Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8435644-20130627180223/@comment-46.177.92.189-20151027135504

A lot of things can happen to a draconic soul after death. It depends on the strength of the dragon in question, since the one in the soul cairn was bound to the will of the Ideal Masters due to the pact he made, but Alduin is universally feared by the Daedra. Akatosh also belongs to the dragon race but is much more powerful. Seeing as how you are able to defeat Alduin, the Daedra probably won't dare to touch your soul after death since bringing it to the one place where you could kill them permanently (their home realm) may be a bad idea. Thus it remains bound to your remains until either some dragon comes along and eats it or you get resurrected like Alduin did to some dragons.