User:Octavius/Table of Ranks
| Grade | Style of Address | Peerage | Military | Civil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Your Magnificence | Kaiser | |||
| II | Your Serenity | Prince of Shireroth | Steward Chamberlain | ||
| III | Your Illustriousness | Duke | Minister | ||
| IV | Count-Palatine | Frainan Streïakeï | |||
| V | Commissioner | ||||
| VI | The Admirable and Illustrious | Marquis Count |
Standard | ||
| VII | The Admirable | Viscount | Tribune (Broad) | Director | |
| VIII | Tribune (Middle) | Chief Inspector | |||
| IX | Lord | Tribune (Narrow) | Deputy Chief Inspector | ||
| X | The Honorable | Captain Opratzan |
Inspector | ||
| XI | Undercaptain | Lead Investigator Senior Investigator | |||
| XII | Investigator Junion Investigator | ||||
Corporate Status
Corporate bodies (associations, colleges of priests, executive agencies, universities, corporations, etc) may be elevated to a designated grade. Therein, dependent upon the endowment, the president shall be accorded courtesy dignity at that grade when active and representing that corporate body, e.g. in the Adelsraad. Retired president shall be accorded courtesy dignity two grades below the corporate body should they not have rank in and of themselves. Such courtesy dignities, by definition, are personal and cannot be inherited. Rank is restricted to those bodies with Shirerithian-only voting membership.
Examples of a ranked corporate body include the University of Sir John Metzler III, a Grade III corporate body, and the Keepers of the Valley of Mors, a Grade VI corporate body.
Inheritance
Upon elevation to Grade XII, one is endowed with personal nobility. All immediate descendants of nobles, whether inherited or uninherited, are guaranteed admission into the Imperial Academy. Graduates of the Imperial Academy are assigned to a Grade XII position in accordance with their training, and endowed with honors therein.
Upon elevation to Grade VII, nobility is extended to one's descendents in perpetuity. Such inherited noble status shall be ranked and honored at Grade IX behind those who have demonstrated the mettle of their heart, and shall be addressed in a manner that concatenates their inherited nobility and their personal nobility, e.g. "The Admirable and Honorable".
Upon elevation to Grade V, immediate descendants shall be ranked and honored at Grade VI behind those who have demonstrated the mettle of their heart, and shall be addressed with "The Illustrious" in their concatenation, e.g. "The Illustrious and Honorable".
Peerages are inherited according to their grants and/or house rules.
