I will note that the trap the soul spell in 3.5 describes itself as "forces a creature’s life force (and its material body) into a gem." Anything with a life force could therefore be said to have a soul, assuming the spell name has truth in advertising. See Are humans living creatures? By the rules, that is? for the definition of "living." It therefore very clearly works on animals and magical beasts, theology aside. The resurrection spell (and raise the dead, and reincarnate) works on any deceased (formerly living) creature except constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead. There is no definition of "soul." In AD&D 1e there was a distinction between who had "souls" and who had "spirits" (like elves) but in later editions that's left to your own pet view of Catholic theology and is not part of the game. "Souls" - This is a distinction that the rules do not make. While the Heroes of X books are certainly not FR, the wall of the faithless can trivially equate to the raven queen stealing souls for her afterlife and Keepers can exist trying to restore the "natural" order of things. On the other hand, heroes of shadow has worked out the Keeper of the Everflow ED. The wall was also mentioned in 4e novels (Edge of Chaos briefly mentions it IIRC) Moreover, there seems to be discussion of discussion of the wall in 4e fiction: Eventually the petitioner body is eaten away. There is a moss that acts like a mortar that is corrosive and breaks down the substance of the petitioner body. The faithless begin to petrify and are tossed onto the wall. After a time, if no god comes to collect you, you feel the siren tug of Kelemvor's city calling to you to come for judgment. The servitors of any god who is not your patron cannot even see you, speak to you or interact with you in anyway. Without a patron, no god can claim you, so you are stuck in the Fugue. Some minimal amount of real worship is required to initiate a patron relationship with a god. We've been told to assume that unless something is described as different or gone, then it's still there. It's still there until they specifically say it's not. Discussion from 2010 suggests the wall is still there, and unbelievers are on a timer before they're cemented into the wall of the faithless.
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