Black Company Petitioner

The petitioning process in the Black Company is legendary. No other unit requires as much from their initiates as the Company.

The shortest time petitioning was set at around 6 months, since then the average has gone up to as high as 3 years. Before Rag XXVI no petitioner had received their ring for about 4 yrs. At Rag XXVI Ulrich received his ring after a petition of 4 years.

Petitioning requires, discipline, mental focus, and a whole hell of a lot of physical stamina. The Company is a military based unit and requires petitioners to perform pushups when ordered. Petitioning is similar to boot camp in any of the 4 branches of the military. Concepts are the same, in practice they are the same, and the results are the same. Petitioners become brothers, not just in rank, but in practice. The smokings, the pushups, the light hazing all pull the petitioners together in what is referred to as "the foxhole effect"

This is petitioning, its not easy, its not for everybody. But trust me the path is worth it. You cant get this feeling of pride anywhere else in the world of foam fighting. Hell even in mundane life. We are a brotherhood and we behave like one