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BreadBert is a human sailor who started the campaign off as an NPC when the incoming PCs were dropped into the world via a starting scenario on a seagoing passenger vessel. His role was to be the nephew of the captain of the ship, acting both as its gofer and trainee crew member. Given that I needed some minifigures to make this work I'd reached into an old LEGO pirate chess set laying around and out came BreadBert, dressed like something from colonial times, and a LEGO prop of a loaf of bread in his hand. I let the players name him, and even though I'm sure they would have spelled it differently, I like “BreadBert” because it gives me a Dilbert kind of vibe.
BreadBert was improved to be rather inept, and while the 1st LV PCs were trying to find a mimic killing passengers, or dealing with pirates who tried to take over the ship, the end game was that his uncle, captain of this ship, would need rest and leave BreadBert at the wheel, and this would lead to BreadBert steering the ship off course and into kraken infested waters, ultimately sinking the ship. Inept reinforced.
BreadBert survived and washed up on an island with the PCs, ultimately being dragged along for awhile before leaving the party to become second mate to Pirate Captain Salty Merlot.