A neverending field

[Corwin]

After confirming to the best of her ability and with the aid of greater arcane sight that no devil duke or other high-ranking devil is slumming it up here with the rabble, Seira tries to examine the souls being sold. If there is even one that is unjustly held here or has regret in its heart, she will need to act.

[Anastasia]

You can tell many are - about 15%.

This doesn't count NE and CE, which deserve something, just not this particular something.

[Corwin]

'How do you go about buying souls?' Seira asks Zariel in her mind. 'There are many who don't deserve to be here, and it occurs to me that I can purchase them with gold, so long as I avoid drawing suspicion to myself by picking them out.'

[Anastasia]

'You inquire about the price and pay it,' Zariel says, 'Any purchase will be recorded of course, it's Dis.'

[Corwin]

"How much?" Seira asks, picking up a soul following Moradin.

Incidentally, how many souls total are there here?

[Anastasia]

A few hundred on a glance.

The shopkeeper - a hooded erinyes who merely meets your gaze with unafraid, strong eyes, "3,500 gold."

[Corwin]

Seira frowns, asking him, "What's so special about it to warrant a high price like that?"

[Anastasia]

"That is the price I believe it deserves, it is a robust soul that is not another squealing mortal of no potential," Is the answer, "This is a trained warrior."

[Corwin]

"Limited potential at best," Seira says dismissively, placing it back and gesturing at the display. "Given that it ended up for sale like that."

Let's haggle over price!

[Anastasia]

"Still worth every coin," The devil retorts right away, "Fairly priced."

By all means, make an offer.

[Corwin]

"And how long has it been here, gathering dust?" Seira scoffs. "Now, if it were 1,500 gold, I would be tempted to pick up a dozen of similar souls."

[Anastasia]

"Oh, do you want that many?" Is the answer, "I could see 2,500 per that type of soul if you bought a dozen or more."

[Corwin]

"More, huh? I could see myself making a strategic purchase if the price was right," Seira muses, examining the souls on sale once more.

In rough numbers, how many of that 15% of nonEvil souls are of this strength, and how many would be much weaker?

[Anastasia]

That's one of the stronger ones for sure. Most would be weaker.

[Corwin]

"Two dozen," Seira muses, picking it up again and a few of the weak souls. "Two dozen strong souls, and a bit of change to pad it out, say forty more. I'll give you fifty thousand gold for that."