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Cursed to Serve, Destined to Lead: The Tragic & Triumphant Fate of Will Turner, Captain of the Flying Dutchman

The Curse Evolves ( Dead Men Tell No Tales ) In the fifth film, Dead Men Tell No Tales ( Salazar’s Revenge ), we learn that Will’s duty has taken a toll. Because he has been too faithful to his task—never wavering, never becoming a monster—the curse has instead begun to physically merge him with the ship’s coral and barnacles. His face is lined with glowing, sea-green cracks. He is transforming into something non-human, not out of cruelty, but out of sheer isolation. 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 . Cursed to Serve, Destined to Lead: The Tragic

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. He is transforming into something non-human, not out