Deathwater Island

Deathwater Island (briefly called Goldwater Island) is a location in the Eastern Ocean. It is a low-set, but somewhat hilly island about twenty acres in size. It is home to a magical pool that would turn anything and anyone that touched it into pure gold. One stream feeds out of this pool into the ocean, while another, more sheltered one originates from somewhere else on the island. The weather is somewhat unsettled, prone to sudden rainstorms and fresh, somewhat strong breezes. It is also fairly desolate, with only a large quantity of heather being the main sign of life.

Apart from its enchanted pool, the island's most notable feature was its role as the tomb of a Narnian lord. Various rusted weapons, coins, and pieces of armor were scattered around the heather, and at the bottom of the pool lay a statue of pure gold. The statue was none other than Lord Restimar, who had happened upon the pool during his search for the end of the world and had accidentally turned himself into gold when he entered the pool to swim.

The island was one of the numerous islands visited by Caspian X and his crew during his voyage aboard the Dawn Treader, where they stopped to refill their water casks. Drinian almost watered at the stream leading to the cursed pool, but was reluctantly diverted to the other river when his boatmates objected to the rain. After filling their empty casks, Caspian, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, Eustace Scrubb, and Reepicheep decided to explore the interior of the island, where they came upon the enchanted pool.

Having found the remains of Narnian armor and coins in the brush, the group suspected that the island was where another Narnian lord had met his end, but did not immediately connect the relics to the golden man in the pool. The group suspected the water made everything in it look like gold, this theory was developed after Edmund tried to see the depth of the pool with Caspian's hunting spear. It was only when Edmund noticed the water's effect on his boots, it turned the toes of the boots to solid gold, that the all realised the effect the 'water' had on objects.. Reepicheep and Lucy were understandably shocked at both the man's fate and their own close call, but Caspian decided to test the pool's effect with a sprig of heather and soon found himself with a perfect golden replica of the plant.

Overwhelmed by the thought of inexhaustible riches, Caspian called the island "Goldwater", and prepared to draw his sword on Edmund when the latter attempted to contest his authority as King ,and ruler of Goldwater Island. The brief vision Aslan that appeared on the hilltop above them immediately made them realise the foolishness of their actions. All memory of the incident was then lost to the group, save that they had found one of the seven Narnian lords, and that the island was under some sort of horrible enchantment. Reepicheep, by means of an unknown inspiration, probally Aslan, suggested the name of "Deathwater" instead, and Caspian took the name.