Caravanserai [Inactive Sheets/Check Out]

[Flower]

For guests/staff that are no longer active or have decided to check out of paradise.

[Flower]

Name: Theodore Leavenworth
Age: 31
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Personality: Always the first to seek out a thrill, Theo will usually dart towards danger with a lopsided grin, always ready to conquer the impossible. It is hard to say how many times he has actually succeeded or failed. That does not really matter much to him because at least he does not need to live with that nagging question of ‘what if’. After his failed marriage, the idea of monogamy left a sour taste in his mouth, not that he had much belief in it to begin with. Despite his family being disgusted with how often he goes through women, it has not stopped him from indulging himself.

Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 6'2
Body Build: Muscular
Additional Physical Notes: Theo stands just over six feet. He faithful routine of working out has kept him in shape, not to neglect that his job keeps him on his feet. His eyes are deep blue while he has a dimple in his cheek when he smiles. His hair is normally kept messy and he has a tendency of letting it grow until he needs a haircut.

History: Theodore was born into a rather unconventional family, filled with secrets. One more child was already too much so two children were completely out of the question. Gifted with only a name, he was given away to a distant friend of the family, who promised never to reveal the child’s true parents. Not only did they make that vow but they also moved out of the country. The States called their name and they remade their lives in rural Texas. Nature anchored their lives as his parents devoted their lives to ensuring the protection of a nearby national park. Needless to say, Theo grew up wild.

His life was pretty much every kid’s dream until reality ruined everything. His parents divorced one another. He went from living with two loving parents to constantly bickering ones. After a nasty divorce, it was determined that Theo would spend most of the year with his mother and his summer vacations with his father. He left with an one way plane ticket the first opportunity he got. It was in his travels that he met Reese. Their friendship grew into a relationship. He made the mistake of allowing it to become something more. Well, ideas seem great when drunk but one quickly realizes their mistake when sober. They did their best to make it work but marriage just wasn't for him. One mistake lead to another and eventually Reese divorced him. He doesn't blame her but that doesn't mean he doesn't also regret what happened between them. He learned of the hotel hiring through an online job board. For whatever reason, they've determined he's worth hiring.

Face Claim: Christopher Mason Brown

[Levi]

Name: Lalita Cheema
Age: 29
Sexuality: Straight but flirtatious
Personality: Lalita is hard working and a little over zealous about getting things right, she is eager to please and tends to mentally chastise herself when things go wrong. Naturally friendly and extremely good with children.

Eyes: Blue green
Height: 5'8
Body Build: small hourglass figure
Additional Physical Notes: multiple traditional Indian piercings in the ears and nose

History: From a large Indian family and the eldest daughter, Lalita is used to doing the chores around the home, and has a mature head on her shoulders. When her parents wanted her to marry Lalita however refused claiming if she was going to marry it would be for love, she risked her family disowning her to attend college and get some qualifications, after this however Lalita was allowed to return home after her mother grew ill and it fell to her to look after the family home. When her brother became head of the home a few years later he had much more modern way of looking at things and allowed Lalita to work as long as she agree to come to all the matchmaker dates he set up for her.

Face Claim:Aishwarya Rai

[HockeyGod]

Name: Brandon Murphy
Age: 27
Sexuality: Brandon will flirt with anyone
Personality: Brandon is a happy-go-lucky chap that enjoys bringing a smile to a patron’s face. As a trained mixologist and bartender, he not only knows the craft, but also the important role of a listener. Brandon is able to either hear and/or listen and to keep his lip buttoned when necessary.

Eyes: Blue
Height: 6’1”
Body Build: Thin with lean muscle mass
Additional Physical Notes: Brandon has a tattoo on his upper right shoulder (unseen if short sleeved). It is of a martini glass with an olive.

History: Brandon comes from a long line of upscale pub owners and bartenders well respected in the UK and Ireland – his great grandfather, grandfather and father all learned the craft. His future will be to inherit the family business, but for now he is rounding out his experience and skills outside the family. This sojourn is an important step in becoming a master mixologist, sommelier, and respected bartender.

Brandon spends much of his time secretly watching out for his younger sister (see the post immediately following this one). While his sister has a more laissez-faire approach to life, now that she's snagged a job for Caravanserai, Brandon will be sure she shows up every day. 

Face Claim: Unknown

[Flower]

Name: Reese Leavenworth
Age: 29
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Personality: Reese can sometimes be the person who you really want to punch in the face. How does she have that much energy in the morning sans coffee? It's a mystery no one has figured out. Her demeanor has always been pleasant and outgoing which is part of the reason why she had so many friends growing up. A stranger is not even safe from her chatty nature. She is also pretty physical. Hugs are preferred to the formality of handshakes. Those close to her are also greeted with a quick kiss on the cheek.

Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'6
Body Build: Slim but muscular
Additional Physical Notes: Has a tattoo at the inside of her wrist of a crow

History: Reese has always been a bit of a black sheep within her large family. She comes from a household of nine people. Mom, Dad, four sisters, two brothers, and then there’s her, the youngest of the bunch. Her mother has often called her the unexpected burden, making it clear she thought herself done with having children before Reese’s arrival. Her mom never talked about the years before her marriage. The two always bumped heads until finally Reese moved out before graduating from high school.

Life was a constant party when she stepped into adulthood. Without her parents to harness her wilder side, Reese fell into the wrong crowds and dropped out of college. She experimented quite a lot and was always surrounded by friends. Travelling became her passion. It was through traveling the world that she met, fell in love with, and married Reed. He helped her find a place to channel her anger about what happened with her family into something more useful. Nothing ever works out though. For reasons she does not discuss, or even contemplate, their marriage ended in a divorce. It was by chance that she found out about Caravansarie's opening. It's there she's hoping for a fresh start.


Face Claim: Julianne Hough

[MabFaerie]

Name: Persephone (Percy) Jones
Age: 22
Sexuality: Pansexual, but kind of oblivious
Personality: Clumsily good-intentioned and a little socially awkward, Percy lacks the gift of gab her brother seems so affluent in, making up for her shortage of charm with an abundance of enthusiasm. As far as she's concerned, if you can't talk smooth, just talk fast and hope people won't know the difference.

Eyes: Violet
Height: 5'7
Body Build: Slender and lanky
Additional Physical Notes: Percy is covered in a variety of colorful tattoo's including, but not limited to, two full sleeves of Greek mythology artwork that extend from shoulder to wrist, a blue butterfly tattoo across her chest, and a floral-themed piece along her right thigh. She has a multitude of piercings in either ear, a hoop in her left eyebrow and a stud in her nose. 

History: Unlike her half-brother, Brandon, Percy will cheerfully insist that she has absolutely no idea what she wants to be when she grows up, but she'll let you know once she gets there. With Brandon taking over the family business, Percy has always been free to follow her dreams, the only problem was that her dreams never quite picked a direction to set their sights on.
The eccentric young woman seems to have taken the phrase 'Choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life' to heart instead, as both her hobbies and current profession involve gaming, to lesser or greater degrees.
If asked why she decided to tag along with Brandon, you'll probably get an answer akin to 'I didn't have any plans that day' or 'The ride was cheaper if we split it'. Whatever her reasons, the quirky violet-eyed girl seems perfectly content to hang around the game room killing time while Brandon works the bar. 

Face Claim: Celia Edell

[Westal]

Name: Marcus "Marc" Durann
Age:29
Sexuality: Straight
Personality: Sarcastic for the sake of humor, but generally friendly, if not gregarious. Marc is by default a pacifist, but he also has a habit of aggression against those he sees as bullies or downright jerks. He loves to laugh though, even if it's him at the butt of a joke (as long as it's a funny one).

Eyes:Blue
Height:6'1"
Body Build:Broad and toned.
Additional Physical Notes: A tattoo of a splintering cross on his left arm, with a long scroll across the crosspiece that read in Latin: "Know the Idol, Worship the Ideal."

History:
Marc walked out of his California tech job three years ago,and never returned to that side of the world, much less his corner office. He purchased a new phone with a new number, and then proceeded to travel all over the world. He had no itinerary, no contacts, and really no plan. All he knew was that the world he had known was a lie, and that he wanted to find some truth. Not the truth necessarily, just anything, really.His previous life had given him the means to travel lavishly, but he settled for convenience and moderate comfort. He caught cheap flights going to random places at all hours of the day. The departure time was always more important than the destination city.
Sometimes he played tourist. Sometimes he worked for a week (for legal and illegal jobs). He fell in love with women; and always tried to make it clear that they probably shouldn't fall in love with him.

He would try anything once, and many things numerous times. He loved anything new or unique to his prior life.

Which was why he inevitably made his way here.

Face Claim:Alden Ehrenreich

[Kit Cat]

Name: Kinsey O'Malley
Age: 33
Sexuality: Pansexual
Personality: Fluctuating, depending on her mood and state of mind. At times she can be a brooding, almost cynical presence, who’s blunt observations and cutting sarcasm reflects her negative view of the world. Other times, she is the life and soul of the party; determined to live life to the max and take as many chances as she can.

Personable and empathetic when she wants to be, she can work her way into another’s confidence, and has a need to find out how others ‘tick’—the curse of her work and her past.

Her time both as an undercover detective, and PI have developed her skills to ‘blend in’ with the crowd meaning she can as easily be found quietly sitting in a corner—observing the passing of humanity and jotting down any interesting information of note—as she can in disguise, playing out a new part that she ‘claims’ might be of use in the future.

The sad truth of the matter being, she finds it easier to pretend to play at other people and put an act on, than be herself.

Eyes: Blue-Green
Height: 5’ 6”
Body Build: Slim but athletic
Additional Physical Notes: Has a long scar along her right elbow that has a tattoo of an ouroboros over it, in an unsuccessful attempt to cover it.

