two vs an unknown finished productkptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 22:27:23 UTC
5. Background: The world that Captain Jack Sparrow comes from is untamed, full of curses, goddesses, and old world creatures like the Kraken. Places like the Isle de Mureta and the Fountain of Youth exist and are attainable. Davy Jones is real, and likely to stick his beard where it is unwanted.
Rumored to have been born on a ship in the middle of a hurricane, Jack grew up as a boy in Shipwreck cove with his father Captain Teague. He spent most of the time wondering if Teague was really his father, the other half admiring the former Madagascar Pirate Lord, now turned guardian of the Pirate Code. He ran away to start his adventures with the goal ever in mind of being a Captain of a ship and crew, like Captain Teague. He ended up working at several odd jobs. He even spent some time working as a mercenary and finally at 25 was hired in the East India Trading Company. Jack managed to save crew, ship and cargo from pirates, the director at the time being so pleased with Jack's heroics that he offered to give Jack command of a slave ship, which Jack refused because he would not transport slaves. Jack and his ship at the time the Wicked Wench , were unbeatable in transport of regular cargo. During this time Cutler Beckett became upset that Jack would not give up the bearings for an island of unimaginable wealth. As punishment for this, he orders Jack to carry a ship full of slaves to a Caribbean Viscount. Jack stood by his belief that “People aren't cargo, mate.” and freed the slaves on the island that Beckett was keen on finding but could not. This of course angered Beckett who sent bounty hunters after Jack and had him thrown in jail. Beckett was not content to have him rot in jail and in a fit of rage and cruelty branded Jack with the letter P for pirate so that he would always be known as such, and ordered the Wicked Wench to be sunk. With the ship on fire, Jack fought himself free of the guards and attempted to rescue the sinking vessel. It was doomed and sunk into the waves, taking Jack with it. As he was drowning, it was then that he struck the deal with Davy Jones. Resurrect both him and the sunk ship, give Jack 13yrs of life and make the ship as the fastest, most dangerous pirate ship in the seven seas. In exchange, he pledged his soul to Davy Jones and servitude of 100yrs aboard the Flying Dutchman. Deal was struck and he and the newly christened Black Pearl were brought up in Tortuga to find a crew.
3 and more backgroundkptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 22:30:01 UTC
For two years, Jack was captain of the Black Pearl until the adventure to the Isle de Muerta with Hector Barbossa. It was Hector that bastard who then lead a mutiny against Jack because of Jack's non-violent solutions to problems. They marooned Jack on an island and left him for dead. He was picked up three days later by rum runners but had quite the grudge against his mutinous first mate, saving the single shot pistol he had been left with for Boobossa Barbossa. Bastardossa Barbossa and his crew goes on to share in the Curse of Cortes, which Jack escapes the fate of since he was abandoned. It was then that Bootstrap, a member of the original mutiny crew, regretted what had happened to Jack and sent his son a coin from the treasure, ensuring that Barbossa's crew would remain cursed. For this, Barbossa sent Bootstrap to the bottom of the ocean tied to a cannon. After Jack's rescue from the island he then embarks on a extensive mission to reclaim the Pearl which is rightfully his. Eight years he spent on the seas gaining reputation as a pirate to be reckoned with, or at least who had an interesting solution to the problems that came his way. The Curse of the Black Pearl Jack arrives in Port Royal aboard a sinking vessel, looking to replace it. Through all manner and kinds of luck and unluck he rescues the Governor's daughter only to be put in the prison to be hanged on the morrow. The last gold coin called to the crew of the Black Pearl bringing it into Port Royal and nearly within Jack's reach. The ship kidnaps Elizabeth, the Governor's daughter. Elizabeth's girlboyfriend William Turner, recruits Jack to help him. Jack finds out that Will is Bootstrap's son. They commandeer the Interceptor and pick up a crew in Tortuga. When Will and Jack go to rescue Elizabeth, they are all captured. Will does something stupid lets drop that he is Bootstrap's son, and therefore has the blood that Barbossa needs to lift the curse. Barbossa then maroon's Jack and Liz on the same island as Jack had been on before.
