Defeated army means auto-close of location?

[Sliska Zafir]

Text on Worldwound Cadre says, "If defeated, you may immediately close the location this henchman came from."

No "When Closing" condition needing to be met?

[skizzerz]

Correct, the location is automatically closed if you wish -- you do not perform the When Closing requirement after defeating armies.

[Longshot11]

There is an Army in the game that doesn't actually auto-close its location, so make sure you always read the whole card. We've had a few mis-played situations, just because we assumed "Cards from type X always do Y"...

[Brother Tyler]

Considering the difficulty to defeat a bane with the Army trait (especially for large parties) and the penalty when it is undefeated, the option to auto-close seems fair. ;)