The comics and the Arrowverse take a different approach though – healthy users have been seen using the Pit without the risk of dying.

But if a healthy person tries and wastes its time, the Pit will retaliate in its own way by sucking the entire life out of him/her. If you have a life-threatening situation, the Pit will help you. If you have nothing to heal, the Pit will kill you It may be called the Fountain of Youth but the legends fail to mention its dark side effects. The Pits heals wounds, resurrects the dead and gives its user peak longevity, strength, stamina, and agility. The Pit has been known by many names in many cultures, the most well known of those names being ‘The Fountain of Youth’. It is also known as ‘The Fountain of Youth’ He unsuccessfully tried to warn Oliver about the Pit’s destructive qualities when he tried to revive Thea. As the new Ra’s Al Ghul after Oliver defeats the previous one, Malcolm knew everything there is to know about the pit. Malcolm Merlyn may be a really conflicted character, but his priorities were always straightforward – Protect his daughter Thea. As a result, using the Pit’s waters he is able to effectively become immortal and use the longevity thus gifted to him to create the powerful terrorist organization – H.I.V.E. Before he is chased away, Darhk manages to steal a large quantity of the Pit’s waters. Damien Darhk possesses the last of its watersĪs a member of the League of Assassins, Darhk rebels against the Demon’s Head. Whenever someone uses the pit to resurrect the dead, the result is always evil and sinister. The Gospel of John then says Jesus resurrected Lazarus from his eternal slumber. When Jesus encounters Lazarus of Bethany, the latter is already dead for four days.

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