4 damnit Boobossakptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 22:31:23 UTC
Elizabeth is a cruel and heartless wench burns all the rum on the island in a massive smoke signal to get rescued. Elizabeth and Sparrow both cut deals to get back William and The Black Pearl. They manage to get to Isle de Muerta where Jack uses his tongue to stop Barbossa from sacrificing Will, and to distract the former first mate while he steals one of the cursed coins for himself. This results in a rather epic battle between Barbossa and Jack- where it cumulates with Will spilling some of his blood, effectively lifting the curse, and Jack firing a single shot and killing the now mortal Barbossa. Jack is captured, again, and sentenced to hang at Port Royal. With conspiracies of his loyal crewmates, his true first mate Gibbs and William- they free Jack from the gallows and reunite him with the Black Pearl.
Dead Man's Chest Jack's thirteen years of life among the living is almost up and Jack is on a mission to get to Davy Jones chest to save himself. To add to the issues he's already having, Cutler Beckett is back on his heels and uses extortion against Will to get him to steal Jack's Compass, the compass that does not point north and instead points to the holder's desires. William eventually finds Jack and his crew hiding on a cannibal island where they are going to be captured and eaten. They all escape the island and head to Tia Dalma ( the goddess Calypso in human disguise) who then gives up the location to a shipwreck where Davy Jones will show up. Jack has total faith in betrays Will to Davy Jones. Davy Jones takes Will as part of Jack's debt of service and requires that Jack bring to him 99 more people to crew his ship. Jack goes to Tortuga to find the people to help square the debt and instead finds a disgraced disgusting drunken Norrington and Elizabeth who is trying to find and save Will. Jack convinces Elizabeth that her greatest desire is to find the chest so that she can save Will. She uses the compass and points them to the island where the chest is buried. Will had escaped the Flying Dutchman and shows up on the beach. There is a three way tug of war as Will, Jack and Norrington fight over the chest and Davy Jones' heart inside of it. Jack wanted it as leverage against Jones for his debt, Norrington wanted to use the heart as leverage back into the Navy and prosperity, and William wanted to use the heart to free his father Bootstrap that he met on Davy Jones' ship by stabbing it and killing Jones.
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In the end it is Norrington who acquires the heart and takes off with it. Jones catches up with The Black Pearl and fires upon the ship. The Black Pearl outruns the Flying Dutchman and Jones releases the Kraken to take revenge upon Jack. The crew gets attacked by the big beastie, and Jack, in a moment of cowardice takes off in the only longboat left on the ship. While watching the crew and the Black Pearl take a beating he has a crisis of conscious and guilt and rows back to this ship. Here he helps make the last stand against the Kraken and help makes a large explosion that makes the angry sea creature retreat for a moment to regroup. Jack has everyone abandon ship, but before he is able to retreat along with the crew, Elizabeth betrays him and chains him to the mast of the doomed Pearl. The crew that's left, leaves the ship, while Jack faces his fate with the Pearl as he did with the Wicked Wench and is killed by the Kraken and pulled beneath the waves and into Davy Jones Locker. Guilt and grief ride the backs of his crewmates and they mourn in Tia Dalma's shack. Here she proposes that they do not let Jack leave the earth and that if they are brave they should bring back Jack. It's then revealed that she brought the bastard Barbossa back from the dead to serve as a captain. At the same time, Cutler Beckett receives the heart of Davy Jones from Norrington. Now he has control of the oceans. At World's End Cutler Beckett has torn the oceans open and rules it with an iron fist. While Jack's shipmates were looking for a solution to get Jack back from the land of the dead, Beckett declared martial law and was hanging pirates by the hundreds. Now the Brethren Court, the closest thing to a ruling body among pirates, was called to action. This called upon the Pirate Lords to make an appearance and help all of the pirates of the seas. Jack was the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean and without him they could not come to a conclusion. This only gave his shipmates more of a reason for wanting to get Jack back from Davy Jones' Locker. They end up in jurisdiction of Sao Feng and make a bargain for the map that leads to the edges of the world and beyond. All hell breaks loose as Cutler's men catch up with the pirates. Barbossa, William, Elizabeth and crewmates escape the coupe. Jack has been left in Davy Jones Locker. A personal hell has been crafted for him, where he and his ship have been abandoned in the middle of a sea of sand. Jack has begun to go crazy (er) and sees multiple versions of himself as crewmates, each an aspect of his personality. He takes a violent bent with himself, and shoots anyone who gets in his way. A sure telling that what Elizabeth had done had effected him deeply he shoots the one version of himself begging for his right to a second chance. “That kind of thinking is what got us here in the first place mate.” When Tia Dalma, Barbossa, Will and Elizabeth arrive in the Locker, rock crabs appear and start to carry away the Pearl. Jack chases down his ship and in the end they are reunited for better or for worse on the edges of the Locker.
