Alien Blood: Hence why it's a study in emerald.So, despite all the changes, Holmes and Watson are still ultimately the heroes saving people from Moriarty and Moran.

In this universe, Moriarty and Moran are the detectives while Holmes and Watson are the criminal masterminds, but the former are working (semi-unwittingly) for the cosmic horrors ruling the Earth while the latter are freedom fighters working to free humanity.

Adaptational Heroism / Adaptational Villainy: Subverted in an interesting way.

Adaptational Abomination: Queen Victoria (and presumably most other aristocrats and world leaders) are Eldritch Abominations and their descendants.

Which we highly recommend you do before proceeding to the trope list, which contains spoilers.Ī Board Game was released in 2013 by Treefrog Gamesĭark Horse Comics released a graphic novel adaptation of the story on July 10, 2018, drawn by Rafael Albuquerque. A member who is both far more and far less than human.Ĭan be read here for free, in nifty newsprint format in the style of an old Victorian Penny Dreadful. One day they are called by Inspector Lestrade to assist with investigating the gruesome murder of a member of the Royal Family. Through a mutual acquaintance he becomes flatmates with a brilliant if unorthodox consulting detective. Written in the style of a classic Holmes pastiche, this story (roughly following the plot of the first Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet) finds a British soldier invalided home after being injured in a war in Afghanistan. Later it was republished in Gaiman's anthology, Fragile Things (2006). Originally it was published in Shadows Over Baker Street (2003), an entire anthology of Sherlock Holmes pastiches set in the backdrop of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. 'A Study in Emerald' is a Hugo Award-winning short story by Neil Gaiman, essentially an Intercontinuity Crossover between Sherlock Holmes and the works of H.

Cover for the 2018 graphic novel adaptation from Dark Horse Comics

A study in emerald by neil gaiman