diff --git a/lords_of_ash/common/men_at_arms_types/00_mistborn_maa.txt b/lords_of_ash/common/men_at_arms_types/00_mistborn_maa.txt
index 913921e..81eaedd 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/common/men_at_arms_types/00_mistborn_maa.txt
+++ b/lords_of_ash/common/men_at_arms_types/00_mistborn_maa.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
 
 # Anti-Allomancer specialist heavy infantry
 # Trained specifically to fight and kill Allomancers
+# Counters Mistborn Agents (skirmishers) — the Hazekillers-vs-Mistborn dynamic from the books
 hazekillers = {
 	type = heavy_infantry
 
+	can_recruit = {
+		culture = culture:noble_scadrian
+	}
+
 	damage = 35
 	toughness = 25
 	pursuit = 5
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ hazekillers = {
 	}
 
 	counters = {
-		skirmishers = 1
+		skirmishers = 2
 	}
 
 	buy_cost = { gold = 150 }
@@ -37,13 +42,25 @@ hazekillers = {
 
 # Koloss - massive blue-skinned Hemalurgic creatures
 # Incredibly powerful but difficult to control without Allomancy
+# Expensive to maintain, limited numbers — not freely available
 koloss = {
 	type = heavy_infantry
 
+	can_recruit = {
+		culture = culture:noble_scadrian
+		OR = {
+			highest_held_title_tier >= tier_kingdom
+			any_held_title = {
+				tier >= tier_duchy
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	damage = 80
 	toughness = 40
 	pursuit = 15
 	screen = 0
+	siege_value = 0.1
 
 	terrain_bonus = {
 		plains = { damage = 15 toughness = 5 }
@@ -57,13 +74,13 @@ koloss = {
 		pikemen = 1
 	}
 
-	buy_cost = { gold = 50 }
-	low_maintenance_cost = { gold = 1 }
-	high_maintenance_cost = { gold = 2 }
+	buy_cost = { gold = 120 }
+	low_maintenance_cost = { gold = 2 }
+	high_maintenance_cost = { gold = 4 }
 
-	max = 300
+	max = 150
 
-	stack = 100
+	stack = 50
 
 	ai_quality = { value = 100 }
 
@@ -72,10 +89,18 @@ koloss = {
 
 # Mistborn Agents - elite Allomancer operatives
 # Small number, devastating damage, assassination specialists
+# Requires Allomancers in court to recruit
 mistborn_agents = {
 	type = skirmishers
 
-	damage = 100
+	can_recruit = {
+		OR = {
+			is_allomancer_trigger = yes
+			any_courtier = { is_allomancer_trigger = yes }
+		}
+	}
+
+	damage = 80
 	toughness = 10
 	pursuit = 50
 	screen = 0
@@ -88,7 +113,6 @@ mistborn_agents = {
 
 	counters = {
 		heavy_infantry = 1
-		skirmishers = 1
 	}
 
 	buy_cost = { gold = 500 }
@@ -106,6 +130,7 @@ mistborn_agents = {
 
 # Skaa Levies - conscripted skaa laborers pressed into service
 # Cheap and plentiful, but poorly equipped and poorly motivated
+# No recruitment restriction — any ruler can conscript skaa
 skaa_levies = {
 	type = light_infantry
 
@@ -123,7 +148,7 @@ skaa_levies = {
 	low_maintenance_cost = { gold = 0.2 }
 	high_maintenance_cost = { gold = 0.5 }
 
-	max = 1000
+	max = 500
 
 	stack = 200
 
@@ -137,6 +162,10 @@ skaa_levies = {
 noble_guard = {
 	type = heavy_infantry
 
+	can_recruit = {
+		culture = culture:noble_scadrian
+	}
+
 	damage = 25
 	toughness = 30
 	pursuit = 5