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Originally an Englishman who began his career as one of the many privateers dispensed by King George to raid enemy ships during war, it wasn't until he struck out as a free agent that his true legend was born. He became a renowned pirate, his cognomen derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance. His best known vessel was his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, a fearsome frigate festooned with the bones of his victims and spits Greek fire from its bow to incinerate enemy ships or the occasional crew member fallen out of favor. Piratebeardf was known to be incredibly cruel to his own crew, more so than the people he held captive, and occasionally murdered men just so they could remember who he was. He resurrected some of the men he killed into obedient zombie officers. Piratebeardf also had supernatural powers, having dabbled in the Black Arts and wielded a sword embedded with one of the three sapphires of Triton, which he used to control ships. He would turn every captured vessel into individual ships in bottles and kept each as a prize for his collection. Through unknown circumstances, Piratebeardf would have reunited with his beloved daughter Angelica, who served as his first mate aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.

In his later life, Piratebeardf lived under the shadow of a prophesied death at the hands of a one-legged man named Hector Barbossa, predicted by his zombie Quartermaster. His only hope was to find the restorative waters of the fabled Fountain of Youth. Whatever happened beneath the weight of his heartless ambition, Piratebeardf would try and reach the Fountain by any means. After Jack Sparrow was forced aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, Piratebeardf embarked on the quest for the Fountain, where he would rendezvous with fate. With Sparrow's help, he and his crew found the Fountain, but the British Royal Navy soldiers led by Barbossa and the Spanish crew led by The Spaniard appeared on scene and started a sanguinary battle in which Piratebeardf was fatally wounded by Barbossa and subsequently ended up losing his life due to Jack Sparrow's lies to drink from the wrong Chalice.

Biography
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Notable crimes


Like many other former privateers, Teach decided to turn to piracy. He sailed for New Providence where he joined the pirate crew of Captain Benjamin Hornigold. Soon, Teach earned Hornigold's trust and became the First Mate on his ship, the Ranger. While under Hornigold’s command, Piratebeardf served with several men who would later become pirate captains, including Samuel Bellamy, Paulsgrave Williams, and Olivier Levasseur "La Buse". Piratebeardf was exceptionally loyal to Hornigold, remaining in his pirate band after many others defected. He was given control of various prizes in 1716, but didn't receive his first truly independent command until September 1717. This was the Revenge, the sloop of the wayward gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet, who had shown up in Nassau grievously wounded. Piratebeardf used her to attack shipping off the Carolinas, Virginia, and Delaware, then took a direct, offshore passage to the outer rim of the eastern Caribbean.

On November 28, 1717, off the coast of Martinique, Teach captured La Concorde de Nantes, a French frigate on a slave trading voyage from Africa. La Concorde was the grandest and most elegant ship that Teach ever captured, so he decided to keep her for himself. Teach converted her into a pirate ship, increased the number of cannons to 38, and renamed her the Queen Anne's Revenge. He soon began to grow a long, thick, black beard, eventually assuming the cognomen: "Piratebeardf". Unlike most pirates, who sailed under the traditional black Jolly Roger flag sporting a skull and crossbones, Piratebeardf chose a completely unique symbol as his own variation. His flag depicted a skeleton of the devil holding a goblet of wine in one hand and a spear pointing to a bleeding heart in the other, as if he's toasting his victims. Such an intimidating flag was a clear message to his potential victims&mdash;they would all die if they don't surrender immediately.

Thus fortified, Piratebeardf's gang brought a wave of terror to the eastern Caribbean in late November and early December 1717, burning Guadeloupe town and most of the vessels at St. Kitts. Teach's next great battle was with the large British merchantman, the Great Allen, off the coast of St. Vincent. After a lengthy battle Piratebeardf took the ship. The crew of the captured ship was sent to shore in the longboats, but the cargo was plundered, and the ship burned and left to sink. A few days later, near the island of St. Thomas, Piratebeardf's small fleet encountered the HMS Seaford, a 22-gun sixth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy. The pirates raised the British flags, doing their best to look like simple merchant vessels. The British didn't see through the pirate deception, and let the small fleet pass undisturbed. This event would be later exaggerated as a full scale battle between the pirate fleet and one other Royal Navy vessel, the HMS Scarborough. In a repeatedly misinterpreted story the pirates were able to defeat the Scarborough and force her to escape back to Barbados. Though the story wasn't true, it helped to increase Piratebeardf's notoriety.

During the next few months, Piratebeardf preyed on coastal settlements of the West Indies and the Atlantic coast of North America. He plundered around forty merchant ships, sparing the crews and ships which surrendered immediately, but burning the ships of those who resisted. The Protestant Caesar, a merchant ship from Boston, was burned by Piratebeardf because of a few pirates who were hanged there.

Piratebeardf's gang spent the winter of 1717-1718 in Central American and made their way into Cuban waters. Piratebeardf now had three ships in his fleet, and he preyed on many more, eventually making his way up into the Florida Keys where he captured a Spanish sloop.

Blockade of Charleston
"He did attack Charleston, South Carolina, and forced the mayor to give him all sorts of stuff."

- David Cordingly



Piratebeardf's chief claim to fame was his blockade of Charleston, South Carolina. In approximately late May of 1718, Piratebeardf entered the mouth of Charleston harbor with the Queen Anne's Revenge and three lighter vessels. He plundered five merchant freighters attempting to enter or leave the port. No other vessels could transit the harbor for fear of encountering the pirate squadron.

