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The Queen Anne's Revenge
Captain
Blackbeard
Edward Teach A.K.A. Blackbeard
"If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am."
Played By: Ian McShane
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
"You know when I feel closest to our Maker? When I see suffering, pain, and anguish. That's when the true design of this world is revealed."
A notorious English pirate who operated in the West Indies throughout the 18th century. The blackest soul and the darkest heart of any pirate who ever lived, striking fear into the bravest of sailors, Blackbeard was a name uttered in terror by all who sail the sea, or any unfortunate enough to encounter him on dry land.
- Abusive Parents: While he treats his daughter kindly at first, at one point he forces Jack to obey him by threatening to shoot her in a game of Russian Roulette. Even Jack is surprised to find out he wasn't lying. Later on, Blackbeard tries to convince Angelica to sacrifice her own life in exchange for his own.
- Adaptational Badass:
- The real Blackbeard was rumored to have dabbled in voodoo, though this may have simply been Teach playing up his reputation. This Blackbeard really does practice black magic.
- This version of Blackbeard survived his fateful battle in Ocracoke Inlet and lived until 1750.
- Adaptational Wimp:
- Ian McShane is nearly a foot shorter than the real Blackbeard, who was a very tall man by even today's standards.
- This version of Blackbeard only carries a single pistol on his person, rather than the six that the real Teach was infamous for.
- In real life, Blackbeard's death was drawn out simply by how tough he was — by all accounts, he was shot five times and slashed another twenty, and kept fighting until he finally passed out from blood loss and was subsequently decapitated. Here, it takes one sword stab to the gut to mortally wound him, though it is justified by his age and said sword being coated with a neurotoxin.
- Bad Boss: He pressgangs pirates into serving on his crew, sends the most expendable ones out to serve as bait for mermaids then shoots the ones who try to escape to the shore, and burns his cook alive for taking place in the attempted mutiny. He's also not above killing his First Mate, who just so happens to also be his daughter, should it serve his own purposes.Blackbeard: If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am.
- Bait the Dog: His Papa Wolf feelings for his daughter. He later asks his daughter to sacrifice her life for his. He also deliberately makes the Russian Roulette so that he wouldn't know which of the two guns contained the bullet when threatening Jack Sparrow with the death of his daughter.
- BFS: The Sword of Triton is huge, at least compared to everyone else's cutlasses.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was a voodoo sorcerer with a crew of zombies in search of the Fountain of Youth.
- Beyond Redemption: Philip, a Good Shepherd who believes that everyone has some good in them and can be saved by God's grace, attempts to reach out to Blackbeard, acknowledging that saving his soul was "a bit of a long shot." However, by the end of the film, Blackbeard soon convinces Philip that he himself is beyond saving.
- Big Bad: In the fourth film, the main threat to Barbossa and Jack.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Barbossa and the Spaniard for the fourth film.
- The Captain: Feared captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
- Card-Carrying Villain: He's well-aware of the kind of person he is, but doesn't care; in fact, he embraces it.Blackbeard: I'm a bad man.
- Cold Ham: He manages to be over the top while still being cool and collected.
- The Collector: Of ships from defeated crews, which he magically shrinks down and puts in bottles. Or it's implied considering he has the Black Pearl among his collections.
- Composite Character: In the novel that inspired the film, Blackbeard and the man who plans to sacrifice his daughter, the protagonist's love interest, to gain the benefit of the Fountain of Youth are two separate villains.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Sure, Blackbeard knows a few secrets in the art of black magic, but even with these tricks, he is the Badass Normal among a roster of villains who have the "benefit" of curses that keep them from dying and give them supernatural abilities. While antagonists like Barbossa and Salazar seek to undo the immortality brought on by their curses, unending life is Blackbeard's endgame.
- Cool Sword: The Sword of Triton, which gives him some level of Mind over Matter control over ships, allowing him to control them at will. It's implied that the sword is also the root of his other supernatural powers. Taken from him by Barbossa at the end of the movie, along with his ship and crew.
- Disappeared Dad: To his long-lost daughter, Angelica, who's devoted to him because she always wanted to know her father.
- Do Not Go Gentle: During the climax, he finds himself facing Barbossa, the one-legged man prophesied to kill him. While he realizes his fate is approaching, Blackbeard is determined not to go down without a fight.Blackbeard: Aye. That be the cold breath of fate I feel down my nape. But, I'll have one last fight, by God.
- The Dreaded: "The Pirate All Pirates Fear".
- Even Evil Can Be Loved: Despite forcing his daughter into a situation where she has to sacrifice her own life to save his, she willingly does so because she loves him. She's even angry when she finds out Jack tricked them both and manipulated Blackbeard into drinking from the chalice that would kill him but save her.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: According to the Disney Second Screen app, Blackbeard genuinely loved Angelica and her mother and was distraught when her mother died. Blackbeard left Angelica at a nunnery to protect her from a life of piracy, including himself, and sent money to her throughout her life. Blackbeard even said that Angelica was the only good mark he has made on the world during a private conversation with Jack Sparrow. Unfortunately, his greed and selfishness got the better of him and he repeatedly put his daughter through multiple deadly situations before ultimately trying to sacrifice her life to save his own without a second's hesitation.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He's visibly shocked when the Spaniard kills Groves mid-sentence while the officer is claiming the Fountain for Great Britain.
- Evil Old Folks: If the real-life timeline of Blackbeard holds true in the Pirates of the Caribbean verse, he'd be about 70. He's at least old enough to have an adult daughter, and he's a self-professed "bad man."
- Evil Sorcerer: See Hollywood Voodoo. Can resurrect the dead, make Voodoo dolls, and control his ship via a magic sword.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: His flesh and blood can be seen messily being stripped away by the waters of the Fountain of Youth during his death scene.
- Fatal Flaw: At his core, Blackbeard is absolutely terrified of death and will do anything he can to avoid it. He ends up earning Barbossa's wrath when he tries to stop the prophecy of being killed by him, and Jack is able to trick him into giving his last chance of life to his daughter because he knows for a fact that Blackbeard will jump at the chance of safety without thinking.
