When she had first arrived, she noticed an odd air about the town, like something foreign was left yet she couldn’t put her finger on what it was. She had immediately run scans to see if dark magic had been used but found mixed readings. After talking to Amelia about her findings was when Hermione learned of the Troubles. She was amazed that such a thing existed before she chastised herself; magic was real so why would something like the Troubles not be? What truly boggled her mind was that the Department of Mysteries had investigated the phenomenon when they had come across it centuries before. They had learned that a single female, Mara, from another world had purposely infected the inhabitants of Haven with small Aether balls out of maliciousness. This female had swayed a local man to help her and they had reined havoc down on the population for almost a century before her people had put a stop to it. They had forced the woman into a barn that would wipe her memories and block any negativity of her personality as punishment. Then she would stay away for twenty-seven years. What really bothered Hermione about the situation was that the people of Mara’s world hadn’t healed or corrected Mara’s madness, instead, they had her come back to "help" those infected.