diff --git a/src/entity/account.rs b/src/entity/account.rs
index 3406f52..7c0274c 100644
--- a/src/entity/account.rs
+++ b/src/entity/account.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ pub struct UserAccount {
     pub flags: u32, // TODO: is this used for anything other than character creation?
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct UserSettings {
     pub id: u32,
     pub user_id: u32,
     pub settings: settings::UserSettings,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub struct GuildCardData {
     pub id: u32,
     pub user_id: u32,
diff --git a/src/entity/character.rs b/src/entity/character.rs
index d682eba..42c16f0 100644
--- a/src/entity/character.rs
+++ b/src/entity/character.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use libpso::character::character;
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Character {
     pub id: u32,
     pub user_id: u32,
+    pub slot: u32,
     pub character: character::Character,
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/entity/gateway/entitygateway.rs b/src/entity/gateway/entitygateway.rs
index 9299cb4..8ec4f75 100644
--- a/src/entity/gateway/entitygateway.rs
+++ b/src/entity/gateway/entitygateway.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ pub trait EntityGateway {
         unimplemented!();
     }
 
-    fn set_character_by_user(&mut self, _user: &UserAccount, _slot: u32, _char: Character) {
+    fn new_character_by_user(&mut self, _user: &UserAccount) -> Character {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
+
+    fn set_character(&mut self,  _char: &Character) {
         unimplemented!();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/entity/gateway/inmemory.rs b/src/entity/gateway/inmemory.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad01aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/entity/gateway/inmemory.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use crate::entity::account::*;
+use crate::entity::character::*;
+use crate::entity::gateway::EntityGateway;
+
+use libpso::character::settings;
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+pub struct InMemoryGateway {
+    users: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, UserAccount>>>,
+    user_settings: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, UserSettings>>>,
+    //guildcard: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, GuildCardData>>>,
+    characters: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, Character>>>,
+}
+
+impl InMemoryGateway {
+    pub fn new() -> InMemoryGateway {
+        InMemoryGateway {
+            users: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            user_settings: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            //guildcard: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            characters: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl EntityGateway for InMemoryGateway {
+    fn get_user_by_id(&self, id: u32) -> Option<UserAccount> {
+        let users = self.users.lock().unwrap();
+        users.get(&id).map(|k| k.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn get_user_by_name(&self, username: String) -> Option<UserAccount> {
+        let users = self.users.lock().unwrap();
+        users
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(_, k)| k.username == username)
+            .map(|(_, k)| k.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn set_user(&mut self, user: &UserAccount) {
+        let mut users = self.users.lock().unwrap();
+        users.insert(user.id, user.clone());
+    }
+
+    fn get_user_settings_by_user(&self, user: &UserAccount) -> Option<UserSettings> {
+        let user_settings = self.user_settings.lock().unwrap();
+        user_settings
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(_, k)| k.id == user.id)
+            .map(|(_, k)| k.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn create_user_settings_by_user(&self, user: &UserAccount) -> UserSettings {
+        let mut user_settings = self.user_settings.lock().unwrap();
+        let id = user_settings
+            .iter()
+            .fold(0, |sum, (i, _)| std::cmp::max(sum, *i))
+            + 1;
+        let new_settings = UserSettings {
+            id: id,
+            user_id: user.id,
+            settings: settings::UserSettings::default(),
+        };
+        user_settings.insert(id, new_settings.clone());
+        new_settings
+    }
+
+    fn get_characters_by_user(&self, user: &UserAccount) -> [Option<Character>; 4] {
+        let characters = self.characters.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut chars = [None; 4];
+        characters
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(_, c)| c.user_id == user.id)
+            .for_each(|(_, c)| chars[c.slot as usize] = Some(c.clone()));
+        chars
+    }
+
+    fn new_character_by_user(&mut self, user: &UserAccount) -> Character {
+        let mut characters = self.characters.lock().unwrap();
+        let id = characters 
+            .iter()
+            .fold(0, |sum, (i, _)| std::cmp::max(sum, *i))
+            + 1;
+
+        let mut c = Character::default();
+        c.id = id;
+        c.user_id = user.id;
+        characters.insert(id, c.clone());
+        c
+    }
+
+    fn set_character(&mut self, char: &Character) {
+        let mut characters = self.characters.lock().unwrap();
+        characters.insert(char.id, char.clone());
+    }
+
+    fn get_guild_card_data_by_user(&self, _user: &UserAccount) -> GuildCardData {
+        GuildCardData::default()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/entity/gateway/mod.rs b/src/entity/gateway/mod.rs
index 480cac3..214bdfd 100644
--- a/src/entity/gateway/mod.rs
+++ b/src/entity/gateway/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 pub mod entitygateway;
+pub mod inmemory;
 
 pub use entitygateway::EntityGateway;
+pub use inmemory::InMemoryGateway;
diff --git a/src/login/character.rs b/src/login/character.rs
index 1fb607d..d717542 100644
--- a/src/login/character.rs
+++ b/src/login/character.rs
@@ -383,12 +383,16 @@ impl<EG: EntityGateway> ServerState for CharacterServerState<EG> {
                 let client = self.clients.get_mut(&id).ok_or(CharacterError::ClientNotFound(id))?;
                 let mut user = client.user.as_mut().unwrap();
                 if user.flags == USERFLAG_NEWCHAR {
+                    let mut char = self.entity_gateway.new_character_by_user(&user);
+                    char.slot = preview.slot;
+                    char.character = preview.character.as_character();
                     let char = Character {
                         id: 9,
+                        slot: preview.slot,
                         user_id: user.id,
                         character: preview.character.as_character()
                     };
-                    self.entity_gateway.set_character_by_user(&user, preview.slot, char);
+                    self.entity_gateway.set_character(&char);
                 }
                 if user.flags == USERFLAG_DRESSINGROOM {
                     // TODO: dressing room stuff
diff --git a/src/login/main.rs b/src/login/main.rs
index 47708c6..a1c8561 100644
--- a/src/login/main.rs
+++ b/src/login/main.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ impl LoginStubData {
 
             characters: [Some(Character {
                 id: 1,
+                slot: 0,
                 user_id: 1,
                 character: c,
             }),
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ impl EntityGateway for LoginStubData {
         self.characters
     }
 
-    fn set_character_by_user(&mut self, _user: &UserAccount, slot: u32, char: Character) {
-        self.characters[slot as usize] = Some(char);
+    fn set_character(&mut self, char: &Character) {
+        self.characters[char.slot as usize] = Some(char.clone());
     }
 
     fn get_guild_card_data_by_user(&self, user: &UserAccount) -> GuildCardData {