#yaknow cuz Hermes is a psychopomp

[panpantheon]

Ok I'll touch the afterlife just this once to explain what happened to Niflhel/Helheim in PanPantheon considering the status of Hel (the character).

In PanPantheon, you go to the afterlife that your faith follows. Simple enough. However, if the surrounding religion/mythos is destroyed, then its associated afterlife(s) is also destroyed, and the remaining souls/deceased return to The Crossroads (name pending), presuming they were not already reincarnated or destroyed or whatever.

The Crossroads (name pending) is where all mortals go after death, before being redirected to wherever it is they need to go.

Despite there being Angels and Demons and such in PanPantheon, unless you are actively connected to death itself, you cannot access The Crossroads (name pending).

Because severed beings have some access to their former domain despite technically being sorta mortals, they can access The Crossroads (name pending), even though their domain was destroyed.