Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.160.190.167-20130802230901/@comment-173.210.197.64-20140417033729

well, all the daedra either play tug-of-war with the dragonborn's soul or they go to sovngarde.

if my understanding is correct, the void isn't a plane for an afterlife, so sithis wouldn't claim a listener dragonborn's soul. somebody on here explained it really well, but i never play through the dark brotherhood questlines so i wouldn't know personally.

with hircine, unless the dragonborn really wanted to go to the hunting grounds, they could just perform the purity right, or someone else could for them if they died unexpectedly.

with the evergloam and service to nocturnal, i'm pretty sure that the nightingale guarding the sepulchre is a temporary thing. nocturnal keeps them there until she decides that their end of the bargain has been fulfilled, and then she sends them on their way.

additionally, i think it's implied that just by being a dragonborn means that sovngarde kind of "trumps" all other daedric claims on the db's soul. the dragonborn can request entry into the hall of valour "by right of birth". if you were born with the right to enter shor's hall...well, that speaks for itself. plus, regardless of whatever daedric deals you've made up until that point, tsun says straight up that he expects the dragonborn back in sovngarde when they die.

so yeah, i think the dragonborn goes to sovngarde, regardless of race or other deals they've made with the daedra (except for nightingales - i think a nightingale dragonborn will serve at the sepulchre for a while and then get shooed off to sovngarde after nocturnal is done with them).