Gilfir has been bred for nobility. Being one of the few truebloods, a direct descendant to Barahk Goldbeard, he was born to lead. But being the youngest of five siblings meant that he lived his life in the shadows of the rest of his family.

He was of course to proud to admit this and worked hard in training his mind and his body. Everyday he would work tirelessly in the mines and every night he would read book after book detailing tactics for the battlefield. But his day seemed to never come, until one day when the elders called him to their chamber.

Smaller and quicker than the other dwarfs and with a thin greyish-brown beard, Rat hadn't been called by his birth name in years. Being bullied by the others for years he got used to living on his own.

Solitary dwarfs are considered dangerous and he soon found himself banished to the iron mines with the dishonored and the other outcasts. But when he heard Gilfir talk about Blood Bowl he didn't really see a way out of the mines, he saw a place where he could belong and maybe even thrive.

All his life Kherg has envied his cousins and their life as truebloods. His father was a trueblood, but his mother a mere commoner. That left him a halfblood, only getting to attend officer training after his father called in every favour he had. Even favours he didn't have, Kherg's father even sold his priced battleaxe. That axe had been in the family since the time of Barakh Goldbeard. When Kherg found out who bought the battleaxe, the uncle of a spoiled bastard also attending the academy, he vowed to one day get it back.

The spoiled brat turned out to be particular to gambling so one day Kherg challenged him to a game of dice, and won! Not quite believing his luck he reclaimed the prized axe and returned to his quarters in a state of euphoria. This did not last long, as Kherg found the brat and a couple of prefects waiting for him. The bastard accused him of cheating and when it came down to the word of a trueblood against a halfblood Kherg knew he didn't stand a chance.

Disgraced and thrown into the iron mines Kherg swore he would return the battleaxe to the family and get his revenge!

Thorug likes to make things bleed. But when he bashed in the nose of a highborn in the pub one night he found himself cast into the iron mines.

There was still a lot of people to smack around there, but everytime he got caught the guards sent him to solitary mining, digging all alone in a remote corner of the mine.

When Gilfir came with a chance to hurt people from all over the world, Thorug could not stop smiling!

Lothar was a tinkerer just as his father and his father before him. Tinkering was in his blood and it showed. At a young age Lothar was already inventing machines and making enhancements to the mining equipment. He was the youngest head of the guild ever and the elders constantly relied on him to come up with solutions for whatever problems the dwarfs encountered.

Facing the greenskins of Karahn-Carach he got ordered to invent a new weapon to turn the tide of battle. After shutting himself into his workshop for weeks he finaly emerged with a thriumphant smile. Lothar called his invention the Deathroller!

But the maiden voayage was a disaster! The pilot instantly lost control over the giant machine and plowed into the crowd gathered for the event. 19 young dwarfs lost their lives and 24 more were wounded. The elders decided the machine was to dangerous to put into use and banished Lothar to a remote corner of the iron mines.

Borug and Durk do everything together. But mining assignments won't take petty relations into account, and when they got put to work in different mines they both refused. This was not taken lightly and the brothers were promptly put to work in the iron mines. As long as they were together they didn't really mind.

In his first game, Boruk managed to lay out a ugly goblin. Boruk had no choice. But soon after his brother was hurt by another of the dirty greenskins. This made Boruk vow to better protect his brother in the future, guarding him against all opponents!

Borug and Durk do everything together. But mining assignments won't take petty relations into account, and when they got put to work in different mines they both refused. This was not taken lightly and the brothers were promptly put to work in the iron mines. As long as they were together they didn't really mind.

Durk showed potential in his first game when he killed a rodent man-creature early in the first half. Alas he was later hurt by one of the sneaky goblins, who tripped him up, causing him ti miss the next outing.

Twin sister of Reck Goldbeard. The only female player on the initial team, Lei is just as tough as the toughest player's on any other team. However, she is more suited for carrying the ball and running then her male teammates. Lei doesn't appear to have the obsession that the rest of the family has with precious stones, however she is also an excellent keeper of secrets.

Lei disappeared along with the rest of the Glittering-Knights, Gilfir and his later encountered her in a cage in Yantai.

It was after a game against the huge brutes from the canyons and the Rough Diamonds had settled down in the Illuminated Lantern for the evening with a few mugs of ale. A disgusting goblin emerged from a dark corner mumbling about a slave of dwarven descent. Gilfir took his cousin and the slayers with him to investigate.

In a rundown warehouse nearby they found her. It was Lei, chained to a post in some sort of showroom. A naked goblin female, framed by two huge trolls entered the room and demanded 110000 gold coins for the dwarf girl.

Lei was bruised and beaten but a spark of recognition showed in her eyes as Gilfir took her in his arms. She grabbed a strong hold of him, but did not speak as the group left the warehouse and returned to the in.