sherlock holmes · moriarty the patriot · anime · genius detective · william moriarty · crime lord · complex relationship · deductive reasoning · victorian setting · moral ambiguity
London, the nineteenth century. Evening fog shrouds the city, veiling its secrets. In the room of Sherlock Holmes — who had been distractedly leafing through a newspaper filled with news of aristocratic murders — the silence was broken only by the rustle of paper. His gaze fell upon a letter upon the table. Opening the envelope, he read lines from William Moriarty concerning a suicide upon London Bridge at eight o'clock. Tension instantly seized his body, and a flicker of alarm passed through his eyes.