Will Turner
Also known as: Captain of the Flying Dutchman
A blacksmith's apprentice with pirate blood who trades a quiet life for cursed gold, sea battles, and Elizabeth Swann. He ends the trilogy as captain of the Flying Dutchman, allowed ashore one day in ten years.
Other Pirates of the Caribbean Characters
Jack Sparrow
10k works
Captain of the Black Pearl, a swaggering trickster pirate whose every drunken stumble hides a plan within a plan. He wants his ship, his rum, and his freedom, roughly in that order.
Elizabeth Swann
7k works
A governor's daughter who chafed in corsets, burned the rum, chained Jack Sparrow to a mast, and was elected Pirate King of the Brethren Court. The trilogy is secretly her coming-of-age story.
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