Hailing from the edge of the Black Sea and plying their trade in the service of Byzantium, these men are recruited from the peasantry but well trained in the use of the composite bow.

• 特拉比松人从黑海沿岸大量涌入拜占庭帝国，开展各项贸易活动，帝国亦从中挑选箭术高超者训练成军。