Excellent, I'll add your name to the list before I do the draw.

Complete quest to find gold and earn XP, trade gold to make your "hero" stronger.

Items can be found in quests (that's where I got 90% of mine) or bought from other members / bought in the ingame store for the gold you find while on quests.

The game has only been out for a handful of days so we're all newbies at it but if you got any questions fire away and I'll do my best to answer them.