Binding at Gypsy camp in NK?

[Sarkhan]

I remember being able to bind others or get bound by others at the gypsy camp in North Karana. . . EQatlas says you can but I don't know if that was always there or added later on. . .

If anyone knows when that was implemented or can find proof of it being there from the beginning that'd be awesome.
I tried searching the forums to see if this question has been asked before but mostly due to my limited attention span I couldn't find anything.