| “ | The mercy of Maracoor. / Today is forever. | ” |
| — The commonplace exchange of Maracoor Abiding[src] | ||
Maracoor Abiding (also known simply as Maracoor) is a sovereign nation located north of Lomar and running along the coast of the Sea of Mara which contains the island colonies of Ephraraxis Isle, the Hyperastrich Archipelago, and Maracoor Spot. The capital city of Maracoor Abiding is Maracoor Crown, home of the bureaucratic government ruled by his Magnificence, the Bvasil of Maracoor, “the Great Mara”, who rarely makes public appearances.
The country is a primary setting for the Another Day novel series, including The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor, and The Witch of Maracoor.
Overview[]
Geographical features of Maracoor Abiding include the Thalassic Wood, a forest outside Maracoor Crown and the location of many hamlets and villages, one such settlement being Midasoor, home of Fippios, his wife, Wife, and their many children. The couple lodged and fed Lucikles on his journey to find his family at the upland farming plateau of High Chora after the Skedeland attack on the capital.
Along the coast of Maracoor are multiple Islands which include the colonies of the Hyperastrich Archipelago and the Ephraraxis Isle; a place made up of rock, forest, and ice and composing of the Great Northern Isle and the protectorate of North Orgole. In the Great Northern Isle, which the size of a small continent, there is a settlement called Skeleton Bag, a village situated at the far inside edge of a bay; the place was known to smell balsam on seawater.
Located far out from Maracoor is Maracoor Spot, a small island and home to the brides of Maracoor, a community of seven single women committed to obscure devotional practices.
Another Island of Maracoor is Ithira Strand, a former haven that is currently abandoned due to a plague from the Lesser Torn Isle which caused the human population to leave; the island has since been abandoned, with even the town (also called Ithira Strand) being filled with empty streets, closed buildings, and shuttered windows. Ithira Strand is, however, the home of a species of bird called the border crane; their eyes were encircled by a bright red cap that cupped their heads. One such border crane was Silverbeak.
To the far west of Maracoor is the Walking Mountains, where in the Tenterix Range there is the Tower in the Clouds, the residence of the soothsaying Oracle of Maracoor, where the few pilgrims who claim to have met the Oracle speak of a pious simplicity in his countenance and counsel.
Maracoor is located somewhere to the west of Oz, separated by the Nonestic Ocean, a body of water of unmeasurable breadth, however, to the Maracoorians the ocean is called “The Sea of Mara”.