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The Mercenaries

The nine hired guns of the Gravel Wars.

The mercenaries are the nine playable classes of Team Fortress 2, hired by the rival heirs Redmond and Blutarch Mann to fight the Gravel Wars, the setting of the game's player-versus-player modes.

Quick Facts

Number
9 classes
Hired by
Redmond and Blutarch Mann; later Saxton Hale

Reader's Guide

The Heavy, for one, took up mercenary work to support his family hiding in Siberia. When Gray Mann kills his two brothers, Saxton Hale rehires the mercenaries to protect Mann Co. from Gray's robot army in Mann vs Machine.

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Mann vs. Machine

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