Sandstorm

Origins

THE CRASH: Travelers, businessmen and women, families - they were all on a plane flying over Egypt. The plane mysteriously started to lose altitude just over an ancient tomb. A handful of children were left as survivors in the desert. Desperate for shelter, the children made their way to the tomb of Tukashirtin. It wasn't as safe as they had anticipated though; the evil dead High Priest had cursed different parts of the tomb. The children split up to stake out their areas and thus received different experiences. For about three years, the children roamed the desert, discovering new ways to live. After hopping from caravan to caravan and oasis to town and back, the children made it to a small city with an airport. They finally were able to return home, but without many of their relatives.

THE HOME: Amira's father was in America while the plane was traveling, making him one of the only close relation adults. He took in all the children left homeless and parentless that needed a kind heart. The children that stayed with the Maktubs know him to be a very kindhearted software engineer who lives in one of the outlying towns around Paragon. It's thirteen years since, Amira and her friends have grown up and they've been exploring their supposed "curse." They've now discovered that the High Priest was indoctrinating the young travelers in hopes of making them his disciples.

UPDATE:
The High Priest Tukashirtin's temple disappeared in the time from when the children left Egypt and when Amira came back to search for clues of her and her friends' powers. The plane they crashed in had been moved to face where the temple had been, but geophysics showed no underground temple or anything. There was no trace of the temple.
Amira and Scott have been working together to bring the gang back together to be updated, and to possibly uncover more about their memories of the temple, and the effects from the temple.