Charon

With the advent of the industrial revolution steam power became the new blue, outperforming any and every alternative proposed or used beforehand. It didn't take long for Charon to catch onto this, and with a hint of disgust for the old, water-rotted and decrepit vessel his predecessor had used for many a voyage, make his own changes to things. He reshaped the vessel from it's old dingy rowboat form into The Eidolon, a soul train designed with luxury locomotives in mind. It can change to fit Charon's every whim at the bat of an eye, generating entirely new cars in an instant.

His train is his pride and joy. He conducts it professionally when he doesn't have his wisps doing most of the work.

There are three ways you board the soul train:

The Good: You're having an out of body experience and he catches your soul before it wanders too far from your body and is lost forever. Typically in these situations you will stay aboard the Eidolon until your time comes to disembark(time for you to wake). During this time you may mingle with the passengers and Charon, and perhaps if you're polite enough Charon will allow you to converse with a lost loved one.

The Bad: You're dead. You've passed from the mortal coil, had your burial and funeral(regardless of whether your corpse was there or not, just having a proper burial) and you're on your final ride. This trip may take hours, it may take 'weeks'. Time has no meaning in the underworld, and the rivers care not for space. During your journey Charon will tend to your worries and concerns and answer your questions before it is your time to leave and be judged.

The Ugly: You're in a coma. Your soul has thoroughly abandoned your body for the time being and you are stranded aboard the Eidolon until time allows you to return. You may return, or you may never return. It is up to nobody but fate to decide.

For all three of these situations you may gain the ability to stay aboard the Eidolon as a permanent passenger, although if you're dead it's much less likely of a possibility. Remaining aboard as a permanent passenger from a coma or an out-of-body experience means forsaking your mortal form and becoming a spirit of his express. You will die in the mortal realm, but join in the tidings of the train. During this time you may find your soul to change and fit itself more to be truly itself, unbound by your mortal form.

A word of warning though: No matter your reasons for being on board, it is advised you behave yourself and treat your fellow passengers with respect, lest you anger your conductor and force his hand. With powers on par with a god and a bit of mental instability from his time of immortality, he may see fit to strip you of your physical vessel and condemn you to eternity as one of the wisps surrounding him.

Like it's predecessor, the Eidolon travels through the underworld from the surface to deliver it's passengers to Hades. Albeit much safer due to being enclosed, the vessel still travels across the many rivers of the underworld, each still offering their own threats to those exposed. Charon typical ushers passengers indoors when passing over their shores to prevent losses but sometimes there are those snatched by the hands of fate. It's a train that travels along ethereal tracks, able to board any set of tracks in the mortal realm to appear to those who are set to board.

A person's time aboard the Eidolon varies heavily depending on them and how quickly they can move on. Charon's purpose is to assist his passengers with moving on from their lives, however that may be. Whether that's soothing vengeful rage, comforting those broken by the cruelty of the world or simply telling someone it's okay to move on. He'll be there when it matters most. Always will be.