[ 36 is old to be drafted, even in Ravka. The picture he paints is bleak.

And Nina's aware what she's about to talk about won't be any more cheery. ]

We also call it the Unsea. It's what happens when power is twisted into something it shouldn't be. A long time ago, a very powerful Grisha tried to make something - and what ended up happening was out of his control. He created a darkness that turned everyone inside it to monsters, a strip of black across our country that no natural light can penetrate and can only be crossed at great risk. It's a hard thing to describe, I know.