Many mages go to Delphi , a powerful school for magic in the center of Haven, to train their abilities . The Hounds also often simply send those mages that are deemed too dangerous to roam freely to Delphi. This is especially true for uncontrolled magic or elemental magic. You may see a list of available positions on the Available Features and VIPs Page . See the occupations news files for other ideas of what you can play.
Most normal characters require no application.
You can simply create them in Character Generation. Check out the applications news file for details. I see so many strange names and terms on the game, and don't understand them. We know how confusing all these terms are. And even experienced players on Aether don't know all of them.