The current King of the Kingdom of Canei, who has been struck with an affliction that even the strongest clerical magic can't heal, and only temporarily suppress. Right now, his advisors are running the country until he passes, and his eldest son, Gabriel Auclair de Canei IV, can take the throne. While not an unjust ruler, and a pretty powerful wizard in his own right, Maurice's reign has been unremarkable and forgettable as he has been more interested in his books than his reign, and now as he approaches his death, many Caneian citizens feel like he has wasted his life and legacy.