- Faux Affably Evil: Particularly when around Philip, he'll talk in a very half-amused, friendly tone while committing atrocities.
- For the Evulz: He has little motive beyond causing pain and suffering, and even admits as such:Blackbeard: You know when I feel closest to our Maker? When I see suffering, pain, and anguish. That's when the true design of this world is revealed.
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: The fact that none of the deckhands in the Queen's Revenge have actually seen him in person convinces Jack that they have all been fooled and they were not on Blackbeard's ship. He's wrong. Ironically, he ends up exposing himself when a mutiny is instigated by Jack Sparrow in order to lure him out.
- Historical Domain Superperson: Here, he's portrayed as a master of Hollywood Voodoo and wields a magic cutlass that he can use to control his ship.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Even if the real Blackbeard was as violent and scary as he was reputed to be, he wasn't a Hollywood Voodoo practitioner with a crew of literal zombies.
- Hollywood Voodoo: A master practitioner of it and uses it to coerce Jack with a typical doll.
- Immortality Immorality: The Fountain of Youth doesn't really grant eternal life, it just lengthens it by draining another's life. Blackbeard's okay with making this sacrifice even if the sacrifice is his daughter.
- Kick the Morality Pet: Tries to sacrifice his seemingly beloved daughter to save his own life.
- Killed Off for Real: Between poison and the fountain of youth he is definitely, permanently, dead.
- Lack of Empathy: Blackbeard doesn't care about anyone but himself and his daughter, and it turns out he's even willing to sacrifice her to save his own life, or to prove a point.
- Large Ham: He has a very intense gravitas to himself.Blackbeard: Mutineers...HAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
- Logical Weakness: His sword has the power to let him magically control ships, but that power is useless when Blackbeard is on dry land with no ships around to control. Hence why Barbossa feels comfortable enough to challenge Blackbeard at the Fountain.
- Magic Knight: Wields a blade and employs magic.
- Make an Example of Them: After Jack's failed mutiny, Angelica convinces Blackbeard that they need Jack alive to find the Fountain of Youth for him, so Blackbeard decides to kill the cook who took part in the mutiny instead.
- No One Sees the Boss: The fact that no member of the crew has ever actually seen Blackbeard in the flesh makes Jack think the infamous pirate isn't actually onboard at all and that the crew has all been conned. It's only after they mutiny that Blackbeard reveals himself.
- Oh, Crap!: The look on Jack's and the mutinous crew face when he finally reveals himself is priceless.
- Offing the Offspring: At one point he threatens to shoot Angelica just to force Jack to obey him, then later on he takes away her one chance at survival from the Fountain of Youth in order to save his own life.
- Papa Wolf: When Jack badmouths Angelica and tells Blackbeard she's only pretending to be his daughter, Blackbeard calls her the "only good thing" he's ever done in his life and starts torturing Jack with a voodoo doll. Unfortunately Blackbeard really does only view her as a "thing" that belongs to him, and is willing to kill her to prove a point, or save his own life.
- Remember the New Guy?: He shows up in the fourth film as a "legendary pirate" with no explanation about where he was in the previous entries, when the Pirate Lords convened and fought to save piracy.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: While he doesn't outright say it, the spirit of it is there on his first conversation with Jack about his historical execution.
- Sadist: As he admits, he just likes hurting people.
- Screw Destiny: According to a prophesy, he is destined to die at the hands of the "One Legged Man". He is searching for the Fountain Of Youth to escape this fate.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Quartermaster predicted his death at the hands of the "One Legged Man". Putting aside that he earned the enmity of this man by attacking him in the first place, he opened himself to attack by searching for the Fountain of Youth to avert his fate. Furthermore, by recruiting Jack Sparrow to help find it, he brought along possibly the one man on Earth clever enough to screw him at the critical moment.
- Shown Their Work: On Stranger Tides is set in 1750, when the real Blackbeard would have been roughly 70 years old had he lived that long. Ian McShane was in his late 60's when he played the role.
- Shrouded in Myth: How he escaped death? How he became a sorcerer? Why does he keep ships as trophies? Myths to the persona of Blackbeard.
- The Sociopath: He commits cruel actions while maintaining a charming facade, he's incapable of empathy and ultimately proves he only views his daughter as an object to be sacrificed rather than someone he's genuinely capable of loving.
- Stripped to the Bone: The waters of the Fountain of Youth whirl around him, gorily ripping away his blood and flesh as it takes his life, ultimately reducing him to a skeleton that crumples in on itself.
- You Can't Fight Fate: This is his motivation for seeking the Fountain - you can't beat Fate in a straight duel, so you're better off cheating her. In the end, he is mortally wounded by the "One Legged Man", who, in a roundabout way, is still responsible for his death, even if Jack did the actual deed. In addition, he actually sealed his own fate by taking the Black Pearl, since the "One Legged Man" was a former member of the Black Pearl's crew, meaning he created the very thing that would do him in (though it's never made clear just when he got this prophecy, making it likely this prediction came as a result of that attack).
First Mate
Angelica
Angelica Teach
Played By: Penélope Cruz Other Languages
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
Angelica: You betrayed me! You seduced me and you used me. I was innocent of the ways of men.
Jack: You demonstrated a lot of technique for someone I supposedly corrupted.
Jack: You demonstrated a lot of technique for someone I supposedly corrupted.
A beautiful but dangerous female pirate. Being a master of disguises, Angelica learned the art of the con from the best, Captain Jack Sparrow. A woman who tells lies that are truths and truths that are lies, Angelica was the daughter of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
- Affably Evil: Despite being a scary female pirate, she's pretty friendly towards Jack whenever they're not betraying and trying to kill each other. Then again, "friendly" is not exactly the right way to describe their relationship.
- Ambiguously Christian: Though, considering her nationality, presumably Catholic. Despite her inability to become a nun (thanks to Jack) and her current... less-than-reputable occupation, Angelica remained a devout believer in God, and spends most of the film trying to impart this belief onto her father (to no avail, which was obvious to everyone except her). It's also why she stopped Blackbeard from killing Philip, a man of God himself.
- Anti-Villain: She's just trying to help her father, the only family she has left.
