Historical Storyteller
Four Thousand Club
Pretty much how we recruit you.
There's a twist in the end, I'll be recruited by the heroes for these reasons but then as the villain promises better working conditions and more money... I'll be recruited by the villains. Then I'll be re-recruited by the heroes when they promise something better... and then the villain ups the ante by giving more money... it'll be a back-and-forth recruiting session.
By the way, it'll be really helpful to get these soldiers on the heroes' and villains' side because they outnumber them 20 to 1.