The Incident:
Harrowmere was once a beautiful coastal seaport with deep purple sand that tourists often confused for black. But everything changed when Echorin Mapwalked here for the first time.
The Mistake:
He did not leave the portal open with a silver needle. By letting the seam snap shut behind him, time moved faster than it should have inside the isolated pocket. He inadvertently subjected the entire town to forced tinning; the citizens experienced ten years of emotions in only a few hours.
The Aftermath:
Ten years of emotional debt seeped directly into the foundations of Harrowmere. Its people became hollow, wandering the town entirely unable to understand why they felt grief for people still alive, or overwhelming love on a first date.