What is the afterlife like in Warhammer Fantasy?

[Teddy]

I know that Chaos worshippers' souls usually go to their respective god's Realm of Chaos; humans, at least those who worship Morr, are put to rest in the Realm of Shyish, land of the dead; High Elves have waystones that protect their gay-ass (sorry, had to) souls from being eaten by Slaanesh or Morai-Heh. What about dwarves, halflings, orc and other races, or those who worship different gods?

[Gobbo Slayer]

the Dwarfs, either become ancestor spirits or join their ancestors in their halls.

The burial ceremony is similar to that of the Priest of Morr:

http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarf#Death_and_Burial

Im sadly no expert in Fantasy Orcs, but since the whole fungus reproduction was adopted from 40k and their Orks, they should retain their all the infos inherited through the different lives and genetic coding, but I dont think that applies to the Fantasy Orcs.

They seem to have no afterlive and are born through Waaagh when required and shrooms ofc.

[Crombir]

http://warhammerfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Mirai Elven afterlife. Spoiler alert Elves afterlife isnt that nice.

[Dr. M.T. Cicero Fryman-Strawman]

Depends on the fluff era and who you ask. There's always been an element of mystery, too. Many sources contradict too, which is fun.

The broad, broad, broad answer that mostly applies to most editions is that the afterlife can actually be pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥. The various death gods of their cultures claim the lion's share of the souls on offer, but those who are especially faithful to - or hated by - one god might be claimed by them instead. Loec, for example, does this. Indeed, the Chaos Gods and their daemons try to nab any and all souls, not just their faithful. Of course, it is possible that instead of going to an afterlife, you will instead get lost and wander the aethyr, a screaming maelstrom of magic and raw id, until a daemon eats you. An interesting exception is the White Dwarf, who seems to be a resurrected dwarf-king to whom Malekith broke a very, very important oath.

Not that you're likely to experience much of this in any manner you'd understand. Mannfred von Carstein penned a detailed treatise on the soul derived from Nehekharan sources, particularly Nagash, who would know. The tl;dr is that a soul consists of many parts which are pulled apart at death. He notes, paranthetically, that Nagash was the only mortal capable of plumbing the aethyr to gather all parts of someone's soul to put them back together - which is a horrifying thought, since Nagash was comically evil and would only do that if he wanted to you experience agony and death many, many times before growing bored and enslaving you.

Vampires exist in a unique spot, too. It is said - but not confirmed - that they're actually soulless beings, which SHOULD mean that after they die they simply cease to exist. Some part of their living will endures though, and it apparently has access to no afterlife. Instead, death for a vampire is supposed to be agnoizing and unending, with their incorporeal will being constantly flayed by the Winds of Magic. Additionally, vampires can be resurrected - with no apparent loss of identity - using costly and complex magic rituals or (very rarely) spontaneously by an act of sheer will.

[de la Nae]

Utter ♥♥♥♥, just like life in any Warhammer property is.

[Gorwe]

Afterlife? I believe it's called "Age of Sigmar". Or that's what AoS should've been anyhow.

[TheSilverRaven]

Originally posted by Gorwe:

Afterlife? I believe it's called "Age of Sigmar". Or that's what AoS should've been anyhow.

We don't speak of that abomination.