$characters{'Bob the Fighter'} = {  #The brackets create a reference to an anonymous hash.  
	'Attributes' => {     # We're nesting a second hash
		'Str' => 10,
		'Dex' => 10
		},   #Done with that hash
	'Level' => 1,   #Storing a normal scalar
	'Feats' => {  #Another hash!
		'Light_Armor' => 1 #Treating as a boolean
		} #done with Feats Hash
	}; #done with hash that is stored in $characters{'Bob the Fighter'}