They are mercenaries. They fight for money. It's true, look it up. The mercs we hired were on your roster because YOU paid them. We did not attempt to steal them, but rather decided to seek out a few extremely talented MERCENARIES to fight for us. They already had an incentive to fight for you, with that incentive being money, so we offered more. THAT is called bidding. You can look that up too; you'll find it, I promise. We did nothing wrong. I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but we were as much within our rights to pay players as you were, no matter the terms of the reward. We won the siege because our men fought well and our command was superior. You Gobblins knew you were attacking a castle; blaming your failure to capture Almerra on the presence of WALLS is a little pathetic really. I do not know what you expected, but you will not just waltz into our home, one of the most well-built castles in NA and our choice of home for a reason, and take it from us while only spending 4,000 men...1,800 of which we now control due to your failure to plan an effective siege. Perhaps you are too used to walking into poorly-defended villages with thousands of men in endless plate to plan for a REAL siege, but if you wish to take Almerra from us, you're going to have to go big or go home. And based on today, you may just want to go home.