(oooh yeah if you could fill me in on what you've envisioned for Tom and Sherlock, before I get busy brainstorming, that would be great haha)
For Sawyer, it's the basic LXG story. He joined an early version of the American FBI after his adventures as a child, being the great marksman he was, and sailed on over to Europe when he heard that international collapse was abound. Not too hard to follow of a story, and offers a lot of wiggle room for other plot ideas.
cool!
Sherlock is more complicated. After his friends and partners in crime solving and in secret marriage, John and Mary Watson, are killed in a mysterious fire, Sherlock decides to become hell bent on revenge. He is not aware of Moriarty and has not met the man at this point. However, he discovers a criminal underworld run by a J.M., so when a mysterious figure calling himself M. offering answers about this J.M. in exchange for help in his saving the world, Sherlock reluctantly agrees if only to get his information and leave afterwards. A bit more complicated, but I'm leaving a bit of room for character customization. The fire happened about a month before meeting M., and the meeting of the League is a month after the invitation. I'd also thought Sherlock could be trans in this version and be carrying John's unborn child but I decided that I'd leave that up to you to decide on if you wanted more or less drama included.
ooooh so it's been two months since the fire, then? If I'm reading the timeline correctly? Orrrr just one? I really like the idea of Sherlock being trans and carrying John's kid (plus what if he didn't know? And the symptoms start showing up and he's like "what the fuck")