Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24372248-20150615183642/@comment-5424581-20150616102435

I don't think it works like how most people in real life think. In TES it doesn't matter if you're good, bad, athiest, whatever. It just comes down to meeting the requirements for one of the afterlives. With Sovngarde you just need to be a Nord (or be like a Nord) or die in combat. With the Soul Cairn you have to be trapped in a soul gem and that soul gem has to get used before you show up there. What if someone doesn't meet the requirements? I've heard about something called the Dreamsleeve which recycles souls and those recycled souls end up in new bodies so I assume the Dreamsleeve is where someone goes who doesn't meet the requirements for any other afterlife.