6 ... Ha. Ha. Ha.kptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 22:37:25 UTC
Jack breaks the code about how to leave the Locker in another fit of madness, and rocks the ship until it is pointed upside down. Which brings the ship right-side up and back in the Caribbean. Realizing that they are all alive, there is a moment where all realize that they could settle scores and debts now depending on who got shot. Wet powder saves them all to fight again another day. In another twist of fate, Sao Feng turns up and takes command of the Pearl with Willam's help. Beckett arrives and Jack tries to strike a deal with his former boss. He was to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove and the Brethren Court where Jack was to lead the Court and pirates out of the defensible den. Jack disables Beckett's ship from pursuit while Sao Feng makes off with Elizabeth in another ship. William, still loyal to Beckett, was leaving a trail of dead bodies as bread crumbs for the bastard gentleman to follow. Jack, perhaps not quite trusting William any longer but trusting in William's nature, sends him overboard with a body and The Compass That Does Not Point North. Jack then proceeds to the Brethren Court at Shipwreck Cove. Because of the difference in egos and opinions when Elizabeth also shows and demand that they fight- Jack sides with her effectively making her the King of the Pirates. When they face Beckett's Armada outside of the Cove, they turn on Jack who suggests they maybe try and parley with the Armada. In a meeting with Davy Jones, Beckett, William, Barbossa, Jack and Elizabeth- they give up Jack for Will who gets locked in the brig of the Flying Dutchman. Jack escapes the brig in the middle of a male-storm and hunts for the heart of Davy Jones. Jones and Jack meet, as Jack was attempting to escape and they fight over possession of the chest and the key to the chest. The Black Pearl was also caught in the storm and is fighting The Flying Dutchman. William and Elizabeth both board the Dutchman and fight their way through the crew. Jack has possession of the heart due to Jones being distracted. Jones, in a fit of jealousy and cruelty, stabs William. In a bid to save Will's life, Jack makes Will stab Jones' heart, making him immortal and the new captain of the Flying Dutchman as Jones dies and falls overboard. The Black Pearl disengages and Jack and Elizabeth are able to escape the sinking Dutchman. Now the Pearl faces Beckett's armada, and it looks to be losing. Quickly things change as the Dutchman resurfaces and Jack and William demolish the armada's flagship, killing Cutler Beckett. The rest of the Armada flees, leaving Shipwreck Cove to the pirates. Jack has control of the Pearl once again, and anchors in Tortuga for a little R&R. Knowing that Barbossa will take the ship as soon as Jack leaves it, Jack steals the map in a preemptive gesture of good faith. Barbossa lives up to his expectations, and Jack sets sail to the Fountain of youth, with his map and his compass.
7. 'supposed to be a lucky number, rit?kptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 22:39:07 UTC
6. Personality: Jack is undoubtedly the worst/best pirate of the seven seas. He morality seems to always be in question, though he has not been accused of really foul things- the only murder on his record would be Hector Barbossa's and even then the bastardhe didn't stay dead. He is an honorable man, for a pirate, and tells the truth more often than not. Jack's first action is to try and talk his way out of whatever trouble he has caused, been involved in or is headed his way to no fault of his own. He is verbose, outgoing, a spazz, and takes great pride in running and saving skin than trying to save face. He is animated at nearly all that he does. Occasionally now under great duress, he will be seen talking to himself- a holdover of his insanity of being left in Davy Jones locker for an extended period of time.
7. Previous Game Developments: N/A!
8. Appearance: A sexy beast Stands 5'9”, long brown-black hair worn in dreads where trinkets from his adventures have been tied into it. His beard is tied into two braids with beads. His skin is rough and tan. He wears a Red bandana to keep his hair .. tamed and a leather tricorn hat, which was purchased with his first bit of piracy. He has layers of clothing, traditional shirt, vest, overcoat, pants, leather boots and a silk sash he wears around his waist.
He smells. Badly.
Tattoos and other markings: The most infamous of Jack's markings is the tattoo of the descending swallow and the brand “P”on his right forearm. His back is covered in a large tattoo featuring the poem Desiderata, a poem showing how dedicated he is to his pacifist nature and love of life. Imbedded also in the poem are symbols and gods of the world. A sea turtle, the sun on one arm, the moon on another, the ocean, and the World Tree. He features several bands of tattoos on his sides and on the biceps of his arms, in a similar style to Hawaii and other Pacific Rim cultures. There is a skull and cross bones above his heart There is an extensive scar on his left forearm on the underside, and two scars of musket shots on the right side of his chest.