- But Not Too Foreign: Spanish mother, English father.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Betrays Jack numerous times throughout the film, to the point where he has had enough and maroons her to keep her from pursuing him.
- Creepy Crossdresser: She disguised herself as Captain Jack Sparrow to recruit various pirates and presumably gain a ship and deceiving them into joining Blackbeard to find the fountain of youth. Of course, the real Jack Sparrow is being pinned with the blame, and he fights her until she makes a move that exposes her real identity as a former flame of his.
- Dark Action Girl: Dressed in black, serving the main villain, and one Hell of a fighter.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She was about to take her final vows to become a nun, then she met and was ditched by Jack and she's been a trickster ever since.
- The Dragon: Blackbeard's right-hand-woman.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She's probably the only person who actually loves Blackbeard, because he's her father. And however often she betrays Jack and tries to kill him, she still loves him. And the feeling's mutual.
- Even Evil Has Standards: She's a pirate, but one of the least villainous ones in the series. She's convinced her father, Blackbeard, to spare Phillip because he's a clergyman and she's concerned about the well-being of his soul.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Having learned that Blackbeard is her father, she intends to stick around so they can actually have a father/daughter relationship. Jack's repeated attempts to convince her that he is a crappy father and all-around evil person fall on deaf ears, despite multiple examples that demonstrate the man has no redeeming qualities.
- Idiot Ball: She picks it up briefly in the climax. Even though she didn't know it was poisoned, trying to pull a sword out of someone by grabbing the blade is still pretty dumb.
- Kick the Dog: She tricks Syrena into thinking that Philip has been killed so that when he reveals himself to be alive and tries to rescue her, Syrena will cry tears of joy that can be used for the Fountain of Youth ritual.
- Love Martyr: Her father is a monster and eventually makes it clear her life means nothing to him, yet in spite of all of that, she's still willing to sacrifice herself for him and try to save his soul. She's enraged when Jack tricks her into stealing her father's life-force rather than letting Blackbeard steal hers.
- Luke, You Are My Father: Convinces Blackbeard she's his daughter... by actually being his daughter, much to Jack's surprise.
- Manipulative Bitch: She had a good teacher - Jack himself! It's deconstructed by the end as Jack maroons her precisely because she's too manipulative.
- Morality Pet: She acts as one to Blackbeard, being the only person he seems to care about. He spares a clergyman because of her moral objections and listens to her advice on sparing Jack to use him. Unfortunately, his affection is mostly self-indulgent, viewing her as just a possession he's fond of, and one he's willing to throw away should the need arise.
- New Old Flame: To Jack. In fact, she was the only woman he had ever truly loved, and would ever love — and he still went and left her.
- Never a Self-Made Woman: Blackbeard's daughter and Jack's ex-girlfriend. Her motivation is to support her father.
- Of Corsets Sexy: Less sexy when you're pregnant in real-life, but that's what elastic's for.
- Pirate Girl: Seems to have been a pirate for about twenty years when we first meet her.
- Religious Bruiser: Prominently wears a cross, refuses to let a priest be killed, and firmly believes Blackbeard can be redeemed. Before Jack came about, she was preparing to become a nun.
- Samus Is a Girl: Jack wasn't expecting her to be the false Jack Sparrow everyone was talking about.
- Save the Villain: Jack's big dilemma in the climax is how to save her from a fatal poison wound.
- Sequel Hook: Finds the voodoo doll of Jack in the after-credits scene.
- Spicy Latina: Hails from Spain and is quite a sexpot. Blackbeard accounts her fiery temper on account of her mother's "Latin blood."
- Sweet Polly Oliver: She first appears in the movie disguised as Captain Jack Sparrow.
- Taking the Veil:
- Subverted; she and Jack met in a convent where she lived and when she was about to take the veil.Angelica: I was ready to take my vows!
- It's implied that because of her falling in love with Jack, she couldn't become a nun anymore and turned to the pirate life.
- Subverted; she and Jack met in a convent where she lived and when she was about to take the veil.
- Tsundere: She alternates between being hot, cold and incredibly passive-aggressive when interacting with Jack, her former lover. She's even tried to kill him in the past, though so have most people who've met Jack.
Other Crew
Philip
Philip Swift
Played By: Sam Claflin
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
Salaman: You're either with us or against us.
Philip: I'm not with you, neither am I against you.
Salaman: Can he do that?
Jack: He's religious, I believe it's required.
Philip: I'm not with you, neither am I against you.
Salaman: Can he do that?
Jack: He's religious, I believe it's required.
A missionary spared by Blackbeard at his daughter's request and taken captive on the Queen Anne's Revenge.
- All-Loving Hero: For the first part of the movie he is firm in his belief that all pirates, no matter how ruthless, can saved by God's love. Then Blackbeard crosses the line.
- Badass Preacher: Though not a fighter, he is quite bold. He stands up to Blackbeard even after he's tied to the mast!
- Deadpan Snarker: The man has a fine wit. For instance, when Blackbeard asks if it's true that all souls can be saved, he replies that yes, it is true but Blackbeard himself is "a bit of a long shot".
- The Drag-Along: Captured by the crew, spared by Angelica and tied to the mast, in hopes that he can save Blackbeard's soul. After the crew's mutiny, he's freed and dragged along on the journey.
- Dulcinea Effect: He becomes smitten with Syrena in no time and consistently tries to protect her.
- Expy: For John Chandagnac, The Protagonist of the novel the movie is based on. He's an ordinary man kidnapped by pirates and forced to join in the search for the Fountain of Youth.
- Fantastic Romance: With Syrena, a mermaid.
- Foil: To Angelica. Philip is a stand-up missionary while Angelica is a former convent novice who still seems to believe in God, despite her being a pirate. They initially share the belief that the evil soul of Blackbeard can be saved. However, Philip eventually learns to accept that Blackbeard is a lost cause when he sees how cruelly the pirate is willing to treat Syrena in his quest for the Fountain of Youth. Angelica in turn blindly clings to the possibility of his father's salvation even after seeing how willing he is to sacrifice his daughter just to prolong his own life.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: He believes that everyone has some good in them and all souls can be saved, even Blackbeard's. Before the movie's over, Blackbeard's actions convince him that he was wrong and Blackbeard is evil Beyond Redemption.
