Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25640840-20141114033341

While playing Skyrim it always bothered me that you would occaisionally need to promise your ever lasting soul to a Daedric Prince or whoever. Specifically I am talking about how when you are a werewolf you will spend your afterlife with Hircine, or if you finish the thieves guild quests you're pledged to Nocturnal.

Like any good Nord Sovengard is my only desire!

Playing the game (and I have played the game through about 6 times now) I always assumed that these pledges were a formality, as if your afterlife wasn't always given away, or simply not a big deal, as if the such promises didn't matter to the Dragonborn.

So, I will admit that I am not 100% up to date with the Lore. Is there some kind of clause in the imaginary Dragonborn contract that excludes him from these deals or is the Dragonborn simply too powerful to be bound to a mortal afterlife? (Talos instantly springs to mind here). 