History: Former Undercover Detective in the London Metropolitan Police Force, Kinsey left under a cloud after a particularly gruelling case which left her with PTSD. Refusing counselling, and unable to hold down a steady job, Kinsey used the last of her resources to set up her own private investigation business in an attempt to rebuild her life.

Though her skills and intelligence allowed her to flourish in her chosen work, the memories of the past, along with having to deal with the very worst of humanity on a daily basis, have gradually eaten away at what was once an ambitious, positive young woman who wanted to make the world a better place, leaving her tired and jaded.

After another breakdown, and, having drank most of the money she had made, she begrudgingly took her doctor’s advice to get away from the city—and the things that it reminds her of—and try and recharge her batteries.

With little resources, Kinsey set off travelling, with the intent of hiring herself out as and when she needed more funds, and has, by way of numerous twists and turns, finally ended up here after a successful payoff, with the intent to stay and recuperate a while.

Face Claim: Sofia Helin

[Jaclyn]

Name: Katrina von Roissy
Gender: Transgender female (post SRS)
Age: 27
Sexuality: Pansexual when not in a committed relationship, serial monogamous when committed.

Personality: Kat or Käti is very businesslike when dealing with those who operate her resorts around the Caribbean and in Hawaii. Outside of work, much depends on circumstances. Because she operated resorts properties, she expects meticulous perfection from staff yet is kind and helpful the farther down the hierarchy the person is. She is typically reserved around new people because she has had attempts made on her wealth in the guise of friendship, though she doesn't dwell on waiting for acquaintance s to prove themselves before trusting them enough to allow herself to be vulnerable and open to whatever scene  is at hand.

Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8"
Body Build: Fit though not muscular
Additional Physical Notes: Butterfly tattoo on underside of left breast. Nipples have holes still open from from earlier piercing.

History: Käti was on the path to success in business with her fiancée when tragedy struck and her fiancée was kidnapped and is presumed lost these many years. Käti received a whole lot of money when her and her fiancée's mentor decided to sell the business they were being groomed to operate. Käti took her business acumen and experience at the Lacy Place Resort and Casino and invested in what grew to be ten boutique resort in Hawaii and around the Caribbean. And that would have been that had she not had a run in with anotehr resident of the hotel, one Nikita Beauchamp that lead to all sorts of nastiness. Without disclosing that still playing story, Käti sought psychiatric help and was eventually prescribed 'time away.' Caravanserai was about as far away as she could get and hopefully the ones who plague her can't or don't follow.

[OOC: This is not a LaceE story, just backstory for Käti.]

Face Claim: Katrina Bowden

[Vicissitude]

Name:  Brandon Russtiff
Gender:  Male
Age: 25
Sexuality: Gay, but will flirt with the ladies more than the guys.

Personality:  Brandon isn't one to shy away from a social gathering.  Ever. Though he can be a little scattered and carried away in situations when he he does get onto a subject that he's really into, talking a mile a minute and asking rapid-fire questions, missing subtle cues that others have tuned out on him.  Bringing up any local cryptozoology/legend, or paranormal activity in a vicinity is a quick way to cause this.  His best friends know they can tell him to just shut up for a moment and let them talk, and he'll just sheepishly grin and shrug and go quiet. 

When out of the social circle, though, and investigating, he's very different. Quiet and intensely focused, almost obsessively, enough that his sense of self-preservation can be compromised in the effort to determine the answer to his question.  More than once he's ended up needing stitches, a cast, or an extraction of some foreign object.

Eyes: Dark blue-grey
Height: 5'10"
Body Build:  Average
Additional Physical Notes:  He's got his share of scars, mostly on his arms and legs, from his misadventures around the United States and the world.  He has one one the left-hand side of his abdomen that he tells casual strangers is an appendix scar, despite it being the wrong side of his body.  His ears are pierced, but he rarely wears anything because he keeps losing them, and had one get ripped out once. 

History:  Putting forth a good face as a typical Cali surfer/party-guy who's parents have too much money to burn, Brandon is actually more curious about the world around him than he usually lets on.  Mostly because it tends to get him into trouble.  Curiosity as a child about how things worked, and taking apart electronics somehow blossomed into a curiosity about the paranormal.  A very strong curiosity.  The kind that involved a whole lot of breaking and entering when younger.  And sometimes still does.

So far he's focused his available funds on traveling around the world to a bucket list of placed considered haunted or eerie.  After his last adventure nearly was his last, he's taking a break for a bit in the desert, needing a change of scenery...  And somewhere to stay out of trouble for a bit.

Face Claim: Alex Pettyfer

[Steffy]

Name: Steffy Danielle Dubois
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Sexuality: Lesbian (of sorts)
Personality: A not-so-dumb ‘dumb blonde’.  Be careful!