9. Abilities: A sexy beast He is an expert swordsman, able to hold his own even against Davy Jones but would rather talk his way out of a jam. He is shrewd, intelligent and makes use of the natures of his friends, allies, enemies and the environment toward his own favor. He also has, the Compass that Does Not Point North- the compass that points to his desires on his person.
10. Languages: English, and Umshoko ( the language of the Pelegostos )
8 is GREAT..... gods I'm so sorrykptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 23:09:04 UTC
10. Languages: English, and Umshoko ( the language of the Pelegostos )
11. Items: He has on his person, a number of artifacts. He has a ring on nearly every finger. There are the trinkets of bead, bone and kraken tooth in his hair. And the shrunken head of his mother hangs from his belt, a gift from his father.
There is notably also the world map, and The Compass That Does Not Point North. - which will point to his desires, most of the time!
12. Weapons: A pistol( with a handful of bean bag rounds in his pockets and powder). And his sword, which will be sporting a fantastically blunt edge now.
13. Writing sample - Third Person Prose: On Meeting a Dragon It wasn't that Jack hasn't seen creatures of supernatural origin before. Or even especially large lizards. He was unfortunately hung up on the fact that this unnatural, supernatural lizard of extreme proportions- could fly.
“Nice beastie. There's a love. I was just leaving. You'll get no trouble from Jack here. That's a girl.”
He started backing up slowly, hands in front of him in that universal gesture of 'dear gods don't eat me, I'm leaving'.
“You don't want to eat me. Someone's already gotten there first. I don't taste very good. That's it, nice and easy there.”
The dragon, for that's what it was, shifted and swung it's head from side to side taking in large gulps of air through equally large nostrils.
He was unsure if it was just noticing him, or sizing him up for dinner.
Suddenly the green beast stood up on all fours and started to lumber toward him.
“OHHEEEIGH!” Jack gave up all hope at peaceful negotiations, turned tail, and ran for the shoreline.
The dragon behind him, perhaps did not appreciate Jack's sudden attempt at fleeing and unfurled massive wings. Of with which it pumped vigorously to gain altitude. Chancing a glance over his shoulder the dear captain panics and in a burst of speed and flailing arms attempts to make it to the waves before the dragon can clear the foliage. Just as his feet hit the sands, the dragon lands in the shallow surf and ontop of his small boat, smashing it to pieces.
“Not. Good.”
The dragon rears and takes in a deep breath.
“Oh -diffidently- not good!” with a scramble in the opposite direction, Jack attempts to get to the safety of the jungle. “Notgoodnotgoodnotgood.”
Behind him there is a wave of heat as he was blasted off of his feet and into a tree. Dazed he scrambles to his feet, and stumbles more than sea-legs could account for.
“That's right. The overgrown gecko can breath fire. Of course it can breath fire! That would just have to be my luck. Fantasti-IIK!”
Hearing the wind whistle behind him, the good captain takes a dive into the shelter of some thick vegetation. Scrambling madly to get away from the irate lizard he does not look where he is headed and trips over a log. Taking a unpleasant tumble down the hill , his flight ends abruptly with a short free fall and a sudden , painful, stop. Groaning Jack attempts to get up. Then his eyes adjust to the inside of the shallow cave he had landed in. There is a whine when he speaks.
“You have GOT to be joking me.”
He heaves a sigh.
In front of him are a half dozen, larger than life , spherical objects whose white exteriors could only mean one things. Eggs.
“Well at least now I do know the bloody thing is a female. Mood swings and all.”
9. Clap him in irons!kptn_sparrowMay 13 2011, 23:10:15 UTC
14. Writing sample - First Person: A List- unfinished
I would like to express my most deepest gratitudes to the people involved in the rescue of my person. While I have the upmost respects for those who have seen fit to rescue me from a fate unimaginable, there are a few, small , additional requests I would like to make for the benefit of all.
Firstly. More rum. There clearly isn't enough to last us a day, let alone an unmentionable and unknowable amount of time. I fear we'll be bone dry and well on our way to unpleasantness without the benefits of rum. Ghastly. We wouldn't want that. It needs to be addressed immediately, with the greatest haste!
Secondly, more wenches. You can never have enough of nubile female creatures available for wooing. The more, the merrier says I!
