Need help with a theological conundrum!

Inyhel · April 30

Just a frivolous roleplaying issue I can't stop thinking about.

My character is a vampire, who's also a member of the Dark Brotherhood. My loyalty is with Sithis only.
Would it be correct to think that if I'm killed in battle, my soul would be forfeited to Molag Baal. But if I ritually killed myself with the Blade of Woe, my soul would go to Sithis?

On the other hand, I assume that Sithis is the more powerful deity, so my character's soul is already marked for the Void instead of Coldharbour?
Opinions please and thanks.

Soarora · April 30

This is indeed an interesting conundrum. Sithis is in fact more primordial than Molag Bal. Sithis I believe is to Padomay as Anui-El (not to be confused with Auri-El) is to Anu. That said, by “I believe” I mean that’s my opinion, I’d say its subjective— Sithis could be argued to be Padomay.

Anyways, I think Sithis would win because he/it’s more primordial but you could argue Molag Bal would win because he’s more present. Some things are up to you to decide on what you think is more lore-accurate given both sides or even just what makes a better story.

RaddlemanNumber7 · May 1

Any stories like that involving the Vestige are player choice. The nature of the Vestige, their soul and suchlike have deliberately been left vague in the game's narrative so that Players can use their imaginations to fill in the gaps as they please.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · May 1

My general understanding is that last in, gets it. So death by the Blade of Woe would override vampirism but if someone cast Soul Trap on you right before you died you’d end up in either Coldharbour (during the events of ESO) or Soul Cairn (most of the timeline).

TX12001rwb17_ESO · May 7

If your killed in battle you will just resurrect like you always do, the Vestige is Immortal so it would not matter who you follow, your soul would not go anywhere because you can never truly die.