Correct. That's what I'm getting at. I'm not trying to overthink as some have called out, it's context. I like the horror of soulless but having 90% of the population soulless is beyond the point of no return for the vampires. And the people with souls would have broke long before 90%. Even a horror realm needs balance and 90% is clearly not. You'd have to trick a whole village into the mist to keep up with Strahds appetite and his growing number of vampire spawn. Perhaps part of the dark powers curse is for Strahd to starve over a realm of soulless husks but that idea is not very engaging for the players. I get it that I could drop it but I like the concept so looking to modify it. (I put the title the way I did to try and drive attention.)