The
Boneyard, sometimes referred to as
Purgatory or the
Spirelands, is a neutral plane where the souls of dead mortals from the
Material Plane are judged by the goddess
Pharasma. It rests atop
Pharasma's Spire, jutting out from Axis into the
Astral Plane. Souls are brought to the Boneyard by the
River of Souls, and after judgement, are sent to the appropriate plane or domain in the Outer Sphere. Some arrive at the Boneyard with their choices already made or pacts signed, but others are judged by a series of courts.
Neferu sent the
Unworthy Soul here once with the
Sepulchral Swaths of Tanoth-Gha. When he returned with the artifact, it was found to now show additional markings.
Description
The Boneyard appears as a vast necropolis filled with countless courtyards, monuments, graves, and forums teeming with the souls of the dead awaiting judgement. Each of these courts is shaped and styled to correspond to one of the Outer Planes, and is overseen and guarded by representatives from each of the gods.
Inhabitants
The souls of the neutral dead remain in the Boneyard and are transformed in the lands beyond Pharasma's palace and the necropolis into aeons. These strange creatures act as the goddess' advisors, caretakers, explorers, guardians, guides, and even soldiers in times of war. The souls of the neutral dead also form into
psychopomps who serve as the bureaucracy of death. In the unclaimed wilderness of Boneyard wolf-like packs of esoboks patrol, protecting the restful dead from both mortal and outsider intruders who would disturb them.
The God of the End Times,
Groetus, hangs eternally over the Boneyard like a twisted moon that edges closer with each orbit. It is whispered that when he reaches the Spire, all of creation will be wiped away in a great apocalypse.