- Good Shepherd: He sincerely attempts to persuade the pirates to turn toward the path of righteousness, and he's the only one among them to show kindness to and demand humane treatment for Syrena.
- The Missionary: He was spreading the Good News when Blackbeard's crew caught him.
- Nice Guy: Because he's a Good Shepherd it's a proactive niceness by spreading the Good News and demanding humane treatment for others.
- Non-Action Guy: Justified; he's a priest. He's no good at action. When he fights the Spaniards, he's very quickly injured in the abdomen.
- No Name Given: Up until the very last scene he's in, he is referred to as Cleric, Missionary, Hey, You!, and other such terms.
- Sequel Hook: Where did Syrena take him?
- Shirtless Scene: After he gives up his shirt to protect Syrena's modesty, he spends the rest of the movie in his unbuttoned vest.
- Sole Survivor: The Queen Anne's Revenge attacked the original ship he was on and killed the crew, but he only survived because Angelica made sure he was spared and brought aboard in hopes he can help save her father Blackbeard's soul.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Philip is suspiciously similar to Will Turner in terms of characterization: token good teammate on a pirate ship whose primary motivation is protecting his love interest and is killed near the climax and for this purpose may or may not have been saved from it depending on what Syrena did to him. Both are also introduced as sole survivors of a crew and taken aboard by ships where they meet the other protagonists.
- This Is Unforgivable!: He firmly believes in the goodness of men, and believes all pirates can be saved by God's love, though he admits that saving Blackbeard's is "a bit of a long shot." When Blackbeard has Syrena tied up half in the water for a slow, painful death to extract a tear from her, Philip backpedals, declaring that he was wrong and Blackbeard has no chance of redemption.
- Token Good Teammate: He's a captured missionary on a pirate ship.
Zombies
Zombies
Played By: DeObia Oparei (Gunner), Derek Mears (Master-at-Arms), Ian Mercer (Quartermaster), Danny Le Boyer (Yeoman)
Appear In: On Stranger Tides
Officers on Blackbeard's ship which have been zombified to make them more compliant.
- Actually Pretty Funny: Quartermaster laughs when Jack quips about "the missionary's position".
- The Brute: Gunner, whose main purpose is terrorizing the crew and their enemies.
- Creepy Monotone: Both speak this way.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Gunner and Quartermaster are crushed by a falling pillar. And since Blackbeard dies, the powers he used to zombify and control them did too.
- Evil Genius: The Quartermaster, who can see the future.
- Ghost Pirate: Technically fall under this, as they are undead beings serving aboard a pirate ship. This would make them the third variant of the trope seen in the franchise.
- Scary Black Man: Gunner is a frightening, very tall, black male.
- Seers: The Quartermaster can apparently see into the future. It's his prophecy concerning Blackbeard's upcoming death that motivates the infamous pirate into searching for the Fountain of Youth. Played for Laughs later when Jack asks him if he'll survive a suicidal leap off a cliff.
- The Undead: They've been zombified and resurrected by Blackbeard.
- Undying Loyalty: The reason Blackbeard had them zombified is to make them obedient. In the junior novelization, Blackbeard resurrects the Cook he earlier burned to death. Apparently the scene was going to be filmed but was cut for being "too scary."
- Voodoo Zombie: They all qualify as this. The voodoo in question is Blackbeard's magic.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: None of their clothes completely cover their chests.
- Whip of Dominance: Gunner is a Scary Black Man whose primary duty is to intimidate, discipline, and force the human crewmates on the ship to work, which is why he's often seen with a cat o' nine tails whip, which he ruthlessly makes use of. The process that turned him into Voodoo Zombie (to keep him loyal and compliant to Blackbeard's willpower) also apparently made him permanently foul-tempered, because his first scene consists of him walking around the deck of the Queen Anne's Revenge, violently whipping any deckhands who aren't scrubbing to his satisfaction. Just goes to show, Blackbeard's officers are as much bad bosses as he is.
Scrum
Scrum
Played By: Stephen Graham Other Languages
Appears In: On Stranger Tides | Dead Men Tell No Tales
A pirate tricked into joining "Jack Sparrow's" crew only to find himself press-ganged into working for Blackbeard.
- Agony of the Feet: When they are briefly imprisoned on The Silent Mary, Jack's crew hold Scrum down so they can
pull out his long, pointy toenail and use it as a lockpick. - Butt-Monkey: Scrum becomes this quite a lot, particularly in Dead Men Tell No Tales during his service in the Royal Navy after Gibbs dupes Scrum into thinking he's the captain.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Scrum ignores all the warnings he's been told about mermaids the second one swims up and begins flirting with him.Scrum: Boys! There ain't much been given to me in my brief, miserable life, there's the truth of it. But by God, I'll have it said that Scrum had himself a kiss from a proper mermaid!
- The Ditz: Scrum wants to marry a mermaid. After the mermaids have butchered half of his crew.
- Due to the Dead: He takes his hat off in honor of Barbossa's sacrifice to save his daughter.
- Hidden Depths: Though he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, he's a very talented at playing the mandola.
- Leeroy Jenkins: When Jack claims Blackbeard isn't onboard and they should mutiny, Scrum immediately grabs a sword and rushes off to start. Everyone else stares in silence before Jack tells them to go along with him.
- Lovable Coward: Scrum flees from most fights, but is also very endearing.
- Number Two: He's Angelica's go-to guy whenever she needs assistance outside from Jack, to the point that Jack recruits his help in his temptation plan to get Angelica to tell him the ritual of the Fountain of Youth and neither of them make him leave when they're plotting together.
- Only Sane Man: Compared to the rest of his crew, usually. When Jack suggests to just let Barbossa and Blackbeard fight without starting a huge battle, Scrum is the only one who agrees.
- Plucky Comic Relief: He provides a funny, dim-witted sidekick to Jack in the fourth movie.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He's a pirate, but a cheerful, non-malicious one who seems like a fun guy otherwise.
- Son of a Whore: Revealed during the whole "horologist" sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Wild Card: He switches sides as many times as Jack does.
