User blog comment:Rorek I/Untold Legends/@comment-1705775-20170924190615

also if this is set after multiversal resert Misery will of been replaced by Kerava as an entity but she may well of had shards of herself scattered across the multiverse prior to the Apocalypse Manifest events, meaning these little "Worry gems" are all over the place (but 1 per reality / universe) - containing a red mist, which is Misery's essence.. rather than Misery in full.. each fragment has a basic goal of turning everything into a Misery Zone when unleashed, so as to consume and grow and ultimately merge.

the "Worry gems" (they take that shape because Worry is important in the mainstream events concerning post-reboot Misery stuff) need to be shattered for the mist to be set free - which means we need a way for that mishap to occur.