Roger Portsmouth

Portsmouth outside the Lakkosian Courthouse in 4 AF

Roger Portsmouth is a Lakkosian bureaucrat and the current Councilor of Land Management. Portsmouth was born in Oldtown and spent decades working for the Lakkosian Port Authority. After impressing his bosses with both his work ethic and the sheer number of violations he caught, his name was given to the Lakkosian Parliament as a potential candidate for the new nonpartisan position of Councilor of Land Management. Portsmouth was a natural born stickler for rules, and he passed every test the Parliament threw at him, eventually earning his councillorship.

## Early Life

Roger Portsmouth was born in Old Town, Republic of Lakkos in 49 BF. His father was a deadbeat drunk who did nothing to provide for his family, while his mother worked as a seamstress to make ends meet. As a child, Portsmouth would often look out at the ships at the dock and imagine boarding one and sailing away to a newer, happier life. Ironically, Roger would end up getting a job at the Port of Lakkos at the age of 14 scraping scallops off the bottom of merchant vessels.

## Work at the Port of Lakkos

Although Roger never had any formal education, he taught himself to read during his breaks at the port and became a voracious reader, often spending his days off at the library. Portsmouth was a dedicated worker, and had been promoted many times to better and better jobs within the port. After stopping a group of criminals trying to steal weapons off a military ship, Portsmouth was offered a job with the Lakkosian Port Authority. His new job consisted of him checking ships for contraband or any port violations that could lead to fines for the vessel in question.

Roger's upbeat and cheery demeanor did not stop him from being a hawkish and exacting arbiter of port safety code. The Port Authority's revenues would rise by 25% just from the total fines paid as a result of the infractions Roger would find. His bosses were ecstatic at his enthusiasm and uncompromising duty to uphold the rigid bureaucracy of the port's regulations.

## Councilor of Land Management

Portsmouth would spend over 30 years working at the port, and now that he had worked his way up to a position of power and respect, he was loving every minute of it. Roger did not merely enjoy bureaucratic work, he was addicted to it. Each fine was like righting another societal wrong, Roger found his work to be very cathartic. Despite having made quite something of himself, his greatest accomplishment was yet to come.

The Lakkosian Parliament had created a new bill to codify the management of federal and local land ownership. In light of recent political instability, the Parliament felt it might be best to make the position nonpartisan, and they began a search to look for candidates. Meanwhile at the Port of Lakkos, Roger had become a bit of a double edged sword for the Port Authority. His tenacity had made them a lot of money from fines, but his overzealous nature had caused many foreign merchant vessels to avoid Lakkos like the plague. If the ships didn't dock, they couldn't pay port fees and this was eating into profits, so something had to be done.

The leadership of the port realized that Portsmouth would be a perfect candidate for the new Councilor of Land Management position and immediately put his name forward. Roger was initially reluctant to leave his job at the port, but the weight of this new office would be a fun challenge for him, so he accepted the candidacy. Portsmouth, along with the other potential nominees, were put through a grueling set of questioning, background checks and competency tests. Roger was right at home in this quagmire of rules and regulations and did very well throughout the arduous process, quickly cementing himself as the best choice for the position. After the month-long candidacy period ended, Roger Portsmouth was made Councilor of Land Management, a job he was ready to handle with good-cheer and ruthless efficiency.