15. Tattoo: Right below the pirate brand on his right arm.
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10 A slight mod-i-fi-cationkptn_sparrowMay 14 2011, 05:46:29 UTC
The Curse of Cortes refers to the curse upon gold inside a chest on the Isle de Muerta. It is gold that the Aztec natives were to pay to Cortes so that he would stop killing them. Cortes' greed could not be stemmed and so the gods of the people he slaughtered placed a curse upon the blood money- that anyone who removed a piece of gold from the chest would be cursed for eternity. The curse itself turned the men of the Black Pearl into immortal men who were neither alive, or dead. They were still longing and hungry and thirsty, but could not taste the food they ate or feel refreshed by drink. They were to live a half-life because of their greed for the gold. It is only under the moonlight that the true nature of the curse becomes visually apparent, and the bodies of the cursed men becoming skeletons. Only by returning all the gold to the chest, and the blood of the thief would the curse lift. When Bootstrap sent off the gold coin to his son, Will- he had told Barbossa that they deserved to be cursed for what they had done to Jack. Barbossa then sent Bootstrap to the depths of the ocean. It was only after that they learned they needed Bootstrap's blood to lift the curse.
Jack met James Norrington at Port Royal after Jack's rescue of Elizabeth. Newly titled fop Commodore, Norrington's personal mission was to wipe out every pirate there ever was, seemingly regardless of guilt or innocence. So while Jack had saved Elizabeth , who Norrington had just proposed to, because of the brand of “pirate” from the East India Trading Company, Jack was to be hanged on the morning. A lovely start to any relationship. Elizabeth was the only one to prove any leverage against the puckered rear Commodore, using the acceptance of Norrington's proposal as a means to rescue Will from BoobBarbossa. Norrington was true to the crown and though, and Jack, having proved to be nothing but an honorable gentleman down on his luck, was set to hang at Port Royal for all manner of amusing charges. None of which included murder and/or rape. William and his crewmates were set to free Jack from the hangman's noose, and it is only then when Will and Elizabeth stand between Norrington and the good captain that Norrington concede that he will give Jack a days head start. Norrington makes good on his promise and even chased Jack into a hurricane which is how Norrington lost his commission as a Commodore and ended up in Tortuga drunk off his ass.
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Rumored to have been born on a ship in the middle of a hurricane, Jack grew up as a boy in Shipwreck cove with his father Captain Teague. He spent most of the time wondering if Teague was really his father, the other half admiring the former Madagascar Pirate Lord, now turned guardian of the Pirate Code. He ran away to start his adventures with the goal ever in mind of being a Captain of a ship and crew, like Captain Teague.
He ended up working at several odd jobs. He even spent some time working as a mercenary and finally at 25 was hired in the East India Trading Company. Jack managed to save crew, ship and cargo from pirates, the director at the time being so pleased with Jack's heroics that he offered to give Jack command of a slave ship, which Jack refused because he would not transport slaves.
Jack and his ship at the time the Wicked Wench , were unbeatable in transport of regular cargo. During this time Cutler Beckett became upset that Jack would not give up the bearings for an island of unimaginable wealth. As punishment for this, he orders Jack to carry a ship full of slaves to a Caribbean Viscount. Jack stood by his belief that “People aren't cargo, mate.” and freed the slaves on the island that Beckett was keen on finding but could not. This of course angered Beckett who sent bounty hunters after Jack and had him thrown in jail. Beckett was not content to have him rot in jail and in a fit of rage and cruelty branded Jack with the letter P for pirate so that he would always be known as such, and ordered the Wicked Wench to be sunk. With the ship on fire, Jack fought himself free of the guards and attempted to rescue the sinking vessel. It was doomed and sunk into the waves, taking Jack with it.
As he was drowning, it was then that he struck the deal with Davy Jones. Resurrect both him and the sunk ship, give Jack 13yrs of life and make the ship as the fastest, most dangerous pirate ship in the seven seas. In exchange, he pledged his soul to Davy Jones and servitude of 100yrs aboard the Flying Dutchman. Deal was struck and he and the newly christened Black Pearl were brought up in Tortuga to find a crew.
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Bastardossa Barbossa and his crew goes on to share in the Curse of Cortes, which Jack escapes the fate of since he was abandoned. It was then that Bootstrap, a member of the original mutiny crew, regretted what had happened to Jack and sent his son a coin from the treasure, ensuring that Barbossa's crew would remain cursed. For this, Barbossa sent Bootstrap to the bottom of the ocean tied to a cannon. After Jack's rescue from the island he then embarks on a extensive mission to reclaim the Pearl which is rightfully his. Eight years he spent on the seas gaining reputation as a pirate to be reckoned with, or at least who had an interesting solution to the problems that came his way.
