Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-95.94.124.138-20130922100323/@comment-107.222.16.57-20160327023641

Wasn't Emeric able to go to the Far Shores when he was killed even though he was a Breton? Granted, that was an odd case, but if the afterlives were restricted to certain races then shouldn't his race have barred his soul from entering?

I'll have to agree with the theory that he's DLC or that it was possibly an oversight. They probably didn't expect someone to reach level 81+ without completing the main quest. And if you did complete it after reaching 81, maybe he was just lost like all the other souls? After all, there were several souls there that couldn't find their way to the Hall because of the mist. Another possibility is that his soul was devoured by Alduin before you got there.