A Study in Regret/Characters

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Heroes

Sherlock Holmes

• Dude in Distress: Those "drug and torture references" refer to somebody...
• Love Hurts
• Mr. Fanservice: With enough delicious angst to satisfy any Holmes Fan Girl.
• Must Have Caffeine
• My God, What Have I Done?
• Not So Stoic: Holmes's infamous stoicism is pretty much hurled it out the window.
• Protagonist
• Tears of Remorse: Whenever Holmes cries, it's for Watson.

Inspector Geoffrey Lestrade

• Adorkable
• Beware the Nice Ones
• Deadpan Snarker
• Determinator
• Deuteragonist: From recurring character in the Canon to The Hero of the story!
• Fandom Nod: The use of the given name "Geoffrey" for Lestrade, an increasingly popular practice which began with Aragonite.
• The Leader: Type II.
• Not So Stoic
• Only Sane Man
• Reasonable Authority Figure
• Team Dad

Mary Watson neé Morstan

• Action Girl
• Determinator
• The Heart
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: To Lestrade - Mary is shown to be easily as smart as the Inspector, if not smarter.
• Like Brother and Sister: With Lestrade early on and Holmes later in the story.
• Love Hurts
• Multilingual Bonus
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Lestrade may be The Hero, but he and the other male characters make it clear that they know who's really in charge, here!
• The Smart Girl
• The Smurfette Principle
• Team Mom

Marcel Bernier

• The Atoner
• Unwitting Pawn

John H. Watson, M.D.

• Killed Off for Real

Villains

Colonel Sebastian Moran

• Authority Equals Asskicking: In the Canon, Professor Moriarty hired Moran for his skills, and Moran proves himself to be downright terrifying.
• Big Bad: Not bad for an Ascended Dragon Extra.
• Cold Sniper
• Hero-Killer: He murdered Watson.

Briggs

• The Dragon

Philippe Bernier

Klaus

Others

Herr Schultz

Dr. Joubert

Hannah Bessner

• The Atoner: For her stepfather, Joubert.