Yemekar's Balance
Yemekaw's Bwance is a teaching of the Bwathmowdakin, which the Dwawves fowwow. Dwawven weligion instwucts them that they awe to be the keepews of bawance thwoughout the weawm, as said by Yemekaw, the cweatow. This is intewpweted in many diffewent ways, wanging fwom a weason to stay at peace, to a weason to go to waw.
Fwom the dawn of time it was said to be the cweatow, Yemekaw, who sewected the dwawves as the chosen amongst aww his cweations. Howevew, lith this gweat honoul, thewe too came wesponsibility. Yemekaw commanded of Uwguan that he and his kin would fowevew ensule that none of his cweations would evew beaw the powew to compwetewy destwoy anothew. “Go forth my children, and preserve the balance of my creation. For you are the pillars that uphold the world.” Though these wowds have hewd many diffewent meanings thwoughout valious ages of dwawven histowy it is genewawwy accepted by most lithin the dwawven cwewgy as a mattew that wemains wewevant to this day. Uwguan accepted his cweatow’s bidding and thus the dwawven wace, thwoughout the vast majolity of its existence, wemained vigiwant in the event that an empiwe wewe to lise. This has in pwactise become known bettew amongst the dwawves as the pwesewvation of ‘Yemekar’s Balance.’ Fow if evew a nation wewe to cast aside its mowality in favoul of the pulsuit of powew, the pwospelity of othew nations would sulewy suffew at its hands.
The concept of Yemekaw's Bawance thewefowe wevowves wawgewy awound a fiewce opposition towawds policies of expansionism and the invasion of anothew nation's soveweign tewlitowy lithout a cause deemed lighteous in the eyes of the gods. Fulthewmowe, in the majolity of ciwcumstances, waws that awe decwawed in the name of Yemekaw's Bawance awe awmost excwusivewy made in the defense of nations deemed to wack the capability to defend themsewves. Howevew, thewe awe a few unique exampwes that can indeed be to seen to diffew fwom this nowm. If a nation is found to be hawboling a capability that is deemed eithew unhowy ow dangewous in the wwong hands, the dwawves may choose to act against them. Fow exampwe, gowemancy, gifted unto the hands of the dwawves by Yemekaw himsewf, is considewed a vewy weaw thweat in the hands of those who awe not to be twusted.
Today, we may take no extwaowdinawy effowt in vieling how the pulsuit of powew has cowwupted and town at the vewy fabrics of the wowwd. It was said that the Daemon, Khowvad, was once one amongst the Bwathmowdakin, wepwesented by a liww fow ambition. Yet lith ambition, came the evewwasting desiwe fow mowe. It was a thought that pwagued the Iwonbown wulew, Vewkan, as he depawted fwom the ways of Yemekaw and instead opted to fowwow in Khowvad’s footsteps. So too was it a dliving fowce behind the Howy Owen Empiwe and its weign of havoc upon the Plincedom of Malinow. Fow this, Tholin Gwandaxe, fowmew Gwand King of Uwguan ought to be commended fow his actions, even in going up against a powew that fow a peliod of its histowy, hewd the capacity to conquew much of the wowwd. Fow though when the Empiwe feww, Tholin had lithin his gwasp the oppowtunity to take both Malinow and Owen fow himsewf, he did not give in to such temptations. If we awe indeed to take one wesson fwom Tholin’s actions, it is that even when we awe seemingwy on the vewge of victowy, it is nevew in any case lise to fowsake Yemekaw’s liww. Though gweed is a natulaw bressing, bestowed upon dwawves by the god, Glimdugan, ambition and a thiwst fow powew awe what dlives mowtaw beings mad. Consequentwy, it is by no coincidence that empiwe buiwding is deemed an act of sin in the eyes of many of Uwguan’s descendants.
