Agents of Monarch

By H.R.C. Stanley


Dr Elsie Chapman

Date of Birth: 17th March 1960

Nationality: United States

Monarch Activation: 30th March 2002

Occupation: Palaeontologist, member of HEAT Team

Areas of Expertise: Palaeontology

Education: Anderson High School, University of Cincinnati

Background:

Since her childhood, she was enraptured by the tales of prehistoric beasts, and the fossils they left behind. This enthusiasm led her to learn more about what the dinosaurs really are, and how various animals today evolved from such extinct species.

Back in the dawn of 1998, Elsie was assigned to investigate the various footprints of a strange giant creature and briefed in Dr Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos on the situation. Initially, she was convinced that Nick wasn't exactly the best person to be investigating the occurrence of an abnormal creature, and she was to some extent correct. She worked with the American military to try and find a weakness in the beast, despite her high sense of cynicism and sarcasm.

A few months later, she was called in to scan for electrical activity in Madison Square Garden, where the slain GINO I made its nest, and soon came across the lone surviving offspring, dubbed 'GINO II'. After this, soldiers came into the tent she and Mendel Craven had used to perform research in and began to confiscate their findings. Upset by this, they went to Nick Tatopoulos, who showed her and Craven his research facilities, and introduced them to Randy Hernandez. She then became a valuable member of the HEAT team throughout its run into the 21st century.

Once she and the rest of the HEAT team was hired by the Monarch organisation, she was put in charge of Outpost 53 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, watching over Titanus Tiamat. She even developed a noticeable relationship with Rick Stanton, sharing a very deadpan and snarky attitude. In 2019, she was taken by surprised when Tiamat arose, awakened from its rocky cradle. She's currently leading a team to pursue the creature, who seems to be heading up north to Boston...


To be continued...