In the first few days after returning to Ocasuan, Solam was nearly driven mad. For the first time, he felt that having people care about him was not necessarily a good thing. For instance, after Mevis and Jacqueline learned of all the things Solam had done in the Abyss, the two women nearly lost their minds.
They wanted nothing more than to tie Solam to their sides, terrified that one wrong move would turn him into a great demon king bent on destroying the world. There was no helping it—what Solam had done was beyond shocking. It was downright insane. He had gone to the Abyss and actually become a demon, even a demon lord. That alone would have been one thing, but according to Queen Laeral Silverhand, Solam had been considered one of the coldest and most brutal figures even in the Abyss, the most evil place in the multiverse.
By himself, he could make countless demons fall silent and tremble in fear. Tens of thousands of lives had died by his hand, while even more had been executed on his orders. By sheer numbers alone, Solam had taken at least tens of millions of lives in the Abyss.
Whenever Mevis thought about it, she woke from nightmares every night. She could not help being afraid that Solam had truly become a murderous maniac. If that happened, Mevis felt she would be too ashamed to face Solam's mother.
Thus, teaching Solam to establish proper values and a proper outlook on life and the world became what Mevis considered her most urgent task. After all, Solam had both power and influence. If he ever committed evil on the Faerun Continent, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Thus, Mevis and Jacqueline transformed into understanding big sisters and nagging old women, finding books