diff --git a/addaccounts.php b/addaccounts.php
index 4b01219..c20d3f7 100644
--- a/addaccounts.php
+++ b/addaccounts.php
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if (!empty($_POST['delchar'])) {
 	echo 'Character deleted - no preferred character selected.<br /><br />';
 }
 
+if (!empty($_POST['newcharname'])) {
+	include_once ('includes/addcharacters-submit.php');
+}
+
 echo '<form action="addaccounts.php" method="post"><table>';
 echo '<caption>Add a new Guild Wars account e-mail or alias</caption>';
 echo '<tr><td><input type="text" name="accemail" size="35" required></td><td><input type="submit" value="Add account"></td></tr>';
@@ -62,6 +66,21 @@ while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
 $acclist->close();
 echo '</table><br />';
 
+// add characters here
+echo '<form action="addaccounts.php" method="post"><table>';
+echo '<caption style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden;">Add character to account: ' . $_SESSION['prefaccname'] . '</caption>';
+echo '<tr><th>Character name</th><th>Birthdate</th><th>Profession</th></tr>';
+echo '<tr><td><input type="text" name="newcharname" size="19" required autofocus></td><td><input type="date" name="bdate" placeholder="2005-04-28"></td><td><select name="profid" required>';
+// $gp = Get Profession
+$gp = $con->prepare("SELECT profid, profession FROM gwprofessions");
+$gp->execute();
+$result = $gp->get_result();
+while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
+	echo '<option value=' . $row['profid'] . '>' . $row['profession'] . '</option>';
+}
+echo '</td></tr>';
+echo '<tr><td colspan="3"><input type="submit" value="Add character"></td></tr></table></form><br />';
+
 echo '<form action="addaccounts.php" method="post"><table border="1"><caption style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden;">Available characters</caption>';
 echo '<tr><td>charid</td><td>accid</td><td>charname</td><td>Delete?</td></tr>';
 $lc = $con->prepare("SELECT charid, accid, charname FROM gwchars WHERE accid = ?");
diff --git a/addcharacters.php b/addcharacters.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7379645..0000000
--- a/addcharacters.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-$pagetitle = "Add Characters";
-include_once ('header.php');
-echo 'add a new character!';
-echo '<form action="addcharacters.php" method="post"><table>';
-echo '<caption style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden;">Add character to account: ' . $_SESSION['prefaccname'] . '</caption>';
-echo '<tr><td><input type="text" name="newchar" size="19" required></td><td><input type="submit" value="Add character"></td></tr>';
-echo '</table></form><br />';
-include_once ('footer.php');
-?>
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diff --git a/includes/addcharacters-submit.php b/includes/addcharacters-submit.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f4865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/addcharacters-submit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+# delete this block when shit finally works.
+ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+# delete the above when shit finally works
+
+// $ac = AddCharacter
+$ac = $con->prepare("INSERT INTO gwchars (accid, userid, charname, birthdate, profid) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
+$ac->bind_param("iissi", $_SESSION['prefaccid'], $_SESSION['userid'], $_POST['newcharname'], $_POST['bdate'], $_POST['profid']);
+$ac->execute();
+$ac->close();
+echo $_POST['newcharname'] . ' added to your account!<br /><br />';
+
+?>
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diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 7925576..dd901f0 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if (isset($_SESSION['userid'])){
 	echo 'Update character stats <A HREF="updatecharstats.php" class="navlink">here</A><BR /><BR />';
 	echo 'Update account stats <A HREF="updateaccountstats.php" class="navlink">here</A><BR /><BR />';
 	echo 'Add Guild Wars accounts and manage characters <a href="addaccounts.php" class="navlink">here</a><br /><br />';
-    echo 'Add a <a href="addcharacters.php" class="navlink">new character</a> to track<br />';
 }
 include_once ('footer.php');
 ?>
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