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Sapient and capable of verbal communication, Mara's species once had contact with other hominid species on [[Earth]].<ref name="p212"/> However, they were never particularly numerous, their total numbers rarely reaching more than one thousand even at their height. Mara was noted as being among the last five of her kind at the time when the [[Librarian]] indexed her species on Earth and the sole remaining individual when she was brought on [[Installation 07]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 186''</ref>

During [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s takeover of Installation 07, she lived in the concealed compound of the [[Lifeworker]] known as [[Genemender Folder of Fortune]]. Genemender was under orders to extract and store the minds of all [[human]]s who carried ancestral memory imprints provided by the Librarian, converting them into digital intelligences but giving them the opportunity to simulate physical interaction via manifesting themselves as sophisticated [[hard light]] holograms. This failed to deceive Mara who recognized them as mere illusions,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 202''</ref> but appeared to appreciate the company nonetheless.<ref name="p195">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 195''</ref> Eventually, Mara was the only physical presence in Genemender's station, before the arrival of [[Chakas]], [[Vinnevra]] and [[Gamelpar]].<ref name="p195"/>

Not long after Chakas and the others had arrived, the area experienced a power outage, leaving the digital intelligences, their hard light projections and the local [[monitor]]s offline. Mara accompanied Vinnevra and Chakas as they continued their journey, soon being joined by Chakas' friend [[Riser]]. His [[Florian|people]] having known the Sha''kyanusho'' in the past, Riser could communicate with Mara, learning her lending name as they introduced themselves to one another.<ref name="p212"/> Over the course of the journey, Mara appeared to take a liking to Vinnevra in particular, later opting to follow her instead of Chakas when the group nearly parted ways.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 245''</ref> As the party continued their journey across a desolate region, Mara and the others became significantly fatigued and malnourished, with Mara's fur eventually shedding in patches. In order to catch birds for food, Mara would put her fur in trees and wait until birds would come to peck it.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 250-251''</ref> Mara and the others were later found by a Forerunner transport and taken to a facility overseen by [[05-032 Mendicant Bias]]. What happened to Mara following this and the Halo's subsequent near-collision with [[Unidentified failsafe planet|a planet]] was not specified.