Believes that souls are trapped in Barovia and cannot come and go so there aren't enough souls to go around. As a result many people are born without a soul, they are still people but they lack a certain spark.
Confirmed that many people in Barovia don't have a true soul. They're still alive and go through the motions but they don't feel joy or laughter.
Confirmed that souls are trapped in Barovia and cannot pass on to the afterlife; souls are reincarnated, occasionally they retain memories of past lives but usually do not. Also confirmed that more people are born than there are souls so many people do not have souls - they are still living creatures but have no true spark.