The Balance Guardian was the individual born to represent, serve, and protect the Pillar of Balance, one of the Pillars of Nosgoth. All Pillar Guardians belonged to the oligarchy of sorcerers known as the Circle of Nine. These incarnations of Balance influenced the regulation of other magic in Nosgoth, and governed their peers.[DC-SKFAQ][DEF-Fankit] They were responsible for pruning corrupt forces within the Circle. Guardians of Balance could draw upon their fellow members' abilities, or build up their own, to destroy other Guardians should they go astray.[DCab-DCab2012]