Eyes: Blue
Height: 5’8”
Body Build: Curvaceous
Additional Physical Notes: Perhaps a tattoo or two in locations that are not usually discovered

History: Steffy runs on adrenaline.  She started the Cute Girl Detective Agency (CGDA).  Fortunately, she is indulged by a generous benefactor, Peter Warcaof.  Unspoiled, but believes she’ll find the truffle when she lands in trouble.  She roils at injustices, is fiercely loyal to friends and can tend to simplify. Everyone she meets is her newest friend.  She’ll jump into a fray, but is a lover, not a fighter.  (She’s managed stilettos, but she’s clearly not athletic, embarrassingly so, very enthusiastic, energized). The next bit of adrenaline is Caravanserai—Steffy can’t help but think that adventure lies ahead with friends now to be found in the desert.   

Face Claim: Wallaroo Naples Safari Hat model (shrug, that’s the best I can do).

[RampantDesires]

Name: Dev Mallik
Age: 31
Sexuality: Heteroflexible
Personality: Currently a reforming workaholic and perfectionist.  Dev is incapable of letting an argument go if he believes that he is right about something.  He struggles a little bit with the empathy portion of his job, especially when people's own dumb decisions come back to haunt them, but he's working on it and has a tendency to be a bit too blunt for his own good (or the delicate feelings of those around him). Detests small talk and water cooler chit-chat.  Talk about something meaningful, even if it is weird and off the wall, but he has no interest in discussing the weather (unless it is somehow exceptional and then you get a pass).

Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'0"
Body Build: Determinedly but a bit resentfully fit
Additional Physical Notes: This whole shaggier hair and stubble, 'relaxed' look is new for him and he does not always seem comfortable with it, brushing hair out of his eyes, fingers running along his jaw. Has an appendectomy scar.   

History: Dev's life has been one of relative luxury and he does his best to appreciate that and the opportunities it has given him. Far better to focus on the good than the pressure that comes when your parents are both well respected and even 'brilliant' doctors.  As their only and beloved child that he would follow in their footsteps was a given ... except he's fallen short of that high bar, veered down a different path that has resulted in him, not being disowned or regarded as a disappointment exactly, his choice just confuses his family.  Why stay a physicians assistant when you could be so much more?  Because he likes it?  Because he's good at it?  Because he doesn't want the life and death pressure that they deal with every day?

The somewhat recent death of his father (two years ago) Dev has taken things a step further quitting his job with a larger hospital and coming to work at Caravanserai.  Technically he works under a Dr. Everett, but in the months he's been here he's seen the mysterious doctor all of twice, once when he arrived and a random hallway run in.  The good Doctor is apparently a friend of the three owners and stays in semi-retirement, which seems a lot to him like FULL retirement, but it works well enough. He's stopped sending informative or questioning texts.  Invariably the response was some version of: "You're a smart boy, you'll figure it out..."

Paperwork gets signed and left in their shared office, supply orders get filled, and Dev does indeed figure things out.  Taking care of the various bumps and bruises among the guests and staff isn't generally taxing, hell most of the time it is a band-aid and some advice to take it easy for a few days, but he IS a bit worried about what would happen in a real medical emergency.

Face Claim: Arjun Gupta

[Kokaine]

Name: Dylan Reid
Age: 31
Sexuality: Pansexual, not into sleeping around but she's grown, possibly poly (closed trios)
Personality: As someone who is both sensual and passionate but not a big fan of sharing, Dylan keeps a tight rein over her emotions--or tries to anyway. She's charming enough to have plenty of "friends" back home even while sharing so little of her true self with anyone. Perhaps this is because despite being a woman of few words, she's very much the type who will do what she wants, when she wants, rules or expectations be damned. She is intelligent but more than that she is a fan of common sense and keeping it real. If you're looking for someone to boost your ego by telling you what you want to hear instead of the truth, Dylan is not the person to talk to. In polite company she is aloof at first and may take a minute to warm up. She tends to project an air of confidence that borders on arrogance--some will no doubt find her to be so--but among friends she's generally more warm and relaxed and likes to laugh. In spite of how often she found herself there growing up, Dylan does not enjoy being the center of attention as much as one would expect.

Eyes: Green
Height: 5'4"
Body Build: Curvy but fit
Additional Physical Notes:  Dylan doesn't care about fashion trends or what's hot right now. She likes to wear what she wants and to be honest from day to day her style differs. She loves sneakers and usually doesn't bother with more than the most basic of make up (like maybe some lip gloss or eyeliner). She also has her tongue pierced and has 5 holes in each ear (2 cartilage, 3 lobe) along with a belly button piercing. Thus far she has no tattoos. Generally Dylan sounds like she's from somewhere in New York (good luck guessing the neighborhood), however, when riled up her original Jamaican accent comes through.

History: Dylan spent the first half of her life in Jamaica where she was doted on by her father. As far as she can remember it really was like paradise being there even though they struggled. After her father got a bigger and better job offer that moved them from the island up to New York it was less paradise and more like... lonely. Rather than attention and actual parenting, more and more Dylan saw money shoved at her in lieu of actual attention and the answer 'yes' given to every whim without much consideration for the actual question being asked. Hell, she saw the housekeeper they ended up with more often then she did her father as he became consumed by his career.

