Nogard: I'm not sure what I did, but for some reason all my character portraits on the right side of the screen while I am playing the game are gone! Is there a shortcut that can enable them to be displayed again or something? Any help anyone could give me would be awesome. Thanks in advanced!
You must have pressed 'U' on the keyboard by accident when playing. Just press it again on the main play area, and the character panel will return. For future reference:
'Y' toggles the left-hand panel.
'U' toggles the right-hand panel.
'H' toggles the entire interface HUD, as mentioned above by wcaypahwat.
I hope that helps.