Silvertalon

David: Part of the Cult of Akasha. She grew up in it. Met a lover after the Sultana took over; he was from the Caliphate, but he really is from the lost city that worships Zozma. David's PC found a dagger in an obelisk, thru David's lover's guidance the summoned Jon's character who ran into the desert. David's PC is somewhat on the run. Courtney's PC has blackmail on her: she got her drunk and found out about this.

Courtney: The professor's assistant. Grew up in Arcanum. Came into the service of the professor through her schooling. He took note of her immediately. He mysteriously disappeared one day. She knew he was studying the secret oasis of Mamara. She pushes forward his research and travels there, but has her own motives. It's here that she meets Autumn's PC under some duress. She also learns of the cults and their involvement  with the astral veil. She also has a past with a fixer who is tangentially involved with the Gladiator League.

Autumn: Her family sold her off. She ended up in the coliseum. She survived there to an extent using the tools she gained from her bedouin ancestry. She caught the eye of Jon's PC whose mentor/only regret was also a Moira.

Jon: His character is oblivious to the politics occurring around him. In fact, he doesn't know sit about the world in general. He had a mentor that he was forced to kill. This person taught him the worth of the material world. He so a shadow of said mentor in Autumn's PC and it effected him deeply. After she was able to move out of slavery, he worked to join her. She eventually finds him in hiding in her cache.