Dylan could have simply gone wild she supposed but by that time she'd already had dreams and aspirations for herself which meant if there was to be any semblance of structure in her life and success to pursue, she had to create it herself. So she did. She kept herself on the honor roll and participated in various clubs and extra-curriculars. She played various sports throughout middle and high school but basketball was always her fist love and she had a mean crossover. Her original plan for herself involved signing with a team in the WNBA but as she grew up and discovered an even deeper passion for writing, art, and history she moved away from that childhood dream to one she considered to be more fulfilling.

Now Dylan is a best-selling author. She has one running scf-fi series as well as a few stand alone graphic novels and a popular web comic all published under a pen name. She's taken to a new location, Caravanserai, as she tackles a new novel set in an entirely new universe trying to distance herself from heightened expectations and some mistakes made along the way.

Face Claim: Kreesha Turner

[Peripherie]

Name: Brielle "Breezy" Garin
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Personality: Plucky and sweet normally. Withdrawn and quiet when she is moody. It takes a lot to get her moody. While she is equally as comfortable alone, she can hold her own in a conversation.

Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'6"
Body Build: Naturally slim with yoga muscles
Additional Physical Notes: For Breezy, tanning means just connecting her freckles with larger freckles - but it suits her. Even still, with her very fair skin, she likes to wear big floppy hats when outside for too long. She has a few tattoos but they are hidden and she won't share unless she really trusts someone AND has had a drink or two.

History: She had originally planned a trip to Caravanserai as a honeymoon but arrived solo. Breezy had the ambiguous job title of business consultant but she had managed to get in on the ground floor of a now up-and-coming advertising firm so she had done pretty well for herself. They expect her back hard at work in a few weeks. Or they did, until she sent an email from the airport that she wouldn't be returning. Looking for some relaxation before she figures out exactly what she was going to do with herself next, she actually doesn't feel too bad about her prospects.

Face Claim: Natasha Yankelevich

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[Chantal]

Name: Tatyana Dementiev
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Sexuality: Heterosexual (so far)
Personality: Almost always polite and kind. Only among friends she lowers her guard, becoming more honest, flirty and cheerful.

Eyes: Brown
Height:5'9"
Body Build: Well built, strong body, but slender, agile
Additional Physical Notes: None.

History: Tatyana is a successful, professional belly dancer. She fell in love with Arabic dances at young age and this love didn't leave much room for anything else in her life. She travels the world to preform on different occasions like tournaments, weddings, shows and many other. She is always at work, aware that everyone she meets can turn out to be her next employer. Even here, where she decided to come for a well deserved holiday, she came expecting to meet many rich people who throw parties and maybe one of them would be interested in hiring her. However she came here mainly for holidays - resting well and having fun is her main goal for the next few weeks!

She comes from Eastern Europe and while her English is very good there is still some accent left, revealing her origins.

Truth is her job never took her to any Arabic country and she always dreamed to take a photo of her dancing on the dunes.

Face Claim:Maria Sokolova

[Giantmutantcrab]

Name: Khalil Ag El Mokhtar
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Personality: Open and outgoing, Khalil doesn't need much to become someone’s friend. He has an easy laugh and a smile that can light up a room. He offers trust to nearly everyone he meets; those who do not deserve his trust usually make it known fairly quickly. He prefers a painful truth to a gentle lie.

Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 5’11”
Body Build:

Something like this

Additional Physical Notes: None

History: Khalil was born and raised in a Touareg clan, the El Mokhtar tribe. This particular clan followed a very strict way of life that did not suit Khalil’s energy or curiosity. As soon as he was of age he left the desert and became a world traveler and explorer. He is a certified mountain guide, SCUBA  diver and helicopter pilot, among other things. He has worked closely with several archaeologists of renown and has been privy to some of the most important historical discoveries of the last decades.

His attention has recently turned inward, as he came to the spiritual realisation that people are so much more important than the locales he visits and the objects discovered therein. For each historical site uncovered, for each ancient artifact unearthed, there are a hundred thousand stories of everyday people living nearby that are just as fascinating. This newfound interest for people has brought him to visit other areas of the world, discovering vast riches of teeming humanity.

Khalil speaks four languages fluently and can get by in a half-dozen more. He will often help local people while he is on an archeological site, getting to know the locals and their history a little better. He will not think twice about talking a sizable portion of his earnings to buy supplies for those same locals. A lifelong martial arts enthusiast, he enjoys offering free self-defense lessons to communities, especially those who are very far from any major metropolitan areas. Khalil sees himself as being incredibly lucky and only wishes to share of that good fortune with others. He loves listening to other people speak of things that truly interest them, regardless of how strange or uncommon that interest may be. After all, everyone is a little weird, each in their own way!

Face Claim: Vidyut Jamwal

[Endogenesis]

Name:  Laila Røed.
Gender: Female.
Age:  34
Sexuality:  Aromantic, straight.
Personality: Laila is a straight shooter, she'd not sugarcoat anything, which can be somewhat grating at times. She seems somewhat oblivious to the fact others dislike her straightforwards personality.  Not without virtues though, she is loyal to anyone she calls a friend, and dependable at all times.

