quest to the next islands and earns the respect of the crew first by towing the ship when it is caught in magically imposed doldrums and later aiding the crew in battle against the sea serpent on the Dark Island, but gets injured. It is here that Aslan restores Eustace to normal, but only by scratching off the dragon's skin. Eustace's final redemption comes when he races to lay the seventh magic sword at Aslan's Table, unleashing the swords' power to defeat the evil of Dark Island and saving his friends. The Oh Hellos, a folk rock band, wrote a song "The Lament of Eustace Scrubb" on their 2012 album Through the Deep, Dark Valley. References Goldthwaite, John, The Natural History of Make-believe: A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe and America: OUP 1996, , The Chronicles of Narnia characters Literary characters introduced in 1952 Fictional characters with fire or heat abilities Fictional dragons Child characters in literature Fictional English people Child characters in film