Brilliant, aloof and almost entirely lacking in social graces.
Brave, resourceful, practical.
John met Mary Morstan following the death of Sherlock.
Sherlock's older brother but there's little brotherly love there.
The best that Scotland Yard has to offer - but he knows that Sherlock is better.
A brilliant, insane genius.
Sherlock and John's landlady - not their housekeeper!
Works at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Clever but not as clever as he'd like to be.