🎭 The Cast of Baker Street
The people (and one dog) of the canon — each with a full profile, their stories, and the tools they champion on this site. Several are on call as consultants inside the Deduction Board, by text or voice.
Sherlock Holmes
Consulting detective — the world's first and only
The consulting detective himself.
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Mycroft Holmes
Auditor of Whitehall — occasionally, he IS the British government
The smarter brother, rarely out of his chair.
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Dr. John Watson
Physician, chronicler, and the bravest man Holmes knows
Chronicler, physician, first reader.
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Professor Moriarty
Professor of mathematics; Napoleon of crime
The spider at the centre of the web.
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Inspector Lestrade
Inspector, Scotland Yard — tenacious as a bulldog, wrong as often
Scotland Yard's most persistent man.
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Irene Adler
Opera contralto, adventuress — always THE Woman
The Woman — the one who beat him.
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Mrs Hudson
Landlady of 221B Baker Street — long-suffering, lion-hearted
Landlady of 221B, patience of a saint.
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Colonel Moran
Colonel, late Indian Army — Moriarty's chief of staff
The second most dangerous man in London.
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Toby
Half spaniel, half lurcher — the finest nose in London
The bloodhound who never loses the scent.
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The canon's supporting cast — the clients, culprits, and allies from the sixty stories. Each name links to the story where they appear, summarised and analysed; the wider world of places and organisations lives in the Lore Codex.
Clients & victims
- Jabez Wilson — the red-headed pawnbroker in The Red-Headed League
- Helen Stoner — the terrified stepdaughter in The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- Mary Morstan — client, then Mrs Watson in The Sign of the Four
- Sir Henry Baskerville — heir to the Hall in The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Dr James Mortimer — keeper of the legend in The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Violet Hunter — the governess who asked why in The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- Lady Brackenstall — widow of the Abbey Grange in The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
- Effie Munro — the wife with a secret at Norbury in The Yellow Face
Culprits & adversaries
- Dr Grimesby Roylott — the stepfather with a whistle in The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- John Clay — the fourth-smartest man in London in The Red-Headed League
- Jefferson Hope — the avenger of the first novel in A Study in Scarlet
- Charles Augustus Milverton — the king of blackmailers in The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
- Jack Stapleton — the naturalist of the moor in The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Culverton Smith — the planter with a poisoned box in The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- Von Bork — the Kaiser's spymaster in His Last Bow
- Captain Jack Croker — the killer Holmes acquitted in The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Allies & regulars
- Inspector Tobias Gregson — the smartest of the Yarders in A Study in Scarlet
- Wiggins & the Baker Street Irregulars — eyes on every street in A Study in Scarlet
- Inspector Baynes — the provincial who impressed Holmes in The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
- Shinwell Johnson — informer in the underworld in The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
- Langdale Pike — society gossip, human reference book in The Adventure of the Three Gables
- Reginald Musgrave — college friend with a family ritual in The Musgrave Ritual
- Victor Trevor — the first friend, the first case in The "Gloria Scott"