The Life Of An Absol In Skyrim: Book 1

Chapter 33: Definitely Not Sovngarde

     I wasn’t in Sovngarde, but I knew where I was when I heard a familiar voice. It was the 9 Divines again, but not at the temple. Talos said, You have done an honorable thing sacrificing yourself for your friends and family’s lives. I said, Better just me than them. Akatosh said, You cleansed all of the Soul Cairn of Giratina he has been feeding on souls for years. Mara said, You done the right thing. Facing him would have been suicide. You had no chance against him. Arkay said, Perish Song was the only way of defeating him. Dibella said, The reason we brought you here after death is because we have options for you. I asked, What do you mean, options. Julianos said, To thank you. We want to give you a gift for you noble death, and heroism. I said, What are these options. Kynareth said, You have a few actually. You can be sent to Sovngarde, live among the living as a mortal again at the age of 15 as you were, live as a Demigod among the mortals, or Taloses idea, become a Divine. I asked To describe being a Demigod to me. Stendarr said, You would not physically age, until you are 25. Once there your appearance doesn't change. You can still be killed, but age doesn’t affect you at all till you are 25. I said could I be a Demigod, but I have one condition. Zenithar said, What is it? I said, I can ask to pass on to the afterlife in Sovngarde. When I ever ask, if death never happens to me. They agreed to my terms. I was no
w a Demigod. They shot me with a bright beam of light, and I woke up in a boat wearing my armor, and offering it was then I realized it, was a viking burial. I saw the arrows coming. I jumped in the water. I put on Volsung, and swam for the area the arrows came from. I came ashore. I ran to everyone, and at first I scared them. I told them not to be scared. They asked, how I’m alive. I told them how the Divines thanked me for cleansing the Soul Cairn, and sacrificing myself for all of you. I then explained I was a Demigod, and how it all worked. They were all happy I was alive.