Originally Posted by
Nymrohd
I mean, it is implied that souls DID have a choice, they were just restrained from traveling when we visited because of the anima drought. Unless you were sent in Revendreth, you could ask for a second chance; an Aspirant that constantly failed to become Ascended could go to Oribos and end up in a new afterlife. And the vast majority of souls did not end up in the four instrumental realms but went to other afterlives that did not serve a purpose beyond being afterlives. It's probably that all Sylvanas saw was a carefully crafted scenario to get the desirable emotional response.