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Name: Dr. John H. Watson
From the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

Left canon in 1892, a year after Sherlock Holmes's apparent (and faked) death at the Reichenbach Falls.

Appearance: A strongly-built, middle-sized gentleman with a moustache. He has a slight limp.

History: After getting his medical degree in1878, Dr. Watson joined the army. He was shipped to his regiment in India, but by the time he got there the second Afghan war had broken out and he was shipped out again to join them in Afghanistan. He was wounded at the battle of Maiwand, and saved from capture by his orderly, who threw him over a pack-horse and brought him back to the British lines. While recovering in Peshawar, Watson came down with enteric fever, and nearly died. At last, weak and emaciated, he was sent back to England with a wound pension to recover. Watson had no family in England and soon ended up in London, spending his pension faster than he ought to, until he ran into an old acquaintance from medical school, who eventually introduced him to Sherlock Holmes, who was also looking for someone to share rooms with. Watson was soon caught up in Holmes’ cases, and they became the closest of friends. He devoted himself to assisting Holmes and doing some small bit of biographical writing, which Holmes never approved of. Watson married Mary Morstan in 1888.

In 1891, Sherlock Holmes met his apparent death at the hands of Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland; within the year, Mary Watson also passed away.

Inventory:
- His medical bag
- His service revolver
- His walking stick
- A framed photograph of himself and Mary on their wedding day
- A collection of his old journals, both private writings and case notes
- A quantity of bound blank notebooks
- His favourite pen, along with ink and blotting paper
- Letters he has saved, from Holmes, Mary, and various family members
- A bottle of brandy
- A supply of his favourite cigarettes from Bradley’s, in Oxford Street

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