Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26400653-20150608022111/@comment-27404568-20170213165109

Jman2035 wrote: WrathOfHircine wrote: Well, I don't think alduin is realy dead, you know you don't absorb his soul but it is a good start for the fifth era.

If I remember correctly because you killed Alduin in Sovngarde his soul was obliterated, and that is why you didn't absorb his soul. His soul wasn't obliterated: it was absorbed by Sovngarde. You see it sucked into the sky after his death.