Afterlife destination in Nirn

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For Nords, if they died in honorable death, they will spent their afterlife in Sovngarde. And for werewolves their souls will be claimed by Hircine for his Hunting Ground. Even captured souls in soul gem will be kept in Soul Cairn…

…but what about others? Also what about killed animals or falmer? Is it possible to list down all the possible afterlife destination for TES lore?

EDIT : To make answering this LORE question easier I added a non-speculation question.

Best Answer

The possible places one's soul will go to in the afterlife are:

A Plane of Oblivion or a Daedric Prince's plane or a specified place of the Daedric Prince one is committed/devoted to, i.e:
- Hircine's Hunting Grounds, for those with Lycanthropy
- in the service of Nocturnal, for those who pledge to be Nightingales
- list of the various Planes of Oblivion (UESP wiki)
Plane of divine being specific to a race, i.e:
- Sovngarde (Nords)
- Far Shores (Redguards)
stuck on Nirn for various reasons (as a ghost, guardian, etc.)
in the Soul Cairn (if one is soul trapped in a Black Soul Gem before being killed or was deceived in a deal by the Ideal Masters)
soul gets recycled in the Dreamsleeve

From http://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/n4o42/how_do_souls_and_the_afterlife_work_in_tes/:

Souls of mortals go to a place called the Dreamsleeve. There, they are mind-wiped and recycled into a new person - essentially reincarnation, but a bit different.

If you devote yourself to a certain Daedra, though, chances are you'll go to their respective plane of Oblivion instead. Similarly, Nords who follow Shor will go to his plane, Sovngarde.

From http://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/17y1mv/if_nordic_warriors_go_to_sovngarde_after_death/:

If you commit to a Daedra, you go to their plane after death.

Redguards go to the Far Shores, just like Nords go to Sovngarde.

From http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Ancestors_and_the_Dunmer :

Spirits that are forced to remain in our world against their will may become mad spirits, or ghosts. Some spirits are bound to this world because of some terrible circumstances of their death, or because of some powerful emotional bond to a person, place, or thing. These are called hauntings.

Some spirits are captured and bound to enchanted items by wizards. If the binding is involuntary, the spirit usually goes mad. A willing spirit may or may not retain its sanity, depending on the strength of the spirit and the wisdom of the enchanter.

Some spirits are bound against their wills to protect family shrines. This unpleasant fate is reserved for those who have not served the family faithfully in life. Dutiful and honorable ancestral spirits often aid in the capture and binding of wayward spirits.

^{But what happens to a true Nord werewolf who pledged himself to Nocturnal as a Nightingale, but then died valiantly in battle? Who will claim his soul, Shor, Hircine or Nocturnal?}