Fictional character biography Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)

1 fictional character biography

1.1 before films
1.2 dead man s chest
1.3 @ world s end
1.4 dead men tell no tales

fictional character biography
before films

davy jones, human , great sailor, fell in love calypso, sea goddess. entrusted him task of ferrying souls of died @ sea next world. calypso gave him flying dutchman accomplish task. swore after ten years, meet him , spend 1 day before returned duties. however, when jones returned shore after ten years, calypso failed appear. believing calypso had betrayed him, heartbroken , enraged davy jones turned pirate brethren against her, saying if removed world, able claim seas themselves. assembled in first brethren court , jones taught them how imprison human form.

despite betraying her, jones still loved calypso, , in despair , guilt had done, carved out own heart , placed in dead man s chest . chest sealed , placed within larger wooden chest, along jones numerous love letters calypso , other items having her, except matching musical locket. chest buried on isla cruces. jones kept chest s key him @ times. calypso gone, jones abandoned duties , returned 7 seas. result of this, jones gradually became monstrous, physical appearance merging various aquatic fauna. sailors everywhere fear him death, davy jones had turned fierce , cruel, insatiable taste things brutal. jones recruits dying sailors promising them reprieve death in exchange 100 years of service aboard dutchman. comes command kraken, feared mythological sea monster.

in book series jack sparrow s earlier adventures, davy jones shows interest in sword of cortes, sought jack. minor character, appears in seventh book jack , crew encounter flying dutchman.

jones appears in prequel book jack s first years captain. helps brethren court identify traitor among them, turns out borya palachnik, pirate lord of caspian sea.

before events of first film, davy jones approaches sparrow deal: jones raise black pearl davy jones locker, allowing sparrow captain 13 years if sparrow agrees serve on dutchman 100 years. event, referenced in films, appears in book series.

dead man s chest

davy jones first appears in second film; dead man s chest attempts collect on bargain jack sparrow. sparrow argues captain 2 years before 1 of crew members hector barbossa committed mutiny, jones rejects explanation. sparrow attempts escape deal providing turner substitute himself. jack strikes new deal jones; jack spared enslavement on dutchman if brings jones 1 hundred souls replace own within next 3 days. jones accepts, removes black spot jack s hand, , retains will, keeping him faith payment.

jones , of flying dutchman crew after challenges him liar s dice.

while on dutchman, challenges jones @ game of liar s dice. wager s soul eternity of service against key dead man s chest. bootstrap bill joins game , purposefully loses save will. during game, learns jones keeps key. next morning, jones realizes key gone , summons kraken destroy ship carrying turner, survives. dutchman sails isla cruces stop sparrow getting chest.

arriving, jones sends crew retrieve chest; return him it. dutchman chases after black pearl, outrun. jones summons kraken, drags jack sparrow , pearl davy jones s locker. afterwards opens chest find heart missing; having been taken james norrington, gives cutler beckett of east india trading company.

at world s end

in third film @ world s end, jones under control of cutler beckett , east india trading company. beckett possesses heart, , threatens have soldiers shoot if jones disobeys. beckett orders jones sink pirate ships, infuriated when jones leaves no survivors; beckett wants prisoners interrogate brethren court. beckett orders jones kill kraken. later, orders jones attack pirate lord sao feng; jones subsequently kills sao , captures elizabeth swann, had been named captain sao feng upon death. when admiral james norrington dies on board dutchman helping elizabeth escape, jones claims norrington s sword (originally crafted turner). jones attempts mutiny against eitc. however, mercer defends chest, forcing jones continue under beckett s service.

beckett later summons jones ship, endeavour. jones confronts turner , divulges past calypso, while learning of jack sparrow s escape locker. 3 men arrive @ shipwreck cove.

human davy jones.

jones confronts calypso, locked in brig of black pearl. 2 former lovers discuss calypso s betrayal , jones s curse. calypso temporarily lifts curse, allowing him seen briefly in original human form. jones tells heart belong her. calypso, unaware jones betrayed first brethren court, says after release, give love him.

jones participates in parley in eitc trades turner sparrow. after calypso freed, reveals jones betrayed her. escapes, refusing aid either pirates or jones. fury creates monstrous maelstrom. dutchman , pearl enter , battle.

during battle jones kills mercer , retrieves key chest. sparrow , jones fight control of chest in rigging of dutchman. jack acquires both chest , key while jones battles , elizabeth. jones overpowers elizabeth, , subsequently impaled through will. jones, unharmed, holds @ sword-point. jack threatens stab heart, , jones cruelly stabs will. remembering son, bootstrap bill briefly fights , overpowers jones, defeated. jones attempts kill bootstrap, jack helps stab heart. jones calls out calypso, before tumbling death in maelstrom.

dead men tell no tales

in post-credits scene of fifth film dead men tell no tales, (no longer bounded flying dutchman after destruction of trident of poseidon) , elizabeth sleeping in bed together, when room entered silhouette of apparently resurrected davy jones. jones raises clawed arm strike @ couple, awakens , room empty. assuming jones s appearance nightmare, goes sleep, oblivious presence of barnacles on floor amid small puddle of seawater, revealing no dream , davy jones alive.