Cabin Boy
Cabin Boy
Played By: Robbie Kay
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
A kid sailing under Blackbeard.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's a cabin boy, as his name suggests.
- Mauve Shirt: Like most of the crew, he gets enough characterization to get a name, page and survive the movie.
- Nice Guy: He frees Phillip during the final battle.
- No Name Given: He's just called 'Cabin Boy' in the credits.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He seems to be the weakest of the crew but survives the mermaid attack and battle at the fountain, proving he's a capable fighter.
- Tagalong Kid: He's the only kid aboard the ship.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He disappears after On Stranger Tides.
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Played By: Christopher Fairbank
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
An old pirate aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.
- Action Survivor: The only one to actually fight the mermaids. He does a good amount of damage and kills at least one. He also fights in and survives the battle of the fountain of youth.
- Cool Old Guy: He's a capable fighter and the only one not distracted by the mermaids.
- The Eeyore: Always pessimistic.
- Heroic Bystander: When the mermaids attack, he draws his knife and attempts to kill Tamara before she can make a move. He later hits her on the head with an oar, before stabbing another one in mid-air.
- Mauve Shirt: Gets just enough characterization to be given a page and survive the film.
- Only Sane Man: Tries to warn the others how dangerous mermaids are, Scrum doesn't listen.
- Sadist: Suggest cutting off Syrena's fingers one by one to make her cry.
- Straw Misogynist: He notes that the worst part about sailing on the Queen Anne's Revenge is taking orders from a lady. That said, he has every reason to be wary of the mermaids.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He looks a little like Cotton, being the oldest member of the crew with a thick white beard. He even takes Cotton's position at the helm at the end of the film.
- What Happened to the Mouse??: He's a member of Barbossa's crew at the end of On Stranger Tides but doesn't return for the next film.
Salaman
Salaman
Played By: Paul Bazely
Appears In: On Stranger Tides
An Indian pirate aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.- Dreadlock Warrior: A formidable fighter and cold-blooded killer with dreadlocks.
- Hidden Depths: Seems to have some level of knowledge in lighthouses since he's the one who manages to make it work at Whitecap Bay.
- Informed Ability: He's mentioned as being a cold-blooded killer. In the movie, he's not shown killing anyone. Although he performs averagely in fights.
- Mauve Shirt: Has the most screen time and lines out of all the crew(aside Blackbeard, Angelica, Jack and Scrum).
- Pet the Dog: Despite being ruthless killer, he gets along very well with Scrum and Garheng.
- Take That!: "Made by the English, let's not get our hopes up."
- Token Minority: The only Indian pirate aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Not seen in the fifth movie despite joining Barbossa's crew at the end of the fourth.
Other Pirates
Brethren Court
General
Appears in: At World's End
A governing body of pirates that inhabit Shipwreck Cove
- Aggressive Negotiations: The meetings tend to start and end this way. And can sometimes result in a crew member or two's death. Massive brawls are apparently also rather common whenever they meet.Elizabeth: [Watching the entire court beating the snot out of each other after just two of them insulted each other] This is madness!
Jack: [Matter of factly] This is politics. - Cosmopolitan Council: Its members are from all around the world and you can easily identify where they come from just by looking at their attires.
- MacGuffin: Each of the nine Pirate Lords hold nine "pieces of eight" which were used to bind the sea goddess Calypso. Originally, the first Brethren Court were supposed to use nine silver coins, but since they were broke at the time, they just used whatever trinkets they had in their pockets.
- Secret Circle of Secrets: An organization of pirates from around the world.
- Wretched Hive: What did you expect from a governing body formed by a gang of pirates?
Mistress Ching
Mistress Ching
Played By: Takayo Fischer
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean, a blind Chinese woman who is one of the most feared and respected pirates in the world.
- Cool Old Lady: Getting on in years and blind, but still captain of her feared fleet. Can hold off pirates and sailors alike in swordplay.
- Debt Detester: In the Legends of the Brethren Court novels, Ching will loyally honor any debt to people who save her life. However, she is openly seething that anyone would dare to make her incur such a debt in the first place by not letting her win or lose a battle on her own merits.
- The Dreaded: Mistress Ching has earned her reputation as a Pirate Lord for a reason. Owning a huge fleet of junk shipsnote , loyal crews, brothels, gambling houses, and many brutal followers who would execute victims without mercy.
- Expy: Blatantly inspired by Ching Shih the female Chinese pirate who dominated the South China Sea with her the largest pirate fleet in history during the early 1800s.
- Iron Lady: Fits the trope to a tee. Tough, stoic, unflappable (most of the time), and has great respect for both the pirate code and from other seafarers.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Ching may be a notorious pirate, but she won't dare bad talk the pirate's code or Captain Teague, as shown when Jack Sparrow rhetorically asks if the Pirate Lords will not keep to the code when he crowns Elizabeth the Pirate King, and they all fall silent.
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight required to free Calypso from her bonds, specifically a pair of old spectacles she wore before going blind.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: She may be based on Ching Shih, a Chinese pirate queen who had a short reign but a massive fleet, and only surrendered to the Qing after successfully fending off the East India Company and Portuguese navies.
- Off with His Head!: How her assassins and men prefer to kill their victims.
- Pirate Girl: A pirate in her prime, but still has the largest fleet in the world.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She openly objects to Elizabeth being voted the Pirate King, but accepts it when Teague gives the Pirate Lords a Death Glare and asks Elizabeth what her plans are to combat Beckett's forces.
- Retired Monster: Ching is able to retire properly, living in Canton as a wealthy lady.
- The Smurfette Principle: The lone female Pirate Lord until Elizabeth walts in with Sao Feng's titles.
- This Means Warpaint: Sports white makeup on her face, giving her a frightening look, though it may just be per traditions of her culture.
- Wretched Hive: Ran many brothels and gambling houses in her domain.
Sri Sumbhajee Angria
Sri Sumbhajee Angria
Played By: Marshall Manesh
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean. An elderly, bearded Hindu priest who speaks little, and has a number of followers who speak on his behalf. He is well-off, living in a palace in Bombay.
- A God Am I: May consider himself a god, since his followers revere him like a religious figure, and he even created his own currency.
