The refugees are people who live in the refugee cave beneath the Arcis lighthouse.

“What about the refugees?” Ash asked in little more than a whisper. “Where did they come from?”

“I put them there,” the Sovereign breathed. “As another test. As something to guide you onward, and to earn the trust of others yet again, and show you as a hero to the world. Soldiers took a group of people, including Alex’s sister Kayla, and wiped their memories before putting them in the lighthouse.”

– Fallen Nation: Downfall