James Moriarty

**Professor James Moriarty** is the main antagonist of the *Sherlock Holmes* franchise. He is a high-level crime lord in London, Sebastian Moran's boss and the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, being famously described as the "**Napoleon of Crime**" and the most dangerous enemy Holmes has ever faced. While he only played a major role in two novels (technically one, since the other novel has him only mentioned as the Big Bad), Moriarty gained popularity from fans and critics alike for being Sherlock's most dangerous enemy to date and said popularity integrated him as the main antagonist of the greater *Sherlock Holmes* media, most notably in films and television.

Moriarty is widely considered to be the greatest fictional archenemy in fictional history.

In the World Protection Security Agency stories, he is an antagonist in the series who firstly appears in WPSA: Glitter Force, and is one of the most dangerous archenemies of all the Precures, despite his extremely human nature.

James Moriarty serves as the overarching antagonist of the WPSA: Precure series, as well as the principal, main antagonist in the later Precure stories.

## Personality

Moriarty is shown to have disregard for the safety of oneself and others, inability to feel remorse or guilt for actions, inability to sympathize with others, sadistic tendencies (mostly regarding the psychological pain of others), inability to cope with boredom properly, manipulative and deceitful, strong desire for chaos and disorder, extremely large ego, disregard for authority, indifference to the wants and needs of others, prone to obsession, and a tendency to identify and exploit weaknesses of others.

On the positive, however, Moriarty is shown to have an extremely high intelligence, who possesses ability to formulate and carry out sophisticated (one may even Machiavellian) plans, strong ability to understand and predict human behavior, as well as strong strategical and logical intelligence, which is something he is able to defeat the Precures through his extremely intelligent mind, despite them having access to the Pretty Cure magic.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Moriarty holds extremely high levels of intelligence that at the very least equals, if not, exceeds that of Sherlock Holmes's own, with even Sherlock describing Moriarty as having a brain of the first order. In the WPSA stories, Moriarty's mental formidability is considered to be the most dangerous ability he has in store in mind. This makes him a highly dangerous foe to all the Precures, as he can instantly deduce their weakness.
* **Mastery of Criminal and Terrorizing techniques**: Moriarty was a criminal genius of such unparalleled skill that Holmes called him as The Napoleon of Crime. He possessed such phenomenal levels of skill and talent for organizing criminal activities to perfection throughout a city as powerful and widespread as London while effectively keeping his identity anonymous that he impresses even Sherlock, who is not easily impressed and was easily able to remain completely unsuspected as the world's only consulting criminal and the most dangerous of all of Sherlock's foes while creating plans for criminal activities that were flawless.
* **Polymath**: Moriarty also had phenomenal knowledge and competence in many fields of academic study. He was a particularly phenomenally gifted and knowledgeable mathematical genius, having been the Professor of Mathematics at a university and managing the career so effectively he was considered the most brilliant that university ever had. He had particular exceptional proficiency and knowledge in the Binomial Theorem, with him publishing a treatise on the subject that was globally acclaimed at the young age of 21 as well as in using mathematics on astronomical problems and astronomy itself, having published the Dynamics of an Asteroid, a book filled with such esoteric and complex mathematics that even Holmes was impressed by and it was even said that no man in the scientific press was capable of criticizing it. He was also highly advanced in technology and science, highly praised for his achievements in both fields.
* **Martial Arts**: Although an older man with a frail and aging appearance, and often preferring to deal with problems using his brains rather than fighting head on, Moriarty proved to be entirely willing to resort to hand-to-hand combat despite considering it as an extreme measure when pushed, and displayed himself to be surprisingly an excellent and physically fit brawler with considerable levels of experience and skill in martial arts, able to evenly match the highly skilled and peak conditioned Sherlock when they fought atop the Reichenbach Falls, both blocking and landing solid blows that inflicted pain on Holmes despite his physical resistance and withstanding Sherlock's blows and eventually only being barely defeated by Sherlock sacrificing himself with a swift Jujitsu maneuver to knock both himself and Moriarty to their doom.
* **Marksmanship**: Despite often preferring to stay in the shadows, Moriarty displayed proficiency in using firearms.

## WPSA Stories

James Moriarty is the main overarching antagonist of the WPSA: Precure series, who firstly appears in WPSA: Glitter Force. While he is seemingly human by all standards, according to Rascal, he is considered to be one of the most dangerous foes of the Precures, who is the true mastermind behind the entire events of the overall Precure series, including Pierrot's awakening.

Moriarty's genius-level intellect and master leadership skills makes him a formidable foe that even Queen Euphoria once described Moriarty as an "ordinary human with the brain of a genius criminal mastermind."

Moriarty is first seen in the first chapter of WPSA: Glitter Force with Pierrot's Commanders, including Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina, who is always seen seated with his second-in-command Sebastian Moran next to him.

## Trivia

* It is established that despite having the powers of a simple, ordinary human, Moriarty is considered one of the most dangerous foes the entire Precures and possibly the WPSA have encountered, largely due to his mental formidability and his strategic thinking into pinpointing their own weaknesses. greatest failures and fears, albeit in a completely underhanded way, as he often uses this as a distraction that gives him a golden opportunity to strike.