Three Times the Trouble

When Deskal, Miana, and Callum receive word that they will be travelling to the city-state of Akhshar, to stay with their cousin's family, they are less than pleased. None of them wished to go to the dessert, and the only reason they did not fight the issue further was the warnings that had come of potential assassins. Still, being sent away carries its own burdens, not only their lack of familiarity with the local customs there, but an insidious threat aimed at the family they are staying with, Lord Relyn Calasti and his children. What prompted the move to send the triplets south, and why did the Dread Lord choose to gift one of the three?