I think if you get the Profile Field (#) assignments you would be able to pull the user's info and display it in the login welcoming line. You could write to the web designer for City of Ancients and see if he/she is willing to help.
Since you're using Jimbo's Custom Status Hack any HTML tags will work (including "img"). Rather than just using the $custom_status you could use $user_status simultaneously with each user...No limit. To give you a better example:
Click Here Above the avatar notice the custom user's title...Now for the members who ask, look at the bottom of each user's post (right above the $AuthorExtra)...There will have the rank of the members and the divisions they play in and/or departments associated with. It's perfect for clan sites.
