Talk:The Void/@comment-4795019-20130111035328/@comment-5607198-20130111075435

two things: there isnt solid evidence that it IS the afterlife, only that it is the domain of the outsider, and that you dont want your soul there.

"the afterlife" does not mean one thing. In some cases, yeah, it means dead people hang out being dead and stuff, but not always. For instance, in FFVII, your soul exists, but ceases to be one entity, and becomes part of the Planet's soul. There is a real-world religious system wherein all life is part of the shattered essence of a god, and that death (if you aren't reincarnated) means returning to its essence, and that eventually all life will cease when the god is revived. Afterlife doesn't just mean clouds and harps.

As for what IS happening... In Morrowind, the Tribunal power the Ghostfence trapping the magical Blight disease with the souls of the dead. These souls are destroyed.

Maybe the void gnashes you up, and leaves you as formless energy? And maybe there's a certain figure who collects that energy, and uses it for his own purposes?