Astral Traveler

Astral travelers are ships designed to traverse the void and offer transportation to those not wealthy or privileged enough to use the Ancestral Gates. They come in varying sizes and shapes, but are mostly made out of strong enchanted iron or steel to safely endure the void around them.
Astral travelers, regardless of their form and making, share a few persistent attributes:
1. Every ship has a heart, most often in the bridge, that is used to navigate through the void and towards the different shards. The Heart is a giant constantly fluctuating crystal that hears in a manner of speaking the songs of the shards, as they echo towards the heart. The captain or navigator links with the hearth to tune towards the desired song, in this way hoefully finding a direct path as possible towards the ever shifting and moving shards. Though even with this tool, astral travelers depend on luck, as the tune can be hard to find or even silenced by other songs or their destination can suddenly shift.
2. Every ship has an engine room, that powers and fuels the ship and all systems. These can come in different shapes and sizes, some relying on coal and wood whilst other might harness the powers of the elements or pure mana. In any case, without an engine, an astral traveler is doomed to drift in the void in hopes of find rescue. It is often, after the heart, the most well maintained place of the ship, as damage could cause a quick end to a voyage.
3. Escape pods are the last common component of astral travelers, as to get stranded or devoured in the void is an unwanted fate. Every ship has at least 1 escape pod, that when activated will home towards thenearest shard it detects. Though often cramped and not a comfortable stay (and sometimes prone to land very badly on the shard), it has saved many a life.