Astral Ferrymen

The Astral Ferrymen were a sect of extraplanar beings native to the Astral Sea. They were charged by the Prime with conveying lost and downtrodden souls between the planes.

Appearance
Astral Ferrymen generally assumed the form of humanoid skeletons with gems inlaid in their skulls. Their expressions ranged from relentlessly dour to maliciously gleeful.

Details
Astral Ferrymen typically spoke in Astral Cant, a planar dialect of Common. While they tended not to assume names themselves, it was not uncommon for Astral Ferrymen--especially Ferrymen of note--to take titles.

Astral Ferrymen were neither undead nor mortal. Rather, they were essential beings: their bodies were not vessels for souls, but instead complete embodiments of the Ferrymen. A slain Astral Ferryman did not rejoin the cosmos, but was destroyed forever.