Flying Dutchman ((top)) | Will Turner

In a desperate act to save his father, Bootstrap Bill (who is slowly merging with the ship’s wall), Will confronts Davy Jones. During the fight, Jones fatally stabs Will through the heart.

With Will dying in his arms, Jack Sparrow realizes the only way to save him is to make Will the new captain. Jack tricks Jones into stabbing the heart of Davy Jones —the one in the chest—which instantly kills the old captain. But that act also transfers the curse. will turner flying dutchman

When we first met Will Turner in The Curse of the Black Pearl , he was the humble, honorable blacksmith’s apprentice with a heart of gold and a secret lineage of piracy. By the end of At World’s End , he has become one of the most tragic yet heroic figures in the Pirates of the Caribbean saga: the immortal captain of the Flying Dutchman . In a desperate act to save his father,

Ten years later (or perhaps a little less, thanks to Calypso’s loophole), Elizabeth stands on a cliff at sunset with their young son, Henry. A green flash lights the horizon—a sailor’s sign that a soul has returned from the dead. The Flying Dutchman rises from the deep. And standing at the helm, looking weary but whole, is Will Turner. He steps onto land, embraces his family, and the curse is momentarily lifted. Jack tricks Jones into stabbing the heart of

Elizabeth watches in horror as her new husband’s chest is cut open. Will’s own heart is placed into the Dead Man’s Chest. His wound heals instantly. His skin takes on a slight, watery pallor. He is no longer fully human.