- Ethnic Magician: Some fear Sri Sumbhajee, believing he may have magical powers.
- Hidden Depths: Remains silent deliberately to conceal his squeaky voice, but speaks up when the Brethren Court decide to go to war, earning a bemused smile from Jack Sparrow.
- MacGuffin: He owns one of the nine pieces of eight required to free Calypso from her bonds. His piece is a snuff box made from a calf's horn.
- Magical Asian: He is a murderous pirate, but known to be very wise.
- Mouth of Sauron: Uses two twin brothers—one as a mouthpiece, and another as a scribe—considering how high-pitched his voice actually is.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: As with the above, Sri Sumbhajee might have been based on the Maratha Navy admiral Kanhoji Angre, who raided English shipping on the Indian coast and was referred to as a pirate in English records.
- Practically Different Generations: Sri Sumbhajee is about fifty in the "Legends of the Brethren Court" novel, which mentions that he has several brothers, but all but two of them failed to show him "proper respect" and are now dead. One of the survivors is also middle-aged, but the other (a half-brother) is only seven.
- Red Baron: Terror of the Arabian Sea.
- Screw the Rules, It's the Apocalypse!: Objects to needing to follow the code to nominate a Pirate King, and the Brethren Court should just go to war anyway. Teague doesn't take kindly to this and shoots one of his minions dead for even suggesting the code should be ignored.
- Sinister Minister: A Hindu priest who happens to be a pirate.
- Third-Person Person:
- Since his followers speak, sometimes in tones of boredom, on his behalf, it has this effect. When Barbossa calls for a ruling from Captain Teague:Barbossa: As per the code, an act of war—and this be exactly that—can only be declared by the Pirate King.
Jack: You made that up!
Barbossa: Did I now? I call on Captain Teague, keeper of the Code.
Sri Sumbhajee's Mouthpiece: Sri Sumbhajee proclaim this all to be folly! Hang the Code! Who cares if— [Captain Teague shoots the minion] - Later on, when voting for the Pirate King:
Sri Sumbhajee's New Mouthpiece: Sri Sumbhajee votes for Sri Sumbhajee. - Since his followers speak, sometimes in tones of boredom, on his behalf, it has this effect. When Barbossa calls for a ruling from Captain Teague:
- Vocal Dissonance: Surprises everyone with his shrill voice.
Gentleman Jocard
Gentleman Jocard
Played By: Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean. A former slave who insighted a revolt against his master, whose name he stole, and became the captain of the slaves he freed.
- Affably Evil: Seems very polite and reasonable. He is called "Gentleman" for a reason, though that is actually the stolen name of his former, deceased slave master.
- Fire-Forged Friends: With Jack Sparrow.
- Karmic Death: Delivers this to King Samuel, the man who enslaved him to begin with, and inherits his piece of eight and position as Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean.
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight which can release Calypso from her bonds. His is a tobacco clipper. Rumor has it, he took revenge on his master with it.
- Made a Slave: Made a slave by an English trader named Gentleman Jocard. He kicked off a Slave Liberation, later becoming their captain.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Not as clearly as other examples, but he seems to be strongly inspired by Miguel Enríquez, a black Spanish privateer of the early 18th century who also came from a slavery background and eventually became the most powerful man in the Caribbean. Possibly an inside joke too given that Enríquez's flagship was named La Perla.
- Oh, Crap!: Reacts this way when Barbossa and Elizabeth suggest freeing Calypso.
- Scary Black Man: While we never see anything frightening onscreen, Jocard's reputation as a former slave-turned-Pirate Lord makes him this. We do know he was very barbaric and cut out his victims' tongues.
- Supreme Chef: Proved to be a talented chef, rescued by Jack Sparrow and served as a chef aboard the Black Pearl until he turned to piracy full-time.
- Tongue Trauma:
- Orders Barbossa's tongue to be cut out when he proposes releasing Calypso from her bonds.
- It's implied he also cut out his former master's tongue with his tobacco shears Piece of Eight.
Ammand the Corsair
Ammand the Corsair
Played By: Ghassan Massoud
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Black Sea. A pirate who leads the Barbary Corsairs against Christian "infidels" and Captain Villanueva's own forces.
- Barbarous Barbary Bandits: The Brethren Court’s representative of this pirate archetype, he comes from North Africa, uses a scimitar, and is a Muslim battling the French and Spanish in the Mediterranean.
- Determinator: A very stubborn, prideful man who will never stop til he gets what he wants.
- Faith–Heel Turn: Implied. Has a deep hatred for Christianity and targets "infidel" Christians. He has stolen church property, attacked Christian merchant ships, and assaulted a nun.
- Large Ham: Implied in the tie-in books and video games.Ammand: There will be no conclave without...Jack Sparrow: I know...without the "great Captain Ammand".
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight needed to free Calypso from her bonds. His is a small pewter brandy chalice. It was used by outcast sisters in a Spanish monastary. They were outcasts for a reason. The reason was Ammand.
Eduardo Villanueva
Captain Eduardo Villanueva
Played By: Sergio Calderón
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Adriatic Sea. A Badass Spaniard with a short temper, and a rivalry with both Ammand the Corsair and Capitaine Chevalle.
- Badass Spaniard: One of Spain's most notorious privateers, raiding and sinking ships across the seas.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Gets into a brawl with Chevalle during the fourth Brethren Court over whether or not they should free Calypso, leading to the fight in the court.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Shouts out in Spanish when Barbossa, Elizabeth, and Jack all suggest radical ideas.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Has a short fuse and prone to getting into fights.
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight needed to free Calypso from her bonds. His is the broken remains of a glass bottle which he used to win a legendary and life-threatening bar fight.
- Spanner in the Works: In the "Legends of the Brethren Court" novels, Villanueva seriously hampers the Big Bad's efforts by forcibly inducting the man into his crew right before he can infiltrate the Black Pearl and start a mutiny. Instead, the mutiny is on Villanueva's ship, and he spends several weeks in the brig.
- Stout Strength: Implied. He’s a shorter, more stoutly built pirate with an aggressive temper and a penchant for getting into bar fights.
