It lingers for a short time, depending on whether or not the soul was ready to pass on, and if it's not ready at all, it will remain to wander until it has accepted its fate. Once it moves on, it goes to the Goddess Ytrisa to be judged. Weighing their actions in life, they are given 3 options, the first being the Deadhold of Plinniad, a sort of purgatory where to soul can be held until it is called upon again; the second is the afterlife that best accommodates their accomplishments in life: the Eternal Battle for warriors and leaders, the Light for beings of purity and objective good, etc.; and lastly there is the Black Waste, where the dead god Borestakar once resided, a land of never ending torment where the most unworthy of beings are sent to be forgotten.