Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24910508-20140506192956

When you capture a soul (either animal or man/mer/khajit/argonian) in a soul gem and use it in an enchantment, does the soul go to the afterlife or does it cease to exist? In other words, do you use energy from the soul but not the essence of the soul itself or do you use a soul, someone's identity and entire being and make it into a frost coating for your stahlrim armor? Meaning that, sorry, no afterlife for you. Better luck next time, oh, wait, you don't exist anymore. 