I don't think they left to join us as they feared us.
Rather they left as The Sacred Band showed zero effort in fighting back.
Zero stomach for a fight and zero ability to defeat a single player on the same island they outnumbered 6:1
The Scared Band who outnumbered us 3:1 went around numerous alliances trying to coerce them into attacking us.
I was privy to some of the e-mails their leader sent to various alliance leaders.
Even tiny alliances stood up to them and refused to join the fight against us despite the various pressure methods TSB used.
Some of their players have left and gone no-where, others have left and quit.
Yay us.
LOL @ Eumenesthingymajig.