Inviting Lake

The Inviting Lake is a lake in the heart of Daventry. It lies more or less south of the Goat Pen, and some distance west of Castle Daventry. The clear blue lake is surrounded by a pretty meadow. The northern edge of the lake erodes towards an old rotted stump and termite ridden log. Common looking and several beautiful looking trees grow near the northwestern shore, offering shade and beauty to wandering adventurers. Rocks lie along the southern edge of the lake, adding to the quiet serenity of the area. Pretty flowering bushes also grow in a bunch near the lake's eastern edge. On the western edge; a swift river flows into the lake passing under the Old Stone Bridge, and a beautiful pine tree grows near the shore. Fish jump in the cold water.

Behind the scenes
The name of the lake comes from the King's Quest Companion, 3rd Edition.

In KQ1AGI, It's actually rather difficult to map where the "Inviting Lake" is actually located in relationship to the other lakes in the game (the most likely one would be the one lieing directly south). To the direct south of the eastern half of the goat pen past a rotting stump and log (two screens) is the lake described as the "clear blue lake", which is located a bit north west of the Gnome Isle, to the east of the Old Stone Bridge.

In KQ1SCI, the edge of the "clear blue" lake actually starts in the screen with the rotting stump and log (one screen south of the goat pen) in the remake version (and to a lesser degree in the original).

These details would seem to indicate that the Inviting Lake must actually be the same lake as the "clear blue lake". However, there are a couple of issues. One is that the woodcutter's cottage is shown to be far to the north of Inviting Lake the on the Companio map, in KQ1SCI the house is one screen to the right of the lake. Another issue is that the Ancient Well is also shown to be far to the north of the goat pen, but in both versions of the game its actually one screen east of the goat pen.

The differences in the maps, may just be a effects of the warping caused by the Magical Law of containment.