Balancers - By Seraphyna

Balancers are beings whose task it is to maintain as much of a balance as possible between order and chaos across all planes/realms/etc. in the multiverse. They are described as everything and nothing and whatever they decide we are and they tend to be polymorphic. My theory on their forms is that they have one dominant form for each element including light and dark/shadow. Their forms are mainly used to appear to other beings in a physical sense to influence them one way or another. While they are all polymorphic energy beings, the core “type” they identify with may or may not be the same. How they appear to the physical planes is by condensing their energy to appear physical, while in actuality they are not.

Balance is most often achieved by directly going to a plane/realm/etc., and appearing to choice individuals to thereby influence them in the hope that they would eventually come to produce a desired result. It’s kind of like how people here on earth might see an angel or the Virgin Mary and then become a “holy person,” lending guidance to others, leading them toward order. On the other hand, they might see a “satanic” apparition and lead people toward chaos. 

So what do I mean by balance? Balance is not a state of half order half chaos. It is not static, but fluid. Balance is forever shifting and changing. The aim is for neither order nor chaos to become so dominant that it threatens to take over. There must be a good amount of both in order for something to be balanced. There is chaos in order and order in chaos and too much of one is never a good thing. If one were to take over, the plane/realm/etc. would implode and existence would cease to exist. The preservation of existence is their purpose.

They have an innate knowledge of what balance is, so the best answer I can give to “how do you know what needs doing” is that they are linked directly to the universal consciousness and thus know what is in balance and what is not. They are servants of the universe, not of a deity or some more specific being, but the All/Source/Universe Itself. They also aren’t given exact instructions, but instead are directed as to what is out of balance. How they deal with it is up to them.

In the way of influencing individuals, advice is all it takes for some people, an apparition is all it takes for others, and, for some, direct contact (sometimes even destruction of the individual) is necessary. It is not about getting beings to “worship” anything or anyone, just to influence certain individuals enough to then promote order or disorder…whichever was needed at the time. I don’t mean to say that balance is maintained in every plane/realm/etc. they visit. It isn’t. The goal is not to maintain balance in every single place in the multiverse, but to maintain some kind of equilibrium in the multiverse as a whole. If one realm is total chaos, there is another that is total order to balance it out.

So how do they go about direct contact. They will take a form that they find to be more relatable, fearsome, etc. whatever suits their needs. They will then appear to the individual in that form and enter conversation if necessary. In more extreme cases, direct possession is required (though this course is avoided as much as possible to preserve free will) and in the most dire situations, the death of an individual may be called for.

I’m not sure how many of them exist…though 13 strikes me as the correct number. They were created at the beginning of “Time”…once energy became ordered enough to form the universe, life, souls. They also don’t have the same forms, other than winged humanoid (they all have a form like that). They tend to call the Silver City “home,” spending most of their time there in a state of condensed energy, usually to a winged humanoid form. The City is a realm much like earth in its lush, more jungle-like stage. There are trees, waterfalls, dense growth, the City itself sitting atop the largest waterfall with the river running through it. However, it is not a physical place but one of highly condensed energy. It is basically as physical as energy gets without being truly physical like the keyboard I’m typing on. Otherwise, they are rather formless, existing where they desire in what form they desire (or no form at all). 

They also do not work alone. While there are only so many Balancers proper, there are individuals across all planes who they work with. Their ambassadors so to speak. Maintaining universal balance is not such an easy task even for versatile beings such as they are. They do have help. That is why you will probably come across individuals in the otherkin community identifying as physical beings who do their work. They are not balancers, but may very well be (and probably are) linked to them.

They were forbidden to love, for love destroys neutrality. Thus, they were betrothed to other beings, not necessarily other balancers. What I mean by love is that all encompassing feeling that someone is your “other half”. The kind of love where you put everything else’s welfare below that one individual. To feel that kind of love is, for a Balancer, counterproductive to their roles. Therefore, all measures are taken to avoid it. They also did not often use a spoken language, but instead were telepathically linked. They could shut the other Balancers out, even to some degree shut out the Source Itself. For communication, however, they could send our thoughts to each other rendering spoken communication irrelevant. They were capable of it however, and it is more of a sing-song energy vibration type of language, definitely not remotely reproducible by human vocal cords. They had no tools, no clothing, no food. As energetic beings they can appear how they want, where they want, wearing what they want, etc. There is no need for the same things that physical beings require.

I have never met an incarnated Balancer (to my knowledge), but they do incarnate as their job takes a toll. They have free will, but their job (what they were created for) does not allow for the same freedoms as most other beings in the multiverse enjoy. Thus, they do get to take the occasional vacation, mostly when one of them clearly burns out. 

What about free will you might ask. Look at it this way: Balancer is not only a job title, it is what they are. What they were created for. A human example would be if one was born a lawyer. It would not only be a job title, but a personal descriptor. Lawyer would be what you are as well as what you do. Can they request to change jobs? Yes. Could we request to be “recycled,” to be created as something new? Yes. Would they? Probably not. Balancer is what they are, what they were made for. Doing what they do is not only all they know, but fulfilling one’s purpose gives an individual deep satisfaction and joy. So what I’m really trying to say is they want to do it and in a way have a need to as well. They are not slaves, servants, etc. They are more than willing.

So what kind of “power” does it take to do their job? Well, I describe them as such: look at the multiverse as an infinitely faced diamond. Each facet is a realm/plane. The carbon bonds are the Source/All/etc., the bonds are what make a diamond a diamond. Balancers tend to the molecules of the diamond so it remains a diamond and does not fall apart. They are powerful, I won’t try to play that down. They are more powerful than every other being in the multiverse save the Source/All/etc. They have to be. They require the ability to terminate any being in existence if it is called for, so they must contain vast sources of energy that rival every being save their Creator.

All of this being said, I am aware that it is through a human lens and thus tainted by my experiences, biology, understandings, basically by being human. Something non-physical mimicking the physical is not the same. The City is not atop a waterfall as we humans know them, but the energetic equivalent. If a human being viewed both, they would notice no difference; however, they are not the same. 

So here ends my article on what Balancers are. I call them complicated polymorphic energy thingies, and I think it’s a pretty apt description.