Diocletian

Agent Diocletian works in the Department of Mary Sues. She was created by Tungsten Monk, but upon Tungsten's retirement was awarded into the custody of Neshomeh. Upon Tungsten's subsequent return, however, she was given back.

Appearance
Diocletian has been described as short and chipmunk-like in appearance, with brown hair that is typically worn in a messy knot on top of the head. She sometimes wears glasses, although these are only for reading and often done without entirely, since they're very hard to keep track of while on missions. The most distinctive thing about her is the Sue-tracking bracelet worn around one ankle, which beeps and lights up when she is dangerously close to invoking Mary-Sue powers.

In her Sue form, "De'anana Astrofaragothiel Shadowstar," alias Dea the Red, was described most purply as "a tall and noble goddess. Her long mahogany-colored hair flowed over her shoulders like a pitiless waterfall, and her silvery eyes watched the foolish girl laughingly. One elegant hand grasped an oak-carven staff, with a device of bone inset with diamonds crowning it." By the time of her first PPC mission, she no longer looked that way, thanks to a steady regimen of therapy and Logicillin.

Personality
Like all PPC Agents, Diocletian is insane. Though not as insane as she'd like you to think.

Diocletian is cynical, bitter, and sardonic. In other words, she's a PPC agent. Her major traits also include a genius for mindless violence and a preternatural sneakiness&mdash;sneaky enough to convince FicPsych that she was much crazier than she actually was, which she considered the only way to get any kind of time off.

As an ex-Sue, she has a soft spot for original characters trapped in bad stories. Diocletian and Suicide were the original team that rescued Professor Timbledim and Tadkeeta (later Agent Tadkeeta) from a godawful Narnia fic, acquiring at the same time a misspelled dragon with the 'unique' name of Narnia-Nolongerfled.

History
Diocletian was created as an LotR Sue, whose overlong name will not be used more than once in this article but who was commonly known as Dea the Red. She was an uncanonical daughter of the Witch-King, and usurped Eowyn's role on the battlefield in order to win the love of Legolas. An overall high quality of writing and respect for Gimli balanced her charge sheet, leaving the PPC agents who worked her case with the possibility of recruiting her rather than killing her.

She spent several months in 'Sue rehabilitation and is considered stable, although like all ex-Sues, her problem sometimes resurfaces. Her complete lack of subtlety and fondness for shock and awe tactics (she would think nothing of nuking an uncanonical Rivendell, for example) led to her being partnered with Agent Suicide in the Department of Mary Sues, who was equally troublesome. Rumor has it that the Sunflower Official did it in the hopes that they would kill each other.

Following a mission to Narnia, she faked insanity by pouring Blumble into the Sunflower Official's fertilizer. The charade was discovered when she and Suicide were sent into Subjugation, a fic from which they vanished in mid-mission.

Mission Reports
Diocletian's missions can be accessed from this page.

Home Page

Partnered with Doom

 * In the Beginning . . . (Gates of Fire), rescue of Suicide

Partnered With Suicide

 * Ranariel, Elf Ranger of the North (Lord of the Rings)
 * Of Sar-Plasm, Sue Pies, and Other Affairs of the Organs (Narnia)
 * Subjugation (Harry Potter), Incomplete. NSFW!