Eyes: Blue.
Height: 5ft6
Body Build: Chubby.
Additional Physical Notes: Laila has short red hair that looks almost brown when she is inside or in poorly lit areas.  She is moderately attractive, but seems unable to flirt with any conviction with anyone.  Her best quality might be her husky voice, it is softer than the norm, and usually even her harsh words can sound good.

History:  Having been brought up in Scandinavia Laila spent her formative years focusing on school for the most part, doing well enough that she got into the University of her choice, she studied to become a doctor, after completing her degree she worked a few years as a GP before quitting, citing personal issues.  No one has been told just why she left this job, and she moved to a different town.

Having taken on odd jobs here and there in the aftermath of leaving her job, she is clearly an unhappy woman.  Her life mundane and dare one say lonely, she has longed for something -anything- to break her out of the rut.  Pooling up enough money, she decided to travel someplace random, seeking a new beginning....or perhaps an end.

Face Claim: Ida Maria.

[Courtney]

Name: Rebecca (Becky) Jordyn
Gender: Transgendered
Age: 34
Sexuality: Bisexual
Personality: Becky is a sly and dominant force of nature. While not evil per se, she knows what she wants and how to get it.

Eyes: Blue
Height: 6'2"
Body Build: Muscular
Additional Physical Notes: Becky has Medium length brunette has that is often pulled back into a ponytail. Though she has DD breasts, her muscular build makes them seem deceptively smaller. She is not a fully transitioned female, and is still sporting her male genitalia.

Despite having been born a male, you would never know it to hear her speak. Her voice sounds very feminine, easily falling within the range of a natural alto. While the very few who have come to know her intimately share wild conspiracy theories of nanotech or highly advanced stem-cell treatment being responsible, she has been heard bragging about the years and countless hours training her voice, and studying female intonations.

She has a few elaborate tattoos on her back. The most prominent of these is of a stiletto high heel leading up to a calf adorned in fishnet stockings, which runs up from the small of her back, all the way up to her bra line and along her spine.

History: Not much is known about Becky's history, and she's cleverly evasive when pressed on it. By all appearances she is well off, but it's believed she's being financed, and is not independently wealthy herself. Rumors have swirled that her financing is from some shadow organization who's agenda is unknown at this time.

Mostly the organization she works for uses her as a recruiter, seeking out the wealthy from all walks of life to either bring into the fold as full members, or seek their financing in exchange for "benefits" that the organization provides. Despite encouragement from her superiors, she never uses blackmail or extortion, and in fact finds those tactics to be unchallenging and risky.

Face Claim: Victoria Tignor

[Loiosh]

Name:  Ryo Kang-Dae
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Sexuality: Homosexual 
Personality:  Ryo is precise and orderly, at least in his intentions.  When flustered he becomes a bit clumsy.  He is funny in a deadpan way that makes you think he’s not always in on the joke.  Extremely intelligent in a book-smarts type of way but not very worldly.  He is not assertive and will generally go along to get along.  There is, however, a core of strength in him that will hold the line against all comers when push comes to shove. 

He is unfailingly polite even in the face of provocation and prefers non-violent resolutions to problems.  He is reserved with strangers but warm, loyal and giving with his inner circle of friends.

He is still coming to terms with his sexuality, even now.  He did not come out to his family until just five or six months ago although he lived as an openly gay man in Los Angelos for several years.  He felt extremely guilty about deceiving his father and walking away from his responsibilities but his boyfriend's death and father's reaction to the truth of their relationship largely extinguished that.

People that knew him before the accident would say he has gotten quieter and more closed in on himself, but that there are still flashes of the old Ryo.  He has, however, finally reached a point in the grieving process where he is allowing himself to feel loneliness and to begin to seek out friendship again.  Not romance yet, but genuine human connection.

Eyes: Brown
Height: 6’0”
Body Build: Trim and athletic, but no overtly muscular
Additional Physical Notes: He has a small heart tattoo on his inner left arm with the initial GS and the date of Greg’s death.  Ryo speaks Korean and English with a slight accent but is fully conversant with idiomatic usage.

History:  Ryo is the eldest son of a prestigious South Korean magnate and eventual heir to the family fortune and business empire.   Driven from a very young age to excel in academics Ryo was given all the best tutors and resources that money could buy while his father Pyon did his best to keep Ryo isolated from “bad influences.”

When he turned eighteen he journeyed to the United States to pursue a degree in Finance at UCLA and perfect his English.  For the first time he was away from his father’s dominion and slowly began to discover he had his own interests and desires.  One of those hidden desires erupted into his life one New Years day when Greg Simons, a young blonde freshman with a swimmer’s body and his best friend in the States, drunkenly kissed him as they watched the ball drop in New York on the television in the dormitory lounge.