Chevalle
Capitaine Chevalle
Played By: Marcel Iures
Appears In: At World's End
Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Sea. A foppish, former member of the French aristocracy, Chevalle has fallen on hard times when the fourth Brethren Court is summoned, and is known as the "penniless Frenchman". He has a heated rivalry with Villaneuva.
- Affably Evil: Very dignified, reasonable, and sensible in his mannerisms and decisions.
- Agent Peacock: Dresses like a French ponse but is a ruthless Pirate Lord, complete with a long wig, makeup, and fancy if faded clothes.
- I Take Offense to That Last One: Becomes angered by Villanueva threatens him with a pistol when he refuses to free Calypso. They then get into a brawl.
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight needed to free Calypso from her bonds. His is a playing card, specifically the Queen of Spades.
- Upper-Class Twit: Subverted. Dresses like one, but is certainly more intelligent and tactful.
Sao Feng
Captain Sao Feng
Played By: Chow Yun-fat
Appears In: At World's End
"There is no honor in remaining with the losing side, leaving it for the winning side... that's just good business."
The Pirate Lord of Singapore and one of the nine Lords of the Brethren Court. Elizabeth and Barbossa try to recruit him (and steal his charts) at the beginning of the third movie, and he bounces back and forth between loyalty to them and working for Beckett throughout the movie, finally settling on loyalty after coming to the (incorrect) conclusion that Elizabeth is Calypso. He's killed by the Flying Dutchman, but lives long enough to pass on his captaincy, lordship, and Piece of Eight to Elizabeth.
- Advertised Extra: The marketing for At World's End made him out to be one of the main characters of the movie, on par with Jack, Will, Elizabeth and Barbossa. In reality, he's a secondary character who's unceremoniously killed about half-way through.
- Attempted Rape: He doesn't get further than planting a Forceful Kiss on Elizabeth (whom he mistakenly believes to be Calypso), but his dialogue moments beforehand clearly implies he's going to go farther.Sao Feng: I would have your gifts, if you choose to give them.
Elizabeth: And if I should choose not?
Sao Feng: Then I will take... your fury! - Bald of Evil: He's a pirate, a traitor and an attempted rapist who's bald.
- Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me: When he mistakes Elizabeth for Calypso he meets with her in private after giving her new clothes and tries to seduce her.
- Beard of Evil: He's a pirate with a beard and Fu Manchu mustache.
- Bodyguard Babes: He has twin sisters, Lian and Park, working as his personal bodyguards. Unfortunately they're killed relatively quickly in At World's End.
- Chekhov's Gunman: His role is to provide Will and Barbossa the charts to the underworld, and to pass his piece of eight (and captaincy) onto Elizabeth after dying. Basically a walking plot device.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Tends to happen a lot among pirates, but Sao Feng betrays Jack and Barbossa to Will, then Will to Beckett, then Beckett to the Brethren Court in short order depending on which of them will get him what he wants.
- Death Equals Redemption: As he lays dying, he gives Elizabeth, whom he believes to be Calypso and whom he just assaulted, his Piece of Eight and his captaincy so she can free herself from her bonds. His final words are begging her to forgive him.
- Dirty Coward: What Elizabeth calls him, though he generally seems less cowardly than self-interested.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: He randomly dies when The Flying Dutchman fires a cannonball through his quarters without warning. He lingers just long enough to give Elizabeth his captaincy and his Piece of Eight.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: One of the reasons he's pissed off at Barbossa and Elizabeth when they come to meet him is that he (correctly) believes they sent Will to steal his charts from his revered uncle's temple.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has ominous crisscrossing scars running down the left side of his face, one under his right eye, and more on his lower, right lip.
- Hypocrite: He's not happy when Beckett breaks his word at the drop of a hat. He doesn't seem to realise that after betraying Turner and responded to his accusation that they agreed to let him take over the Pearl that you did own the Black Pearl, it would be fitting for Mercer to reply to him the same thing
- I Fight for the Strongest Side!: His reason for initially siding with Cutler Beckett over the Brethren Court. He believes Beckett has the best chance of winning the war and he wants to survive. He only defects back to the Court after Barbossa tells him about Calypso and how she can help them win.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: He tries to seduce Elizabeth, believing her to be Calypso, then tries to force himself on her when that fails.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He dies after being impaled with a spike of shrapnel from his ship after a canon fired on it.
- MacGuffin: Holds one of the nine pieces of eight needed to free Calypso from her bonds. His is the Jade Captain's Knot, made from a bead of jade and silk from the Silk Road which Marco Polo traveled. He gives it to Elizabeth upon his death.
- Moral Myopia: He's outraged when Beckett betrays him and plans on taking the Black Pearl for himself, after promising it to him. This, despite the fact that Sao Feng just betrayed Will Turner and took the Pearl from him after promising it to him.
- Noodle Incident: He has a past history with Jack and claims Jack did him a great insult, to the point where he'd only help bring him back from the dead for a chance to kill Jack himself. What this incident was is never elaborated on.
- Prefers Going Barefoot: He goes barefoot throughout the whole movie. As he's a wealthy pirate captain who definitely could afford shoes, it's very strongly implied that it's by choice.
- Tattooed Crook: He's a pirate with a tattoo on the back of his head.
- Tranquil Fury: Even when notably enraged, he usually keeps his emotions under control, restraining himself to a withering Death Glare instead.
- Yellow Peril: He's the Pirate Lord of Singapore and there was controversy surrounding his character, with a lot of his scenes cut by Chinese censors over negative stereotypes regarding their culture.
Other Pirates
Teague, Keeper of the Code
Capt. Edward Teague
Played By: Keith Richards, Alexander Scheer (young) Other Languages
Appears In: At World's End | On Stranger Tides | Dead Men Tell No Tales
"The Code is the law."
Former Pirate Lord of Madagascar turned Keeper of the Pirate Codex, which he keeps with him at Shipwreck Cove. Still the most feared pirate in the world and Jack Sparrow's father.
- All There in the Manual: The fact that Teague is Jack's father is implied but not addressed in his debut film. It's rectified in On Stranger Tides, with Jack outright calling him, "Dad."
