Elaine was born July 7, 1969, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was the third of five children (Alex, Gwen, Elaine, Bryan, and Terry), and was the classic middle child. Alex was the brain, Gwen was the beauty. Bryan and Terry were the boys and the babies. Elaine was largely ignored.

The family was well off. Andrea MacArthur, Elaine's mother, was an assistant D.A., and her father Alexander was an advertising executive. Elaine went through school with her grades never quite as good as Alex's, not quite as pretty as Gwen. And so, never really knowing what she would do, she majored in psychology in college and joined the FBI after graduation.

She loved it.  Elaine developed a knack for understanding the most tweisted criminal mids and predicting their next moves. She solved dozens of the "unsolved" cases more experienced agents had given up on. She quickly earned the enmity of these agents, who were embarrassed by her successes, and she was partnered with one of the FBI's most notorious agents, a man with a reputation for coming up with bizarre UFO and conspiracy theories.

Her rival's ploy worked, and Elaine was discredited at the FBI, her talent wasted. Chessmen, however, saw a good mind and adept agent material, and soon Elaine MacArthur was "killed" in a tragic auto accident. After training, however, Chessmen had a new Knight of the Crown.

Elaine adapted well to life at Square One, and has made friends in almost all of the departments. She cooks for the Pawns, and goes dancing with the Jennifer, the wildest of the Bishops. She still doesn't know who put rose petals in her suite, although she's installed a security device which utilizes recently captured force field technology. Her personal computer at Square One sports 128 Megs of RAM she liberated from a VIPER computer on a recent mission. More than anything else, she would like to have a dog, but the Rooks won't let her.

Off-time: Elaine loves bizarre theatre (she minored in theatre in college), and has dragged the new Rook at Square One, Jason Johnson, to a modern production of Hamlet. She also dragged him to the dog show at Madison Square Garden, but he still didn't let her have a dog. Flirting outrageously didn't help either. She's also taken Tom and Jerry to a show which involved garbage and dancing, but none of the three ever figured the plot out.

Personality Quirks (concept borrowed from GURPS): Each worth a point of disadvantage, only five allowed:

• Cooks for Pawns
• Wears Silk
• Goes to Wacky Shows
• Goes to Highland Games
• Wants a Dog

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