Mara family
The Mara family (JP: じゃしん類) consists of a single runeborn monster, the Mara. It is named as a family in No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either!, distinguishing it from the Demon family. They are known for their extreme strength, picky diet, and unique summoning requirements compared to other monsters.
Maras are spawned by depleting any runeborn monster's rune — except a Homunchulus Rune — to 0 mana and 0 nutrients, and poking the resultant Mara Rune with the God of Destruction's pickaxe. This is done through having a hero repeatedly walk on the rune, of which normally has to be spawned through a Level 3 Mana Block to succeed.
Maras have strange diets, feeding on things like the pupae of Omnoms. However, they are incredibly strong, possessing high stats across the board, allowing them to beat even strong heros quite easily if well-fed. Unlike other runeborn monsters, however, Maras lack any special abilities, making them strictly beatsticks.
The Mara is a Level 4 azure monster; when combined, it produces a Level 5 purple tile, which features members of the Dragon family. Like all Level 4 azure monsters, the Mara has no special abilities. It has Attack equivalent to that of the Supremanoid, tying it for the position of the strongest monster, thus making it optimal for use in playthroughs.
No Heroes Allowed! VR
In No Heroes Allowed! VR, instead of requiring runes with no nutrients or mana, Maras are obtained by mixing sucked-up monsters with a Horde Power equal to or more than 400. This is a daunting number to achieve, often requiring the process of creating other runeborn monsters of high Horde Power and combining them together. Once summoned, however, it is by far one of the strongest units in the game.
List of Mara family members
Gallery
A Mara as it appears on the "Mind Your Maras" trophy in No Heroes Allowed! VR
The Mara's original design in What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!?
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | じゃしん類 Ja shin-rui |
Mara family. Literally "evil" or "evil heart". |
| Mandarin Chinese (Traditional Script) |
邪神類 Xiéshén lèi |
Demon God family. |
| Korean | 샤신류 syasinlyu |
Mara family; loanword phonetic translation from Japanese. |
| Land monsters |
|---|
| Moss family - Insect family - Lizardman family - Spirit family - Lilith family - Dragon family |
| Aquatic monsters |
| Aquachnid family - Hurtle family - Thunderhead family - Lorelei family - Whale family |
| Runeborn monsters |
| Demon family - Golem family - Lady family - Gargoyle family - Mara family - Homunculus family |
| Other monsters |
| Mimic family - Skeleman family - Mandrake family - Humanoid family |
| Mara family | |
|---|---|
| Introduced in What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? | |
| Basic Breeds | Mara |
| Runes | Mara Rune |
| Introduced in No Heroes Allowed! | |
| Related | Harmunculus |
| Introduced in No Heroes Allowed! VR | |
| Magic Circles | Mara Circle |