Maal is an anagusi woman that the party met in the Nuskom Zone during Session 4.
When they originally met her, all the party knew was that she looks a lot like a neanderthal and can't speak any language understood by the party, but can communicate with Amanda and has the power to open stable gates to a different timeline.
If her attempt at a conversation with Gaia is anything to go by, she comes from somewhere named Kesizma