One of the most talented quarterbacks ever seen in college football, Fu Chow star Laumiel Maoshi has been training for this role since birth. Born into one of Cathay's wealthiest merchant families, Laumiel is the son of Earuviel Maoshi, owner of Maoshi Golden Horizon Fabrics. The elder Maoshi is a fervent Blood Bowl fan, and decided that his son should earn glory playing the game. To this end, he hired the finest trainers to teach young Laumiel the fine points of Blood Bowl. After his studies, he would spend hours and hours practicing throwing, catching, running and blocking with the Blood Bowl stars of the previous generation. Thankfully, Laumiel's aptitude for the game proved to be as strong as his father's desire, and he arrived at Fu Chow University as a highly touted prospect.

There are those who claim that, if Variena Cao had not been the same age as the great Laumiel Maoshi, she would be universally acknowledged as the greatest quarterback in college Blood Bowl. It's hard to test the truth of that statement, but easy to acknowledge Cao's talent. While Cao isn't as effortless a technical Blood Bowl player as Maoshi is, she's plenty skilled, and she excels in the area which many consider Maoshi's one slight weakness: she can think on her feet. There's no one better than Maoshi for executing a plan, but when things go awry, Cao's creativity often allows her to conceive of and pull off the most unexpected plays -- an attribute that has earned her the nickname "Lucky Goat."

When fans of rival colleges describe Fu Chow's team as spoiled, arrogant glory hounds, it's players like Liu Shi they have in mind. The son of a successful tradesman, he's been rich for his whole life, and fast for almost as long. As a boy, his youth team was investigated for the suspicion that they were bribing opposing players to keep them from tackling him. It turned out that he was just incredibly elusive. As though he wasn't already fast enough, he's known to wear a pair of enchanted elven cleats, which make him able to reach the end zone faster than any player in the league -- quickly enough, in fact, to ensure that he doesn't suffer the indignity of being touched by rivals.

The highest-scoring player in college football, he clinched the win in his regular-season debut against Weijin, grabbing a bouncing ball and running the length of the field in a single turn. It was one of the most remarkable plays in recorded Blood Bowl history. In his second game, he followed up the feat with another one-turn TD and a hat trick.

While Liu Shi is a formidable runner, his attitude toward practice is distinctly lax. Therefore, he doesn't have the ball-handling gifts of his teammate Laumiel Maoshi, and has been known to drop the ball on occasion. Hence the famous regional saying: "The Lion's arms and the Dragon's feet are unconquerable. The Lion's feet and the Dragon's arms are nothing." To Liu's credit, though, he has been working on his catching skills, at least to the extent that he deigns to work on anything.

One of the few Crimson Tide players who hasn't lived his life amid the luxury of Fu Chow's golden buildings, Ziyi Liang is a veteran of the Emperor's army. The son of a noted general, Liang was commissioned as an officer due to his family's connections. He spent three years commanding a brigade of footmen in the northeast, fighting off the skaven and beastman hordes, and distinguished himself by demonstrating a sound strategic mind and fierce combat skills.

He was sent to Fu Chow University to study military history in preparation for greater things, and decided to join the Crimson Tide, in an attempt to figure out what lessons Blood Bowl could teach him about military tactics. He's discovered that Blood Bowl can teach him nothing about military tactics, but he's also found out that he's quite good at it, so he's remained on the team, gathering further glory and renown.