you must apply for your ranks and branches in the grand university! at the beginning of the game you can chose to be a fighter or a mage in the grand university!

outlaw rank markups: past if you are a outlaw you can pm admins for a rank markup such as rogue , bandit , mercenary , assasin (last three requires lv15 or more).
you still need to rank up at the academy but your rank will be hidden and secret to people you meet.

custom ranks: administrators can give themselves custom rank names and if you think you have earn something from the site (by helping an admin or whatever form of help you gave to us, such as doing a good job as moderator) you can pm an admin and ask for a custom rank name. you still have to rank up in the university to gain certain access example just because your custom rank says black knight does not mean you are a knight and you still cannot access knight only stuff.

click here to go to grand university (link closed)