Campaign Question: Glory Points

A bit confused on how glory points are meant to be used in a campaign for the Court of the Seven. There isn’t a single item or piece of equipment that glory points can be used on. I know glory can be used for hounds, goetic warlock, and the sin eater though. However when rolling for “explore” post game, whenever you land on a location that lets you use glory, it designates as being able to spend glory points to buy an “item.”

• During these locations, can I spend the glory points to buy one of the said mercenaries?
• If not, what is the point of the Court getting glory points if they don’t have anything they can be used on with the current rule set?