One thing led to another and within a year the two had an apartment off campus, living happily together.  On the rare occasions Ryo’s family came to visit Greg would make himself scarce, albeit under protest.  Greg felt that Ryo should come out to his father and take the consequences one way or the other.  Ryo refused, so the family thought Greg was simply a friend.

Things came to a head when Pyon informed his son that his marriage had been arranged with Yi Soo-Hyun, the daughter of one of his colleagues and rivals to cement a merger between their two companies.  Ryo would return to South Korea and begin his tenure as a junior executive on the fast track to CEO.
Greg and Ryo had a huge fight that evening.  Greg drunkenly demanded that Ryo refuse and finally come clean with his father or he was leaving.  Ryo begged him not to go but could not bring himself to come out to his father.  Trapped in his indecision he watched Greg storm out of the apartment, angrily grabbing his keys.  It was the last time he saw his love’s face.

The next day the police came and told him about the accident and questioned him about the events of the evening.  And that was that.  As “just a friend” he sat in the back row of the funeral, tears streaming.  He made a promise then and there, begging forgiveness.  A few hours later he hung up on his screaming father, numb to his rage and imprecations.  Numb to everything.  He looked around their… his apartment.  He couldn’t do it anymore.  He had to leave.

His eyes lit on a stack of travel brochures on the end table by Greg’s favorite chair.  They had always daydreamed about the places they would go after graduation; the Mediterranean, the Far East, Africa.  Maybe that would provide the anodyne he needed.  There was enough money in his account to support him for a bit, if he was smart.  He’d have to withdraw it immediately, before his father had his assets frozen.  It didn’t matter.  He couldn’t stay here anymore.  He couldn’t stay anywhere.

For five or six months Ryo travelled around, hitchhiking, backpacking and even working as a waiter on a cruise ship at one point.  The searing pain of Greg’s absence was beginning to fade into a dull ache that just followed him around every day like a mangey dog.   His money was starting to run low but he could not bring himself to go back to his family.  That chapter was closed.  He’d have to get a job.   Settle down.  Learn how to live as a responsible human being again.

He decided to have one last fling with his remaining cash before working his way back home to Los Angelos to restart his life.    He had heard about the this new resort opening up back east, far and away from everything out in the Sahara.   They said wisdom came from the desert, didn’t they?

Maybe that was what he needed.

Face Claim: Choi Siwon

[sonamyfan]

Name: Adrian
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Sexuality: Homosexual
Personality: He's very shy and quiet. He won't approach anyone first unless he has to.

Eyes: Dark blue
Height: 5'2"
Body Build: Thin
Additional Physical Notes: He has black hair that hides his right eye, he has pale skin, and he wears glasses.

History: He doesn't have any friends, but he hopes that he can find a boyfriend.

[Pierrot]

[Floatright][/Floatright]
Name: Russel Smith
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Sexuality: Homosexual
Personality: Russel is generally pretty outgiong. He tends not to take things too seriously and enjoys living in the moment. He seems to almost always have a joke or witty comeback up his sleeve.

He gets himself into trouble often due to misreading serious situations and running his mouth when he shouldn’t. His personality is similair to that of an obnoxious younger brother.

Of course, he does deviate from his usual chipper mood sometimes. When it comes down to it he can have a bit of a temper or feel guilty when he says something he shouldn't. He’s still human and still has limits to his chipper attitude.

Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5’7”
Body Build: Slender and toned.
Additional Physical Notes: He has freckles and a few birth marks. He also has a scar on his elbow from a childhood injury.

History: Russel doesn’t talk about his past much. The only information he divulges is that he grew up in the city, was raised by a single father, and had some financial issues growing up. He dropped out of highschool, but still tried to learn the practical things; Basically attempting to homeschool himself.

Face Claim: Timofei Rudenko

[forestfire]

Name: Felix Vernick
Gender: Trans man
Age: 24 years old
Sexuality: Attracted to men, but doesn't get a lot of action due to him transitioning
Personality: Felix is afraid of conflict, has trouble opening up to people, and he trusts authorities. He doesn't like it when people touch him. Sometimes, he gets lost in his head because he's thinking too much about how he appears to others. He is deeply insecure about his gender expression, but won't stay closeted anymore.

Appearance: Felix is 5'6 with brown hair, brown skin, and brown eyes. He once read on an online forum for trans men that he has to bulk up in order to pass. So he did. Now he looks like a short, stocky man with a 12-year-old's face. The hormones have yet to work their magic on his pudgy, feminine cheeks. His hair is dark and floppy and parted to the left with more length on the top of his head. He has tan skin, thin eyebrows, and big bright brown eyes. His nose is long and straight and possibly the most masculine thing about him pre-T. His lips, however... They are plump and womanly. He hates looking in the mirror, stuck between two genders. He is 10 months on hormones.

History: His parents kicked him out when he came out as trans. That sucked. So he wanted to get far away from home and he had read about Caravansarie online and wanted to give it a shot. What's the worst that can happen, right?