The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jack arrives in Port Royal aboard a sinking vessel, looking to replace it. Through all manner and kinds of luck and unluck he rescues the Governor's daughter only to be put in the prison to be hanged on the morrow. The last gold coin called to the crew of the Black Pearl bringing it into Port Royal and nearly within Jack's reach. The ship kidnaps Elizabeth, the Governor's daughter. Elizabeth's girlboyfriend William Turner, recruits Jack to help him. Jack finds out that Will is Bootstrap's son. They commandeer the Interceptor and pick up a crew in Tortuga. When Will and Jack go to rescue Elizabeth, they are all captured. Will does something stupid lets drop that he is Bootstrap's son, and therefore has the blood that Barbossa needs to lift the curse. Barbossa then maroon's Jack and Liz on the same island as Jack had been on before.
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Jack is captured, again, and sentenced to hang at Port Royal.
With conspiracies of his loyal crewmates, his true first mate Gibbs and William- they free Jack from the gallows and reunite him with the Black Pearl.
Dead Man's Chest
Jack's thirteen years of life among the living is almost up and Jack is on a mission to get to Davy Jones chest to save himself. To add to the issues he's already having, Cutler Beckett is back on his heels and uses extortion against Will to get him to steal Jack's Compass, the compass that does not point north and instead points to the holder's desires.
William eventually finds Jack and his crew hiding on a cannibal island where they are going to be captured and eaten. They all escape the island and head to Tia Dalma ( the goddess Calypso in human disguise) who then gives up the location to a shipwreck where Davy Jones will show up. Jack has total faith in betrays Will to Davy Jones. Davy Jones takes Will as part of Jack's debt of service and requires that Jack bring to him 99 more people to crew his ship. Jack goes to Tortuga to find the people to help square the debt and instead finds a disgraced disgusting drunken Norrington and Elizabeth who is trying to find and save Will. Jack convinces Elizabeth that her greatest desire is to find the chest so that she can save Will. She uses the compass and points them to the island where the chest is buried. Will had escaped the Flying Dutchman and shows up on the beach. There is a three way tug of war as Will, Jack and Norrington fight over the chest and Davy Jones' heart inside of it. Jack wanted it as leverage against Jones for his debt, Norrington wanted to use the heart as leverage back into the Navy and prosperity, and William wanted to use the heart to free his father Bootstrap that he met on Davy Jones' ship by stabbing it and killing Jones.
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Guilt and grief ride the backs of his crewmates and they mourn in Tia Dalma's shack. Here she proposes that they do not let Jack leave the earth and that if they are brave they should bring back Jack. It's then revealed that she brought the bastard Barbossa back from the dead to serve as a captain.
At the same time, Cutler Beckett receives the heart of Davy Jones from Norrington. Now he has control of the oceans.
At World's End
Cutler Beckett has torn the oceans open and rules it with an iron fist. While Jack's shipmates were looking for a solution to get Jack back from the land of the dead, Beckett declared martial law and was hanging pirates by the hundreds. Now the Brethren Court, the closest thing to a ruling body among pirates, was called to action. This called upon the Pirate Lords to make an appearance and help all of the pirates of the seas.
Jack was the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean and without him they could not come to a conclusion. This only gave his shipmates more of a reason for wanting to get Jack back from Davy Jones' Locker. They end up in jurisdiction of Sao Feng and make a bargain for the map that leads to the edges of the world and beyond. All hell breaks loose as Cutler's men catch up with the pirates. Barbossa, William, Elizabeth and crewmates escape the coupe.
Jack has been left in Davy Jones Locker. A personal hell has been crafted for him, where he and his ship have been abandoned in the middle of a sea of sand. Jack has begun to go crazy (er) and sees multiple versions of himself as crewmates, each an aspect of his personality. He takes a violent bent with himself, and shoots anyone who gets in his way. A sure telling that what Elizabeth had done had effected him deeply he shoots the one version of himself begging for his right to a second chance. “That kind of thinking is what got us here in the first place mate.”
When Tia Dalma, Barbossa, Will and Elizabeth arrive in the Locker, rock crabs appear and start to carry away the Pearl. Jack chases down his ship and in the end they are reunited for better or for worse on the edges of the Locker.
