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So, say you die, doesn't really matter how. So then your player character, upon death, is sent to an afterlife, depending upon which quests you've done so far, or you can choose your preferred afterlife when you create your character. How do you get back to Tamriel, and more importantly your body with all of your loot and stuff? Well, that would depend... If you chose the afterlife of Sovngarde, you would have to venture through the soul snare (or not, depending upon if you finished the main story quest or not) and reach the Hall of Valor, where you could appeal to Ysmir/Shor to be returned to the mortal world. A side quest or three might need to be done before you can return.If you chose the reincarnation afterlife, you get to create a new character! Don't worry, your old body will still be left where you died, so this is an opportunity not only to try again, but to also get yourself some cool stuff the moment you start, or once you reach your other body. You don't get to keep your kids or your spouse though, so good luck trying to find someone else.If you were soul trapped, you get to go to the Soul Cairn, regardless of which afterlife you chose. You would have to appeal to the Ideal Masters, who would give you a number of side quests to return to your body, but not without a random debuff.If you are a werewolf, you get to go to Hircine's Hunting Grounds. You can hunt things forever as a werewolf! But, if you get bored of it, you can appeal to Hircine to let him send you back to your body.If you're a Nightingale, you get to go to the Evergloam, where you can become the shadows of Tamriel. You can appeal to Nocturnal to send you back, but not without striking a deal and paying your debts.If you're a Dark Brotherhood assassin, you get to go to the Void! There is absolutely nothing here, except for Sithis, who can only be perceived as a red light. You can try to appeal to him to send you back, or you can try finding Anu, who is a blue light, and he will send you back right quick.If you apply for more than one of these, then you get to chose your afterlife when you die. EDIT: I forgot a few things! D: Other Afterlives: If you chose the Moonshadow afterlife, you get to go to a place where everything is bright and colorful! You can appeal to Azura, who will promptly send you back to your body.If you chose the Snake Mount afterlife, you get to wander through an endless maze until you find Boethia, where you can battle her other champions in order to return back to Skyrim.If you chose the Apocrypha ending, you get to try and find the right Black Book to get you back to your body! Be careful, one could summon a bunch of dremora, others would give you a crippling debuff. If you are already the champion of Hermaeus/killed Miraak, then the old Herma-Mora will send you back or direct you to the book that does the least amount of damage.If you chose Ashpit, you get to try and find Malacath. Once you do, you have to battle him in order to get yourself back to your body.If you chose Deadlands, you get to try and find Mehrunes Dagon and get him to send you back, either through battle or trickery. Often times, you'll just have to resort to getting a sigil stone and opening a portal back or getting a dremora to banish you back.If you chose Coldharbor, you either get to appeal to Molag Baal to get you back, or if you character is female, you can go through the the pledge and some back as a pure-blooded vampire. Scuttling Void, realm of Namira. Corpses everywhere. You can try and find Namira at the top of her bone throne, where you would have to try and appeal to her, either by eating a corpse or defeating a monster that is giving her subjects trouble in her realm.If you chose the NEVER ENDING PARTY!, you get to chill with Sanguine, who would send you back once you beat him in a drinking contest.If you chose the Shivering Isles, you can try to talk sense into Sheogorath, but it may take a few tries to get him to send you back to Nirn. Otherwise, you can try to talk to the dukes of the Isles, but that may take a few tries, too.If you chose Quagmire, then you get to see a bunch of horrific stuff. You can try to get Vaermina to send you back, but she will probably want send you back to give a certain amount of nightmares to people as an exchange. After being sent back: If you died in a bandit camp, your body will still be left where it was. Some expensive stuff is missing, but you can get that back from assorted chests around the camp. Unless you cleared it out, then everything should be there.If you died in the wilderness, you wake up like normal with nothing missing except for maybe food.If you died in a dungeon or barrow, some of your low level weapons and armor (clothes through steel) may be missing, which will be worn by the draugr or whatever else is around.If you die near a town or city, you wake up in a Hall of the Dead! Either that, or you wake up in a hole that was about to be filled, but you started waking up, so they stopped.If you die in a Forsworn camp or redoubt, you wake up on an altar, about to be sacrificed to the Old Gods for some ritual. At the sight, the nearby Forsworn run away, screaming about how they did the wrong ritual.

Ok this is something that has bothered the living heck out of me ever since getting attached to the companions. Everytime I ask what happens to werewolves after they die I'm left with the same answer (They go to the hunting grounds) My question is what happens to their souls when that happens. Do they remain sentient, do they keep a human form, or do they essentially become just pet hunting hounds? I could see the appeal of the hunting grounds if it was essentially a wild man's sovngarde where people hunted both in a human and werewolf form I could see the appeal but if it's the latter I don't see how Hircine would get this reputation of being any more honorable than any of the other princes, getting exactly what you paid for/wished for is not a strange and new concept for daedra you get exactly what you pay for. it's always a case of be careful what you wish for. Plus again if it's the latter I can definitely see the prejudice if you find out your fiance is a werewolf why would you give your heart to someone who when all is said and done will become twisted into little more than a glorified hunting dog? Especially if you are a nord that has a guaranteed spot in what is essentially the elder scrolls equivalent of heaven waiting for you Dragonborn or otherwise? Again something that I can't get a clear answer on. what do you guys think? Also note: I pair my Dragonborn with Aela all the time so if that whole marriage scenario seems oddly specific, it's because well...it is. And yes I do get into my Rping I like to think about how my character would react as if he were a real person.