- Almighty Janitor: Used to be a Pirate Lord, now he spends his days in Shipwreck Cove. The Nine Pirate Lords are the most powerful buccaneers in the world, who rule each of their respective oceans and seas with an iron fist, and even they are terrified of Teague, who does not even need to speak to command their attention.
- Berserk Button: Doles out a summary execution when one pirate (on behalf of his lord) attempts to suggest ignoring the Pirates' Code.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Much like Jack, he's a very strange fellow with odd behaviors, but quite a wise man.
- The Cameo: A younger Teague appears briefly in the flashback of Dead Men Tell No Tales, where he's shown standing behind Jack as he receives tribute.
- Casting Gag: By this point, it was well-known that Johnny Depp had partially based Jack Sparrow on Keith Richards. So who better to play Sparrow's father than Richards himself?
- Cool Old Guy: Keeper of the Code and father of Jack Sparrow and three times as fearsome.
- Deadpan Snarker: "Does this face look like it's been to the Fountain of Youth?"
- Death Glare: Gives the Court one of these when Jack points out that their protesting of Elizabeth's upset election as Pirate King was technically advocating for dismissing the laws of the Code. The assembled pirate lords clam up immediately when they realize their blunder.
- The Dreaded: Even pirate lords are afraid of him, due to his history and inclination towards killing people for violations of the Code. Teague's appearance at the Brethren Court is enough to get everyone in the room to sit down and be quiet (it helps that he just shot a man), and later forces the Court to accept Elizabeth's election as Pirate King.
- Judge, Jury, and Executioner: He has the authority to execute anyone who even suggests breaking the Code. Either that, or just no-one feels brave enough to stop him.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard. Of course, the real Blackbeard later appears in the fourth film.
- Notorious Parent: He is Jack Sparrow's father and a serial murderer whose record stands out even among the other pirates. Who wouldn't want him sent to death by the authorities?
- One-Steve Limit: Shares not only his first name but also a similar last name to Edward Teach/Blackbeard.
- Papa Wolf: He's always there when his son needs him.
- Pet the Dog: Seems to have adopted the jailhouse dog, and is the one person able to get the key out of its mouth. He also offers sound moral guidance to Jack.
- Retcon: Clearly meant to be this universe's version of Blackbeard in his first appearance, but then the historical Blackbeard shows up in the sequel and Teague is reduced to a guy with a very similar name and appearance instead.
- Retired Badass: It's heavily implied he used to be a very fearsome pirate before taking up the job of keeper of the code.
- Rules Lawyer: The straightest example in the series and for good reason. He's the guy holding the rule book! He's introduced shooting a guy for saying the code doesn't matter, and this guy was only acting as his master's mouthpiece. "Code is the law."
- Seen It All: According to his son, anyway, he has "seen it all, done it all" and survived.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: His younger brother Jack is considerably more easy-going than the very serious Teague.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Manages to disappear while Jack's back is turned in a cramped London pub.
- The Stoic: He doesn't speak much, but when he does, everyone pays attention. Even the slightest tinge of emotion from him — usually anger — is treated as a dire warning for the people around him to fall silent.
- What You Are in the Dark: The advice Teague gives Jack.Jack: What? You've seen it all, done it all. Survived. That's the trick isn't it? To survive?Teague: It's not just about living forever, Jackie. It's about living with yourself forever.
Anamaria
Anamaria
Played By: Zoe Saldaña
Appears In: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
A female pirate whom Jack ran afoul of in Curse Of The Black Pearl. She also helps in the attempt to rescue Elizabeth from Barbossa in the same film.
- Action Girl: The only fighting woman in Jack's crew.
- All There in the Manual: The creators confirm that the boat Jack stole from Anamaria, thereby earning her ire, is the one he sank during his arrival in Port Royal.
- The Baby of the Bunch: As revealed by the short lived comic book series, she is the youngest of five sisters.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She is completely absent from the sequels.
- Pirate Girl: Was born into a family of smugglers, and later becomes an official pirate to join Jack.
- Red Herring: In a meta-sense. Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and the rest of the cast were told that at the end of Dead Man's Chest, it would be Anamaria who greeted them. The shocked looks on their faces when it was Geoffrey Rush were genuine.
- Only Sane Woman: Anamaria openly believes she is this in Jack's ragtag crew.
- Samus Is a Girl: Briefly disguises herself as a man so Gibbs would hire her. Jack recognized her anyway.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After receiving the Interceptor in exchange for her cooperation, she allows Jack to captain the Black Pearl. She hasn't appeared in any of the sequels, and her fate is unknown
Tai Huang
Tai Huang
Played By: Reggie Lee
Appears In: At World's End
The captain of Sao Feng's guards, stationed in Singapore at the time of the rescue attempt for Jack Sparrow.
- Dirty Coward: When Elizabeth tell him Sao Feng made her captain he refuses to aknowledge her, but as soon as Davy Jones threatens him, he sells her out as captain. However later when she chooses to stick by his side, they form a bond of mutual respect and he fights for her during the last war of piracy.
- Eye Scream: Though both of his eyes are intact, his right eye is gray, and he has a scar across his face, meaning he's possibly been blinded on it.
- Fire-Forged Friends: With Elizabeth, sort of. He neither trusts nor respects her when they first meet, but after they escape the Dutchman together he acknowledges her as his captain and they seemingly get along well.
- Mauve Shirt: Doesn't get many lines, but he's somewhere in the background for the vast majority of the movie, leading Sao Feng's detachment of soldiers on the mission to Davy Jones' Locker, outliving his master, and later escaping from the Dutchman with Elizabeth.
- Odd Friendship: His relationship with Elizabeth, he went from threatening to either kill or rape her to risking his life fighting in the war against piracy under her command.
- Undying Loyalty: To Sao Feng, whose death clearly shocks him, and later to Elizabeth when Feng appoints her as his successor.
Bartholomew
A former Pirate Lord, and co-author of The Pirate Codex, the other being Henry Morgan.
- Badass Bookworm: Was both a Pirate Lord, and versed enough to author a codex most pirates follow to the present day.
- Shrouded in Myth: There are two different pirates named Bartholomew he could be based off of, if he's not an original character outright.
