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Any soul which does not reach its Final Destination may become Lost. While The Departed begin their journeys through The Crossroads with their memories and souls intact, if they linger too long in this realm (or if their souls eaten away by Lost Souls), The Departed become tainted and become Lost themselves. Whoever they were in life is soon forgotten, their humanity fades away, and they are doomed to wander Crossroads. In time, without purpose, they become Fargone, or they take on the role of Psychopomp or Reaper in order to cleanse their soul again.

Many of the Dead actually begin their post-mortal existence as Lost Souls, from the moment of their death, rather than becoming Lost over time while in the The Crossroads. Again, it is the corruptness of their souls (as a result of their actions in life) that decides this.

Reaper, Psychopomp, and Fargone are all types of Lost Souls, distinct from both The Departed and from Ghosts because they are bound to The Crossroads. Their memories of their lives are limited, and their appearance is inhuman; the closer they are to Departed, the more human they appear and the better their memory of their mortal lives, while the closer they are to Fargone, the worse their memory and the less human their appearance.