“You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you are well on your way to becoming one: sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga, and you’re completely obsessed with treasure.” -Â Captain Jack Sparrow on Will TurnerÂ
His father is undead, trapped into an eternity of service aboard the Flying Dutchman. His betrothed wife is living under sentence of death. His closest friend is a lying pirate, and he is a blacksmith.
He is alone on this continent, sent to America by his mother. He has had a hard life at the bottom of a harsh social structure. He commandeered a ship of the King’s navy, and sailed as a bucchaneer aboard the terrifying Black Pearl. He seeks only to live as a good man.
Will Turner has a path before him that is both terrifying and thrilling. He watched his friend Captain Jack Sparrow walk into the grip of the Kracken, and before that he watched his fiance kiss said Sparrow. Where does her heart lie? He is tortured and in agony.
His father swore his life to the cruel Davy Jones to save his son, but Will swore to undo that fate. He was left by his father, abondoned in England, but he vowed to rise above his father’s legacy and not leave him bound forever.
Jack, though a liar and a self-centred pirate, though he may be stealing the heart of the woman he loves, is still Will’s closest friend. It was Jack that saved him from Barbossa’s evil hand, it was Jack that helped him save his true love. Jack has been there, and Jack is not unloyal. But now Jack is lost.
His true love, Elizabeth, is a woman of passion. She truly loves Will, or does she? She seems attracted to the rogue called Sparrow, and has kissed him. What does that mean? She lied to Will once before, about his origin. Is she lying now? He cannot be sure.
“For too long I’ve been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I’ve been starving to death and haven’t died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman’s flesh.” – Captain Barbossa
“Not just the Spanish Main, luv. The entire ocean. The entire wo’ld. Wherever we want to go, we’ll go. That’s what a ship is, you know. It’s not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that’s what a ship needs but what a ship is… what the Black Pearl really is… is freedom.”
“One word love; curiosity. You long for freedom. You long to do what you want to do because you want it. To act on selfish impulse. You want to see what it’s like. One day you wont be able to resist.” – Captain Jack Sparrow
“Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake… the Kraken!”
“Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare? All your sins punished? I can offer you an escape…” – Davy Jones
“My story? My story is the same as yours just one chapter behind. I chased a man across the seven seas. The pursuit cost me my crew, my commission, and my life.” – former Commodore Norrington
The world already seems less bright, and Will Turner is unsure of his place in it.Â
“Are ye willing to sail to de ends of de Earth and beyond to fetch back wicked Jack?” – Tia Dalma
This questions haunts the soul of young William as he agrees to a final voyage and hopeless quest….
…the journey and battle of Will Turner through the Curse of the Black Pearl and the adventure of the Dead Man’s Chest to the final culmination At World’s End, along with the legends told of the Pirates of the Caribbean has captured the imaginations of many….
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