A particular type of reed known as a siphon reed existed in the water of a planet situated within the Maw. During 43.5 ABY, when a Sith strike team landed on the planet seeking Ship, a Sith Meditation Sphere, the leader of the team, Lady Olaris Rhea, while traversing a river, was pulled into a whirlpool created by a siphon reed. Vestara Khai, her apprentice, tried to rescue her, but ended up being drawn into the whirlpool as well. Khai succeeded in locating and extricating Rhea from the reeds that were dragging her further down into the water; subsequently, Rhea used telekinesis to propel them both out of the water, where Ahri Raas, a Keshiri Sith apprentice, caught them, stabilized them, and assisted them in returning to the riverbank. Following this event, Khai came to understand the true essence of Abeloth—a powerful entity within the dark side of the Force capable of manipulating all plant life on the planet—recognizing that Abeloth must have been responsible for orchestrating the reed's attack on Rhea.