Mara

First of her kind and greatest of the spiders Mara guards the temple containing tree that bears The Heart of Gaea while her children roam the surrounding forests.

Created by Hom, god of agriculture

Locating the Temple however is only the first trial as the forest in which it lies is guarded by the great spider Mara, first and mightiest of her kind and her children.

Slain by Sha'Fu.

Mar'ín first chieftain of the southern tribes who united his kind against the threat of the Spawn of Mara.

"There is but one way my love" the Goddess cooed "But it is frought with danger "Anything!" the Warrior cried, his mind overcome by desire "You must travel south, beyond your lands and deep into the realm of an ancient enemy, an enemy that has long since passed into the realm of legend"

The old warrior's eyes began to widen as he remembered the songs of his forefathers, the heroes of old and the rising of the Med'ja-Hom "Mara" the old man gasped remembering how he cowered as a child while the Elders sang of Hom's great beast.

"Yes my love" the Goddess soothed, stroking his fur. "You must travel deep into the realm of the spider queen for it is there you shall find Hom's greatest treasure and our salvation....

Mara, greatest of the beasts of Hom had existed since the world was made and her children had grown numerous both in size and number, their kingdom once extending far to the north where the forest met the plains. Had it not been for the bravery and sacrifice of his ancestors their tribe would surely have been sundered, his kin hearded like ants into the maw of the great beast.