Acacia Byrd

Acacia Byrd is one of the agents from the Original Series. She famously worked with Jay Thorntree in the Lord of the Rings Division of the Department of Mary Sues.

Appearance
Acacia is the shorter of the two partners. She has brown hair and wears glasses.

Personality
Acacia was (usually) the "moody broody" counterpart to the cheerful Jay. However, at times these roles could be reversed, or simply chucked out the window, since PPC agents aren't one-dimensional (or else the Department of Internal Operations would be paying them a visit). She also likes poisons, because they are "fun."

Recruitment
Acacia was recruited in 2002 HST to the Department of Bad Slash. The exact circumstances of her recruitment are unknown.

Early Departments
Acacia had never met a Flower until encountering the Sunflower Official in the DMS. This is quite surprising, since her brief stint in the DBS was followed by an equally short time with the Department of Implausible Crossovers before she was finally transferred to the Department of Mary Sues and partnered with Jay. All of these events took place in 2002.

Jay
Jay Thorntree and Acacia Byrd are the most famous Assassins in the entire PPC. They worked mostly with the Department of Mary Sues, but were also temporarily reassigned to the Department of Implausible Crossovers. While only partnered for a brief time&mdash;they were together for the release of the Two Towers movie, but had parted before The Return of the King came out&mdash;until relatively recently, they had the largest body of mission reports for a single pair of agents. However, sometime in 2003, Acacia broke under the pressure, and was permitted to retire to the Roman Empire.

Agent Timeline

 * 2002 - Recruited to the PPC and the DBS. Transferred in quick succession to the DIC and then the DMS, where she was partnered with Jay Thorntree.
 * 2003 - Retires in the middle of the year.

Mission Reports

 * The mission logs of Jay and Acacia can be found at Miss Cam's website
 * Archived on The Lost Tales
 * Via the Wayback Machine (the only way to find "The Dark Elf")

Partnered with Jay Thorntree

 * Chapter 1: "Rambling Band" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Meet the Assassins as they rid Middle-earth of stray punk rockers in Rivendell.
 * Sue: Laurel


 * Chapter 2: "Chosen" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Galadriel's other daughter meets a timely end.
 * Sue: Phoenix


 * Chapter 3: "Lady of the Fellowship" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Technical difficulties are experienced, and necessity proves the mother of invention as the Asssassins encounter a Warrior-'Sue.
 * Sue: Akasha


 * Chapter 4: "Protector of the Ringbearer" (Lord of the Rings), with Luxury
 * Of blue unicorns and less probable things; the Department of Bad Slash proves helpful.
 * Sues: Aislinn and Branwyn Luck


 * Chapter 5: "What Might Have Been" (Lord of the Rings)
 * The secret of Rivendell's construction, and the lost technology of Hollin&mdash;cement.
 * Sues: Anirana and Hanae


 * Chapter 6: "And in the Darkness Bind Them" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Zelda meets Dragonlance meets the Assassins: PPC 1, "Link" 0.
 * Sue: Link


 * Chapter 7: "Children of the Earth" (Lord of the Rings), with Luxury and Sean (DBS)
 * Sean and Lux tag along. Recruiting.
 * Sues: Emma Silverblade and Kivan Silverblade


 * Chapter 8: "Why am I Here" (Lord of the Rings)
 * How to drive a Mary Sue to madness: the Cheese Elves of Rivendell.
 * Sues: Alex and Charlie


 * Chapter 9: "Laugh at the Moon" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Scientific "Testing to Destruction" of a Mary Sue.
 * Sue: Alexis


 * Chapter 10: "Vacation at OFUM"
 * (Which turns out to be a Working Vacation, of course...)
 * A visit to OFUM


 * Chapter 11: "Mithril" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Elrond's other daughter meets a timely end in Generic FantasyLand.
 * Sue: Mithril Starlight


 * Chapter 12: "Gwendolyn" (Lord of the Rings)
 * In which it is seen that ten is not a logical number.
 * Sue: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Huntington


 * Chapter 13: "All Souls Night" (Lord of the Rings)
 * What to do with flames, and no-win situations.
 * Sue: Ariuella Shadowfox


 * Chapter 14: "Sisterhood" (Lord of the Rings)
 * "Nine 'Sues for mortal men, doomed to cry..."
 * Sues: Deminica and The Sisterhood


 * Chapter 15: "The Maiden" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Barbecue time! Party with the PPC!
 * Sue: Pangaea


 * Chapter 16: "We Cannot Be" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Andromielle Zinnia, 'Sue Social Status, and OOCness... (Plus! Limited time offer: see Jay sane.)
 * Sue: Andromielle Zinnia


 * Chapter 17: "Darkness Awakened" (Lord of the Rings x Star Wars)
 * A transfer, a lichen that sounds like John Cleese and reincarnated Isildur&mdash;"Izzy"&mdash;teaming up with a Jedi named Matrix&mdash;it's time to take on crossovers.
 * Avatar: Matrix


 * Chapter 18: "Two Worlds" (Lord of the Rings x Harry Potter)
 * The prodigal daughter of Remus Lupin and Galadriel gets what's coming to her.
 * Sue: Serenity


 * Chapter 20: "The Luggage Runs Off With the One Ring" (Lord of the Rings x Discworld)
 * Discworld crossover mayhem&mdash;say goodby to sanity...
 * Implausible Crossover


 * Chapter 21: "The Dark Elf" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Bring your anti-nausea medications...
 * Sue: Solaris


 * Chapter 22: "Elemental Crystals" (Lord of the Rings)
 * On dragons and real dragons.
 * Sues: Elvira Flameheart Magiseer and Silavren


 * Chapter 23: "To Know Where You Are Going" (Lord of the Rings)
 * Elrond and Arwen: the love story never told. For a bloody good reason, as Jay and Acacia... explain to the Possesion-Sue.
 * Sue: Sue!Arwen

Appearances in Stories by Other Writers

 * "A Will of Their Own" (Lord of the Rings), Agents Aerilyn and Zera (DMS-LotR)
 * Jay and Acacia are kidnapped by a Mary Sue for the Sue's nefarious ends.
 * "All Roads"
 * Jay and Acacia encounter Tanfin Illian, who flees to Rome to escape the Black Cats. Set in 2030 and 2006, HST.