Māra was a member of the village's Senju clan as well as a distant relative to Hashirama. He was a candidate to become the Fourth Hokage at one point but apparently declined and the title was given to Minato instead. He was also a member of the disbanded ANBU faction: Root since age 15. There, he was regarded as a high-ranking member and one of Danzō's personal bodyguards. He apparently left the organisation at some point before the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha but his loyalty to Danzō still remains.