Mara

"My father has promised that if we are married, the succession will fall to me!"

- Mara to John Sheppard

Mara is a human and member of the royal house within the Tower City-ship on the Lord Protector's Planet in the Pegasus galaxy. She is daughter of the Lord Protector and a sister to Tavius.

Biography
Mara was fully aware of the fading Ancient gene in her family's bloodline, and made her physical body available to Colonel John Sheppard in the hopes that he may wed her and take her father's place, restoring the strength of the gene and ensuring the position of Lord Protector to her family.

Prior to his arrival, the chamberlain, Otho, and Tavius had conspired to poison and kill Tavius and Mara's father. When Tavius ascended to the throne, he would ensure Otho would be granted the right to wed Mara.

Mara pleaded with Colonel Sheppard to depart the tower, but Otho had already taken the Ancient gene therapy Sheppard had recently provided. Because of this, Otho would wed Mara and take the throne chair for himself. In a duel with Sheppard, John snatched Otho's knife and cut him with it. The knife, also laced with poison, killed Otho moments later, leaving Mara to wed who she wished.

With the tower drained of any power from the Zero Point Module when Rodney Mckay briefly activated the city-ship's star drive, power was taken from the hands of the royal family and returned to Eldred's people below.