brother's estate. Called out on this by the BigBad, himself.
* SerialKiller: Officially called a "multiple murderer" and unofficially labeled a monster by Holmes himself.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Gets a verbal, non-lethal form of this from Moriarty, along with a second chance. [[TooDumbToLive He blows it]].
%% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His ultimate fate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Minor Characters]]
!!Fred Porlock
%% * TheAtoner
%% * BeingEvilSucks

!!Major Dick Sharon
%% * ChickMagnet
* TranquilFury: Upon learning of Holmes's captivity and Moran's hand in it, Sharon is described as being quietly outraged.
[[/folder]]
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