Maliss and Monsoon were kidnapped by the criminals hunting Phase Spider to the north of Shasa Sarin. In the process, Monsoon was murdered.
The Party discovered the presence of cultists in the town of Banshaw, and rescued a kidnapped warlock girl in the basement of a hideout. After disposing of the cultists, discovering some secrets and rescuing the warlock, the party adopted her into their ranks and fled the scene.
While kidnapped in the occupied ruins of the Dwarvern city of the Sumber Hills, Maliss received a vision of her deity Gukjun, who enchanted her power arcane orb to fuel her power.
After escaping from the Sumber Hills and entering the tunnels of the underdark, Maliss asked Course to message her mother, Sethari Veness. However, inadvertently, she outed herself that her real name was not Monsoon after all.
After escaping the mines of the Sumber Hills, Maliss reached out to Gukjun again, who told her of the lies that had been propagated by her militaristic homeland. In an effort to gain her trust, he let her know his true origin, and why she should help him.
On the first night in the Drow city of Do'Urden, Maliss contacted her brother Lassek Veness to update him, and to check he was okay. For a strange reason, he could not respond in a full manner, citing a supposed lockdown and curfew on the city.
After dining with the royal family of the house of Do'urden, Drixxen brought the party to a room to reveal to them that the silvered item they collected from the Mind Flayer was in fact a seeing bowl, a divination tool which could allow one to see a fragment of the past, present or future.
Gukjun informed Maliss that her family was safe, but that he could not impart the dangers to her just yet. Only, she was on the right path.
On the first night at Khori's home, Maliss managed to get in contact with her brother, Lassek. He informed her that the city was on lockdown as the high council of Rieyama are suspecting an attack from the neighbouring country of Bahram.
Maliss, with the help of Course, contacted Lassek once again, allowing her to snatch her brother's familiar from under his nose, and discussed the activity upon the border. Unable to provide much help, Lassek could only comfort Maliss in a promise that he will uncover what forces are at play.