: I agree comepletely with the above.
: The flavors and the manuals tell us they are hired and
: agree willingly, but there are *at least* a few who
: are bound like this. We cannot deny what happened in
: that pregame; that man was bound.
You'll note, though, that many of the Brigands don't actually know too much about their masters. ("So what are they going to do with all the bodies?") I'd imagine quite a few sign up willingly, but start having second thoughts once they meet a few dozen of the walking dead and catch sight of Soulblighter himself. At which point a little mental influence is needed to keep them from panicking and going AWOL.
Also, the manual says that the Brigands are swayed with "false promises..." eventually, I suppose, they discover that they've been conned and, again, have to be bound.
--SiliconDream
