Glory to the Black Caste
- IntroductionTraining
Young men with unusual skill in strength, swiftness, cunningness and even greed and selfishness are the type considered for training. It is presumed females would not be considered.
(notecard 55 of Garians original SL Gor document)
The assassins take in lads who are perhaps characterized by little but unusual swiftness, and cunning, and strength and skill, and perhaps a selfishness and greed, and, in time, transform this raw material into efficient, proud, merciless men, practitioners of a dark trade, men loyal to secret codes the content of which is something at which most men dare not guess.
The assassins take in lads who are perhaps characterized by little but unusual swiftness, and cunning, and strength and skill, and perhaps a selfishness and greed, and, in time, transform this raw material into efficient, proud, merciless men, practitioners of a dark trade, men loyal to secret codes the content of which is something at which most men dare not guess.
Beasts of Gor, Chapter 30
Training is done with pairs of trainees competing against the other pairs. The final training is for each member of a pair to hunt and kill the other member. Generally, only 10% of the candidates will complete training sufficiently. Failed candidates are killed for the possible secrets they may know. Withdrawal from the caste is also not acceptable.
(notecard 54 of Garians original SL Gor document)
The training of the assassin is thorough and cruel. He who wears the black of that caste has not won it easily. Candidates for the caste are chosen with great care, and only one in ten, it is said, completes the course of instruction to the satisfaction of the caste masters. It is assumed that failed candidates are slain, if not in the training, for secrets they may have learned. Withdrawal from the caste is not permitted. Training proceeds in pairs, each pair against others. Friendship is encouraged. Then, in the final training, each member of the pair must hunt the other. When one has killed one’s friend one is then likely to better understand the meaning of the black. When one has killed one’s friend one is then unlikely to find mercy in his heart for another. One is then alone, with gold and steel.
Beasts of Gor, Chapter 30