[Strega]

Name: Rafaela Camerino
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Personality: She used to be a high spirited person. Now she appears distant, making people avoiding her without giving her a chance. Most of the time she seems like staring at something invisible to others.

Eyes: Green
Height: 5’4”
Body Build: Curvy
Additional Physical Notes: None

History: Rafaela lives in Milan, Italy. Her roots are originally humble, growing up in the Italian countryside and without any particular enthusiasm in school and studies. Her only passion, which she discovered at the sweet age of 7 was singing after witnessing the show of a wandering musician, with the most mellow of voices and his guitar adorned with ribbons. Her passion for singing and her raw talent soon spread throughout her village as she took part in feasts and local events and at the age of 16 she moved to Rome with her first love of her life and her first husband, who was bewitched by her singing.

His wealth was the ticket for Rafaela to seek music studies. Opera dazzled her, traversed her to unexpected places, to the deepest of emotions. She ended up being one of the most famous sopranos, with a worldwide career but after a serious throat inflammation 7 years ago, she had to undergo an operation which dramatically altered her voice and made it impossible for her to sing again the same way.

After that day, life was drained out of her and she now desperately seeks a means to find pleasure or some kind of meaning again in her life. She is currently single, after 3 disastrous marriages.

Face Claim: Barbra Streisand

[Ciosa]

Name: Sebastian Wells
Gender: Male
Age: About two weeks shy of 21.
Sexuality: Untapped.
Personality: A conman’s perfect mark - trusting, compassionate, and in many things naive.  Sebastian is reserved, and quiet, but both his quiet and his kindness hide a remarkably sharp intellect.

Eye Color: Green.  Hints of blue.
Height:Five ten, Sebastian towers over no one.
Body Build: Slender.  He’s not overwhelmingly muscular - he keeps fit by jogging and the occasional bit of yoga, but mostly he stays skinny by always being studying or hard at work and forgetting to eat.
Additional Physical Notes: Faint scars from earrings, though the holes are closed as he’s apparently decided against having earrings.

History: Sebastian is blessed with the kind of intelligence that would have had him graduating Harvard or John Hopkins’s pre-med program by twenty and in a prestigious surgical program by twenty two - but lackluster public education and meant that he graduated high school at sixteen, and a hospice care program at eighteen.  His family needed an income, and couldn’t afford a lengthy or prestigious program.

Sebastian’s life was turned inside down by his third hospice patient in his first year - he was actually just a substitute for the regular hospice nurse, but Edgar Horton took a liking to ‘the blonde idiot’ and had him moved to his full time caretaker.  Edgar liked to argue; and while he didn’t necessarily like to demean, it came naturally to him.  He spent a year with a man who expected to die in a matter of days - and cared for him through the last seizures of brain cancer that left him incontinent, drooling, paralyzed.  Sebastian has never really thought they had gotten along - he remembered arguing with Edgar more than moments of real connection, but Edgar had made Sebastian executor of his will, and heir to the largest part of his estate.

Sebastian’s first few months have been humiliating - and harrowing.  He’s taken a reprieve from what seems like an endless series of litigations and atonements for Edgar’s misdeeds, to deliver something to one of the owners of the Caravanserai, in hopes he might be able to steal a day or two of relaxation before returning to the real world and the curious hand fate has dealt him.

Face Claim:  Austin Butler

[Eros]

Name: Benjamin Taylor
Gender: Male
Age: Thirty
Sexuality: Bisexual
Personality: Confident but cautious, keeping people at arm's length until he can surmise what they are about. Needless to say he has trust issues, once bitten twice shy.

Eyes: Blue/green
Height: 5’11
Body Build: Muscular and well toned but not buff to the physique of a body builder.
Additional Physical Notes: Benjamin is long sighted and predominantly wears contact glasses but will switch to glasses on occasion.

History:

“He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him.” - Hans Christian Andersen

Benjamin might be considered ‘hot’ by most people's standards but this has not always been the case. Ben, which is the name he prefers to be know by, was a late bloomer, during his years at high school he was the slightly overweight kid who tried his best to blend into the background. This worked for the most part until his senior year when he unwittingly became the ‘whipping boy’ simply by choosing to become a tutor. Benjamin had simply wanted to bulk out his college applications, he'd never imagined that he would be paired with a star athlete or that they would get entangled in a short romantic relationship. Benjamin had known he was attracted to both men and women from a relatively young age, something he was completely at ease with and although he never hid his sexuality it was not flaunted. Jake on the other hand had a crisis of identity and put the blame of ‘liking dudes’ fully on Benjamin's shoulders. Senior year was a nightmare and although the ripples of that time still reach until this day it is a part of his life he prefers to try to forget.

It was at college that Benjamin shed the weight and gained the physique that he now maintains. This is done through a variety of exercise but he particularly enjoys running, swimming and doing yoga.

At college Benjamin majored in English literature and is now a librarian in the small coastal town he now calls home. At weekends he moonlights as a deejay. Life is balanced or is it? Something feels missing but Benjamin can't quite place his finger on it.

Face Claim: Nick Ayler