The Balance

The Balance is the eternal struggle between Anu and Padomey, also known as Complexity and Entropy. Complexity attempts to create things and maintain the world while Entropy tries its best to destroy everything. Their struggle creates the world as it is known. If there was too much Complexity or too much Entropy, the universe would fall out of balance, with disastrous consequences. Complexity embodies statis, order, and light. Entropy embodies chaos, change, and decay.

The battle between the two of them typically spreads to Nirn, which acts as a sort of staging ground. Of the two, Entropy is the much more violent and active, typically trying to destroy and cause chaos. Complexity is the more benign, preferring instead to act through agents rather than directly involve itself. Entropy frequently expresses itself in Mundus as the Adversary, while Complexity is expressed as the Shehai.

Appearances

 * Twelve Stars of Taneth
 * The Fall of Yokuda