"Now...how is it Lionheads fault you missunderstood with what they mean with Henchmen?
In Fable 1 you could hire a computer controlled Henchmen.
The way Co-op works you basicly get a player that controlls one instead of the game doing so."
It was not a misunderstanding. They intentionally avoided explaining what exactly it was. All we knew about it was they would get a bit of gold and xp from helping you complete your quest/level up.
However, if you want to get technical. LH claimed your characters looks would be based off your hero. How does selecting a pre-generated hero=that???
"If you go into another persons game as a guest the look of the
character will be based off of your character's look. If you don't
have a character of your own you'll have a generic pre-determined look
to your hero.

"
If you don't believe me, It's on the features list.
"If you don't
have a character of your own you'll have a generic pre-determined look
to your hero."
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see? They even say you have two options, selecting a hero or pre-determined.
LH lied, no matter how you look at it.