Regent: Klaus Richter

    Over the past fifteen years Klaus has worked hard to see that no one goes without food or shelter if he can help it. His morals have remained strong, although he has fallen into some of the traps of a luxurious lifestyle and is still as physically incompetent as ever. He is especially interested now in city planning and spends his time designing housing and large buildings, roads, water systems, and even sewers. His dream is to see all of Brechtur reach the same level of comfort as the City of Anuire shares. He also dreams of eventually designing true landmarks of the world: libraries, museums, zoos, and other things that will let people enjoy some of the luxuries only the rich can normally afford.
     Klaus' dexterity (or lack of it) has proven a problem in the past, and he has made a fool of himself more than once. One truly horrendous occasion involved a reception for a foreign dignitary, a low balcony, a buffet table, and a reflecting pool. Needless to say, Klaus found it less funny than those around him. He has slowly learned to keep in good humor about it, though. Now, when he falls, drops something, or makes a fool out of himself he simply smiles, picks up the fragments of his composure, and continues. This has earned him a reputation as a somewhat laughable, but loveable leader of the church. This has helped to soften the often somber face of the church of Sera.

    When the Brechts first settled the Western Reaches and began propecting and mining in the high mountains, they did so primarily as individuals and small groups.  Quarrels over claims and feuds over food and supplies imported from the south led to entire settlements being wiped our by their neighbors.  When the religion of Sera, the Lady of Fortune and Goddess of Wealth, came to the region, it helped stop all that.
    The careful arbitration of disputes lies within the responsibilities of Sera's priests.  The folk of the Western Reaches accepted Sera's Prefekt Symmetry in the hope that its priests might bring an end to the disputes over claims and fortunes in the land.  Before any guilds were formed, and while the domain rulers could concern themselves with little more the external defenses, Sera's temples offered a place where any dispute could and would be settled peacefully.