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Jack breaks the code about how to leave the Locker in another fit of madness, and rocks the ship until it is pointed upside down. Which brings the ship right-side up and back in the Caribbean. Realizing that they are all alive, there is a moment where all realize that they could settle scores and debts now depending on who got shot. Wet powder saves them all to fight again another day. In another twist of fate, Sao Feng turns up and takes command of the Pearl with Willam's help. Beckett arrives and Jack tries to strike a deal with his former boss. He was to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove and the Brethren Court where Jack was to lead the Court and pirates out of the defensible den. Jack disables Beckett's ship from pursuit while Sao Feng makes off with Elizabeth in another ship. William, still loyal to Beckett, was leaving a trail of dead bodies as bread crumbs for the bastard gentleman to follow. Jack, perhaps not quite trusting William any longer but trusting in William's nature, sends him overboard with a body and The Compass That Does Not Point North. Jack then proceeds to the Brethren Court at Shipwreck Cove. Because of the difference in egos and opinions when Elizabeth also shows and demand that they fight- Jack sides with her effectively making her the King of the Pirates.
When they face Beckett's Armada outside of the Cove, they turn on Jack who suggests they maybe try and parley with the Armada. In a meeting with Davy Jones, Beckett, William, Barbossa, Jack and Elizabeth- they give up Jack for Will who gets locked in the brig of the Flying Dutchman. Jack escapes the brig in the middle of a male-storm and hunts for the heart of Davy Jones. Jones and Jack meet, as Jack was attempting to escape and they fight over possession of the chest and the key to the chest.
The Black Pearl was also caught in the storm and is fighting The Flying Dutchman. William and Elizabeth both board the Dutchman and fight their way through the crew. Jack has possession of the heart due to Jones being distracted. Jones, in a fit of jealousy and cruelty, stabs William. In a bid to save Will's life, Jack makes Will stab Jones' heart, making him immortal and the new captain of the Flying Dutchman as Jones dies and falls overboard. The Black Pearl disengages and Jack and Elizabeth are able to escape the sinking Dutchman. Now the Pearl faces Beckett's armada, and it looks to be losing. Quickly things change as the Dutchman resurfaces and Jack and William demolish the armada's flagship, killing Cutler Beckett. The rest of the Armada flees, leaving Shipwreck Cove to the pirates.
Jack has control of the Pearl once again, and anchors in Tortuga for a little R&R. Knowing that Barbossa will take the ship as soon as Jack leaves it, Jack steals the map in a preemptive gesture of good faith. Barbossa lives up to his expectations, and Jack sets sail to the Fountain of youth, with his map and his compass.
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7. Previous Game Developments: N/A!
8. Appearance: A sexy beast
Stands 5'9”, long brown-black hair worn in dreads where trinkets from his adventures have been tied into it. His beard is tied into two braids with beads. His skin is rough and tan. He wears a Red bandana to keep his hair .. tamed and a leather tricorn hat, which was purchased with his first bit of piracy. He has layers of clothing, traditional shirt, vest, overcoat, pants, leather boots and a silk sash he wears around his waist.
He smells. Badly.
Tattoos and other markings:
The most infamous of Jack's markings is the tattoo of the descending swallow and the brand “P”on his right forearm.
His back is covered in a large tattoo featuring the poem Desiderata, a poem showing how dedicated he is to his pacifist nature and love of life. Imbedded also in the poem are symbols and gods of the world. A sea turtle, the sun on one arm, the moon on another, the ocean, and the World Tree. He features several bands of tattoos on his sides and on the biceps of his arms, in a similar style to Hawaii and other Pacific Rim cultures.
There is a skull and cross bones above his heart
There is an extensive scar on his left forearm on the underside, and two scars of musket shots on the right side of his chest.
9. Abilities: A sexy beast He is an expert swordsman, able to hold his own even against Davy Jones but would rather talk his way out of a jam. He is shrewd, intelligent and makes use of the natures of his friends, allies, enemies and the environment toward his own favor.
He also has, the Compass that Does Not Point North- the compass that points to his desires on his person.
10. Languages: English, and Umshoko ( the language of the Pelegostos )
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11. Items: He has on his person, a number of artifacts. He has a ring on nearly every finger. There are the trinkets of bead, bone and kraken tooth in his hair. And the shrunken head of his mother hangs from his belt, a gift from his father.
There is notably also the world map, and The Compass That Does Not Point North. - which will point to his desires, most of the time!
12. Weapons: A pistol( with a handful of bean bag rounds in his pockets and powder). And his sword, which will be sporting a fantastically blunt edge now.
