The Doom Train
From SCross
AKA the Ghost Train.
This large and solemn vehicle is said to travel the world at all times, unnoticed by most until it comes to a stop to pick up the souls of the dead to bring them to the underworld for a time before their reincarnation. Its sight is both a comfort and a horror, a stark reminder of mortality.
The Ghost Train makes for poor company. It has only respect for the dead, and does not deign to speak to anything at all. Those who attempt to befriend or cajole the lumbering titan tend to be run over, even if they were not standing on the tracks a moment ago. It is said that some rare summoner has managed to pact with the train, but this was long ago. Those who have tried in recent year have lost life or limb in the attempt.
The train does have a more vocal aspect, the Conductor. The Conductor is a sub spirit, belonging to the ghost train's domain(Who in turn belongs in Hade's domain). He appears as a sharply dressed man in a train conductor's uniform, quite wraithly, but fully formed of hand and feet and pale white semi-transluscent face. He is a bit sharp, but is approachable and can be talked with, even by the living. He warns living away from the train and welcomes the dead aboard, tracking who enters.
The only living that can board the train are spirit friends, who must ask politely and refrain from bothering other guests, and shamans on their spiritual journey for the first time, who usually bother the guests, and gain spiritual wisdom, and scars, for it.
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