Portia Frost

**Portia Frost** is Ruben Navarro's secretary on Isla Esperanza, being a suspect in Chapter 1 of Murder by Choice.

## Personality

Portia appears directly as a cold, sarcastic and heartless person. She is jealous, ambitious and professional. She does not hesitate to say what she thinks of people and to show her disdain. Below the surface, however, Portia proves to be very protective and attached to the people she loves, Ruben calling her a "sister". She will also end up in dialogue with Carla Page and they will eventually get along well, to Ruben's surprise. Portia also knows how to be courageous, not hesitating to fight with Margot while holding a gun.

## Biography

Portia was born in Sweden and has worked with Ruben for at least 7 years.

## Relationships

### Carla Page

Knowing Carla was Ruben's daughter before Chapter 1 began, Portia evidentially felt jealousy against Carla because of this fact, being more unusually cold when Carla initially arrived on Isla Esperanza. This was to the point where Portia stalked Carla's entire life, obsessively collecting photos all the way from Carla as a baby to Carla now being a journalist on her USB. Throughout most of the game, Portia passive-aggressively against Carla, assuming her to be incapable of basic tasks like deciding where guests should sit at the diner table and constantly criticizing her over minor matters like the color of the dining tablecloth. However, Portia grows to slightly trust Carla more over time like allowing her to grab rope to pull out Freddie Wolf's body from the ruins' well, albeit still acting not very polite to Carla. Depending who Carla sides with in the end when Portia and Janet fight over Janet's love letter to Ruben, Portia will either claim that she will no longer be willing to support Carla if Carla sides with Janet or simply dismisses Carla if Carla sides with Portia. Unfortunately, Carla does not get a chance to interact with Portia again after this fight before Portia's murder.

### Ruben Navarro

Portia is obsessed with Ruben, calling him a genius only born every century. Portia believes that she "belongs" to Ruben's side and monitors all of Ruben's activities to an extreme extent, even including how he brushes his teeth. When Ruben nearly dies before Miraculus kicks in, Portia shows vulnerability for the first time by crying, being genuinely joyful once Ruben is alive and well. Ruben is aware of Portia's love for him but does not share the same feelings for her, only respecting her for her loyalty and hard work as his secretary. Although Portia is no longer alive by this point, once Ruben finds out about the extent of Portia's obsession for him, Ruben becomes shocked and disgusted by how willing Portia will go to separate Ruben and Janet.

### Georgiana Bird

Portia barely interacts with Mrs. Bird, simply making requests and moving on. Mrs. Bird has distaste for Portia because of her coldness to her and other people.

### Joaquin "Q" Díaz

Portia and Q do not interact with each other throughout the game, but they do refer to each other. It is clear that Portia does not think much of Q because of his occupation, simply calling him a "gardener" and thinking Q is off tending to plants when Q goes missing. Q is aware of Portia's lack of kindness, but does grieve once learning about her murder.

### Lukas Matonis

Not much is known about Portia and Lukas' relationship with each other. However, Portia was clearly not fond of Lukas as she does not seem to miss him much compared to Ruben's other employees upon his death. Portia also seems to think Lukas lacks a "backbone", saying he only had one when he tried to convince Ruben to not bring Freddie to Isla Esperanza.

### Margot St. Germain

Portia and Margot do not interact with each other much. Margot seems to care for Portia's well-being by not bringing her cat to Isla Esperanza because of Portia's allergies to cats. However, Margot can be briefly seen accusing Portia of being the culprit in the kitchen before both leave, to Portia's frustration. However, once Portia realizes Margot as the culprit after catching her snooping through Portia's laptop, Margot kills Portia in the end for learning too much with no remorse.

### Katharine Bennet

Dr. Kat is uniquely the only other person on Isla Esperanza that Portia somewhat gets along with besides Ruben and arguably Carla, although this is likely because Portia respects and needs to have Dr. Kat for looking after Ruben's health after being poison. Dr. Kat also ends up being the only other person besides Ruben to cry over Portia's death knowing that she did not deserve it.

### Freddie Wolf

Portia does not seem fond of Freddie, siding with Lukas to attempt to convince Ruben to not bring Freddie to Isla Esperanza due to his poor behavior. When Freddie attempts to flirt with Portia by trying to convince her to drink together down in the wine cellar, Portia turns down his offer, calling Freddie "an attractive package" for his good looks, albeit "an empty one" for his lack of substance. However, should Carla choose to bring Portia and Jax to find Freddie, Portia is unusually shaken once she sees Freddie's body, showing her genuine shock that someone as aggressive as Freddie was killed so brutally.

### Samuel Wilkinson

Portia shows her distaste for the Admiral once the Admiral announces his departure from Isla Esperanza using his boat Bessie to get help, essentially calling him a coward as a government official running away from danger. The Admiral and Portia clash on Portia's determination to keep everyone on the island regardless of the escalating situation. Indeed, the Admiral openly declares his distrust of Portia to Ruben in holding confidential information on Project Genetica. However, if Carla decides to trick the Admiral by making him think Portia's only been shot, the Admiral is shot and leaves his room in an attempt to help her. If Carla is honest with the Admiral from the start, the Admiral is shocked hearing about Portia's death.

### Jax Traynor

Portia does not have a high opinion of Jax, especially because of his irrational decisions. Jax nicknames her "the Ice Queen" because of how strict and heartless Portia is to most people except Ruben. However, Jax remains shocked upon hearing her death, saying that Portia did not deserve to die regardless of how rude she was.

### Janet Lim

Portia and Janet despise each other especially over their romantic feelings for Ruben. Portia blackmails Janet to avoid Ruben as much as possible using Janet's secret of using ghostwriters to write her recent novels, making Janet extremely bitter against Portia for both preventing her from seeing Ruben and holding her secret against her. Portia sees Janet both as a threat to Ruben in that she disrupts his work and as a rival in both being infatuated with Ruben. Even so, Janet does pass out from shock after seeing Portia's corpse and claims she would still never kill Portia for blackmailing her.

## Trivia

* Portia's surname "Frost" refers to her frosty nature. It is also the same surname as the reoccurring character Max Frost from *Murder in the Alps*, a game also developed by Nordcurrent, although no other connection has been established.
* Portia is like Ulla Lund from the very first chapter of *Murder in the Alps*, in being a secretary from Sweden.
* Portia uses her happy expression the least out of any character. She only uses it when:
	+ she tries to give a toast at the second dinner party set up by her and Carla (this is only seen looking back at the dialogue log).
	+ she wants Ruben to be silent after being revived.

## Quotes

* "You have a tablecloth in your hand, and here’s a clothless table. Hmm... What to do?"
* "Chat time’s over, and that’s your cue to go away."
* "I didn't start it. But I sure as hell will be the one to finish it."
* "What are you doing here?! You!" (last words)

## Gallery

* In-Game Emotes
* Scrapped Emotes
* Cutscenes
* Sales
* Promos

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Carla meets Portia for the first time.Portia discovers Margot in her suite.Portia begins to fight with Margot.Portia is pushed onto her bed.Portia is hit by Margot's gun.Portia is shot to death.Portia found dead.

On Carla's bulletin board.

On the "Character Facts" column.