The Balanos Consortium Template:Pronunciation ba-LON-ose is a Tirionite mercantile conglomerate that operates in the colony of Argengrast. The company is primarily involved with agriculture; the majority of Argenite farmers sell their goods to the conglomerate, which then ships it to Tirione and nearby Briathone. The Balanos Consortium, along with Macaria Colonial Concerns and Trade Winds Shipping, is part of the triad of conglomerates that effectively governs Argengrast.
Since the start of the Lamplighter rebellion, the Balanos Consortium has negotiated a partnership with the Nivarian Paradise Company in order to procure the same clockwork guards used in Briathone. These clockworks, and more uncommonly golems as well, are deployed as part of squads of flesh and blood soldiers.