Detective Holmes

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Detective Holmes is an enemy and an NPC in BLACKSOULS 2 you can encounter. He’s usually a friendly NPC, but he’s also a sinister man, who enjoys killing prostitutes under the alias Jack the Ripper.

He’s most likely based on a certain depiction of Sherlock Holmes, and the real-life serial killer Jack the Ripper.

(this post is still WIP and is being expanded/updated)

Appearances | BS2

Holmes makes various different appearances throughout the game. Sometimes he’s friendly and sometimes he isn’t, it all depends on the situation your cycle is in.

Lutwidge Town

The first time you’ll most likely encounter Detective Holmes is right when you enter Lutwidge Town from the Rabbit Hole area, and when Red Hood comes out of the mirror.

You can only talk to Holmes if your SEN is high, but you’ll still see him regardless of the amount of your SEN, as he’ll still warn you to run away from Red Hood. However, if your SEN is too low, you won’t be able to talk to him and everything he says will seem like gibberish.

If you get through the door and escape Red Hood, you will see Holmes next to it and when you go talk to him, he’ll give you a few Blood Vials so you can heal yourself. He’ll also warn you of the white fog, as it’s the Cheshire Cat’s “warning sign”.

He doesn’t know who’s Alice, but he’ll navigate you to the Charles Tavern because there might be someone who knows more about her.

There’s a possibility that he’ll also ask you if you ever heard of Jack the Ripper, apparently, he’s a dangerous man that he wants to catch since he’s a detective after all.

If you try killing him at that spot, he will just vanish.

Fighting Jack the Ripper

When you enter Upper Lutwidge Town after going through the Park of Fog area, you will encounter Detective Holmes again at a certain part of the area. You have to go all the way up the north of the town until you reach the fog.

After entering the fog, you can talk to a Prostitute but then Detective Holmes will instantly appear and kill her. He will apologize because he can’t let you leave now that you have seen him killing someone.

And then, you will get into a fight with Jack the Ripper.

He really doesn’t like prostitutes, and you will learn that from the dialogue with him. He mentions an astonishing number of 80000 prostitutes, and how the Mental Ward and the Slaughterhouse aren’t enough – he will exterminate them all instead.

When you fight him, you will notice that he’s a difficult opponent, although he’s sensitive to soul magic, so if you’re not strong enough, use magic to take him down. There’s also a second phase in his fight where he gets really aggressive and strong.

Killing him will give you the Soul of Jack.

Edith’s Ring

If you have Edith’s Ring equipped and initiate a fight with Sherlock, or to be more specific, Jack the Ripper, he will notice the ring and comment how he now definitely can’t let you live.

He will recognize how the ring is “hers”, and by the end of the fight, he will also mention directly the surname Liddell but will be unable to finish his sentence.

Personality

Detective Holmes is a rational man who’s very serious, but he also has his secret other side, where he takes the identity of Jack the Ripper and goes around killing prostitutes. Even though he may seem like a bad person, he’s compassionate and caring, but the more evil part of his personality is just the consequence of living in Wonderland.

Design

Holmes takes the form of an anthropomorphic wolf or a dog. He has light blue hair and very nice clothing that’s quite stylish for an animal-like being.

There aren’t many other wolf-like humanoid characters like him in the game, so it’s fair to say he has a quite unique design. He’s quite stylish, and handsome.

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