Sherlock Holmes

Download the Sherlock Holmes demo vault for Obsidian, with A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear, and see how Radial Timeline displays structured chapter notes, manuscript properties, AI scene Pulse Triplet Analysis, Gossamer traces, and selected Inquiry examples across four books.

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A Study in Scarlet · Chapter III

# Scene YAML → The Lauriston Gardens Mystery

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synopsis

Holmes and Watson examine Drebber’s body at Lauriston Gardens. A wedding ring and RACHE written in blood complicate the mystery; Holmes identifies poisoning and describes the killer.

summary

Watson asks Holmes how he identified the messenger as a retired sergeant of Marines; Holmes cites the anchor tattoo, military carriage, regulation side whiskers, and air of command. …

character

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Gregson, Lestrade, Enoch Drebber

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complete · 3,833 words · runtime 25:33

# Scene YAML → The Lauriston Gardens Mystery

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class

Scene

act

when

Unset

synopsis

Holmes and Watson examine Drebber’s body at Lauriston Gardens. A wedding ring and RACHE written in blood complicate the mystery; Holmes identifies poisoning and describes the killer.

summary

Watson asks Holmes how he identified the messenger as a retired sergeant of Marines; Holmes cites the anchor tattoo, military carriage, regulation side whiskers, and air of command. …

character

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Gregson, Lestrade, Enoch Drebber

status

complete · 3,833 words · runtime 25:33

A Study in Scarlet — chapter notes

Follow the partnership, the London investigation, and the hidden Utah history through 14 chapters. Each note includes the original text, a summary, a synopsis, characters, and saved Scene Pulse Triplet Analysis.

Gossamer Examples — The Lauriston Murder

4 TRACES

momentum.trace

October 4 · Claude Opus 5.5

MOMENTUM · 72 / 100

The body, the RACHE inscription, the ring and the absence of a wound pile up new questions, capped by Holmes’s parting revelations.

4 TRACES

tension.trace

October 4 · Claude Opus 5.5

TENSION · 55 / 100

A horrific corpse, unexplained blood, the RACHE inscription, and the ring pose a genuine unresolved puzzle with a murderer at large.

4 TRACES

activity.trace

October 4 · Claude Opus 5.5

ACTIVITY · 62 / 100

Cab journey, site walk, body examination, the ring dropping, the wall inscription revealed by match light, and a measured room search stack steady observable events.

4 TRACES

interiority.trace

October 4 · Claude Opus 5.5

INTERIORITY · 35 / 100

Watson registers dread before the corpse and wonder at Holmes, but the scene stays mostly observational.

Selected Inquiry example — A Study in Scarlet

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SAVED PAYOFF ANALYSIS · 14 CHAPTERS · FULL SCENE EVIDENCE

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SAVED PAYOFF ANALYSIS · 14 CHAPTERS · FULL SCENE EVIDENCE

The central threads line up well across the two-part split. The ring, RACHE, the Cleveland telegram, the florid face, the pills and the Copenhagen label from S6 all resolve consistently in S12–S14. A handful of seeds are left without consequence: the haemoglobin test and the bull pup (S1), Watson’s loaded revolver (S5), Charpentier’s arrest (S6), Hope’s delayed return (S11) and the never-named ring accomplice (S13).

PAYOFF · DEPTH LENS · DEPTH 76 · FLOW 78