13. Writing sample - Third Person Prose: On Meeting a Dragon
It wasn't that Jack hasn't seen creatures of supernatural origin before. Or even especially large lizards. He was unfortunately hung up on the fact that this unnatural, supernatural lizard of extreme proportions- could fly.
“Nice beastie. There's a love. I was just leaving. You'll get no trouble from Jack here. That's a girl.”
He started backing up slowly, hands in front of him in that universal gesture of 'dear gods don't eat me, I'm leaving'.
“You don't want to eat me. Someone's already gotten there first. I don't taste very good. That's it, nice and easy there.”
The dragon, for that's what it was, shifted and swung it's head from side to side taking in large gulps of air through equally large nostrils.
He was unsure if it was just noticing him, or sizing him up for dinner.
Suddenly the green beast stood up on all fours and started to lumber toward him.
“OHHEEEIGH!” Jack gave up all hope at peaceful negotiations, turned tail, and ran for the shoreline.
The dragon behind him, perhaps did not appreciate Jack's sudden attempt at fleeing and unfurled massive wings. Of with which it pumped vigorously to gain altitude. Chancing a glance over his shoulder the dear captain panics and in a burst of speed and flailing arms attempts to make it to the waves before the dragon can clear the foliage.
Just as his feet hit the sands, the dragon lands in the shallow surf and ontop of his small boat, smashing it to pieces.
“Not. Good.”
The dragon rears and takes in a deep breath.
“Oh -diffidently- not good!” with a scramble in the opposite direction, Jack attempts to get to the safety of the jungle. “Notgoodnotgoodnotgood.”
Behind him there is a wave of heat as he was blasted off of his feet and into a tree. Dazed he scrambles to his feet, and stumbles more than sea-legs could account for.
“That's right. The overgrown gecko can breath fire. Of course it can breath fire! That would just have to be my luck. Fantasti-IIK!”
Hearing the wind whistle behind him, the good captain takes a dive into the shelter of some thick vegetation. Scrambling madly to get away from the irate lizard he does not look where he is headed and trips over a log. Taking a unpleasant tumble down the hill , his flight ends abruptly with a short free fall and a sudden , painful, stop. Groaning Jack attempts to get up. Then his eyes adjust to the inside of the shallow cave he had landed in. There is a whine when he speaks.
“You have GOT to be joking me.”
He heaves a sigh.
In front of him are a half dozen, larger than life , spherical objects whose white exteriors could only mean one things. Eggs.
“Well at least now I do know the bloody thing is a female. Mood swings and all.”
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I would like to express my most deepest gratitudes to the people involved in the rescue of my person. While I have the upmost respects for those who have seen fit to rescue me from a fate unimaginable, there are a few, small , additional requests I would like to make for the benefit of all.
Firstly. More rum. There clearly isn't enough to last us a day, let alone an unmentionable and unknowable amount of time. I fear we'll be bone dry and well on our way to unpleasantness without the benefits of rum. Ghastly. We wouldn't want that. It needs to be addressed immediately, with the greatest haste!
Secondly, more wenches. You can never have enough of nubile female creatures available for wooing. The more, the merrier says I!
15. Tattoo: Right below the pirate brand on his right arm.
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Only by returning all the gold to the chest, and the blood of the thief would the curse lift. When Bootstrap sent off the gold coin to his son, Will- he had told Barbossa that they deserved to be cursed for what they had done to Jack. Barbossa then sent Bootstrap to the depths of the ocean. It was only after that they learned they needed Bootstrap's blood to lift the curse.
Jack met James Norrington at Port Royal after Jack's rescue of Elizabeth. Newly titled fop Commodore, Norrington's personal mission was to wipe out every pirate there ever was, seemingly regardless of guilt or innocence. So while Jack had saved Elizabeth , who Norrington had just proposed to, because of the brand of “pirate” from the East India Trading Company, Jack was to be hanged on the morning. A lovely start to any relationship.
Elizabeth was the only one to prove any leverage against the puckered rear Commodore, using the acceptance of Norrington's proposal as a means to rescue Will from BoobBarbossa.
Norrington was true to the crown and though, and Jack, having proved to be nothing but an honorable gentleman down on his luck, was set to hang at Port Royal for all manner of amusing charges. None of which included murder and/or rape. William and his crewmates were set to free Jack from the hangman's noose, and it is only then when Will and Elizabeth stand between Norrington and the good captain that Norrington concede that he will give Jack a days head start.
Norrington makes good on his promise and even chased Jack into a hurricane which is how Norrington lost his commission as a Commodore and ended up in Tortuga drunk off his ass.
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