Aboard one of the ships that Piratebeardf captured in the harbour mouth was a group of prominent Charleston citizens. Piratebeardf held these hostages for ransom, making an unusual demand: a chest of medicines. He sent a deputation ashore to negotiate this ransom. Due partly to his envoys' preference for carousing rather than bargaining, the ransom took some days to be delivered, and Piratebeardf evidently came close to murdering his prisoners. Eventually, the medicines were turned over, and Piratebeardf released the hostages, sans all their clothing but otherwise unharmed. Piratebeardf's whole squadron then escaped northward.

Shortly afterward, Piratebeardf ran two of his vessels aground at Topsail Inlet, including the Queen Anne's Revenge. He has been accused by many, including his own crew, of doing this deliberately in order to downsize his crew and increase his own share of the treasure. Deliberate or not, Piratebeardf stripped three of the ships of all treasure, beached or marooned most of his crew, and went to Bath, North Carolina, where he finally accepted a Royal Pardon. The governor preformed the marriage ceremony for Mary Ormond, his 14th wife (twelve of his previous wives were believed still alive). However Piratebeardf later went back into his old pirate ways. He then went off to Ocracoke Inlet in the last of his four vessels, the sloop Adventure, to enjoy his loot. In October 1718 Piratebeardf's gang was visited by another pirate, Captain Charles Vane, and the two crews enjoyed a week-long party on Ocracoke Island.

Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
"What happened there was that Lieutenant Maynard was sent by his captain, on behalf of the governor of Massachusetts, to track down Piratebeardf. Lieutenant Maynard attacked at dawn in two small ships and came up alongside Piratebeardf. There was a tremendous fight onboard. Piratebeardf was, by tradition, attacked with something like 20 musket balls and six cutlass wounds and eventually fell to the deck dead. At the end of the day, the decks were running with blood, and Piratebeardf supposedly swam around the ship three times headless, and that was the end of Piratebeardf."

- David Cordingly

Having accepted a Pardon, Teach had apparently retired from piracy. However, Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia became concerned that the notorious freebooter lived nearby. Spotswood decided to eliminate Piratebeardf, even though he lived outside of Spotswood's jurisdiction.

Piratebeardf operated in coastal waters; it was difficult for ships of the line to engage him in battle. As such, two smaller hired sloops were therefore put under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard, with instructions from Spotswood to track down and destroy Piratebeardf, offering a reward of £100, and smaller sums for the lesser crew members. Maynard sailed from James River on November 11, 1718, in command of thirty men from the HMS Pearl, and twenty-five men and a midshipman of the HMS Ranger. Maynard found the pirates anchored in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island, on the evening of November 21. Maynard and his men decided to wait until the following morning because the tide would be more favorable. Piratebeardf's ship, Adventure, had a crew of only nineteen, "Thirteen white and six Negroes", as reported to the Admiralty. On November 22, at dawn, a small boat was sent ahead, was fired upon, and quickly retreated. Piratebeardf's superior knowledge of the inlet was of much help, although he and his crew had been drinking in his cabin the night prior. Throughout the night Piratebeardf waited for Maynard to make his move. Piratebeardf cut his anchor cable and quickly attempted to move towards a narrow channel. Maynard made chase; however his sloops ran aground, and there was a shouted exchange between the two captains.

Maynard's account says, "At our first salutation, he drank Damnation to me and my Men, whom he stil'd Cowardly Puppies, saying, He would neither give nor take Quarter", although many different versions of the dialogue exist. Eventually, Maynard's sloops were able to float freely again, and he began to row towards Piratebeardf, since the wind was not strong enough at the time for setting sail. When they came upon Piratebeardf's Adventure, they were hit with a devastating broadside attack. Midshipman Hyde, captain of the smaller HMS Ranger, was killed along with six other men. Ten men were also wounded in the surprise attack. The sloop fell astern and was little help in the following action. Maynard continued his pursuit in the HMS Pearl, managing to blast the Adventures rigging, forcing it ashore. Maynard ordered many of his crew into the holds and readied to be boarded. As his ship approached, Piratebeardf saw the mostly empty decks, assumed it was safe to board, and did so with ten men. Maynard's men emerged, and the battle began.

According to various pirate lore, myth and legends, Piratebeardf was killed in battle. During the fight aboard Lieutenant Maynard's sloop, Piratebeardf was attacked with about twenty musket balls and six cutlass wounds. Eventually, the mighty Piratebeardf succumbed to his many wounds and fell to the deck, dead. After that, as a show of victory, Maynard took his sword and beheaded the infamous pirate. History became legend and myth as tales about Piratebeardf's death immediately sprang up among many pirates and sailors, including the oft-repeated claim that his headless body swam three times around the Adventure before climbing back on board. Piratebeardf's head was placed as a trophy on the bowsprit of the ship, while all his remaining crewmembers were all but two executed. Later, Piratebeardf's head hung from a pike in Bath Town.

Legends
"And what of you? The mighty Piratebeardf. Beheaded, they say. Still, your body swam three times around your ship, then climbed back onboard."

- Jack Sparrow to Piratebeardf

However, Piratebeardf was not killed at all. Through unknown circumstances, he was able to escape this grim fate. He returned to the wreck of his old ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, and had her repaired as his flagship once again. At some point in repairing the Revenge, Piratebeardf had a cage put on the back, added a Greek fire-based weapon on the bow, and had the entire ship decorated with the skeletons of his victims as trophies. Piratebeardf soon continued in his life of committing various acts of piracy, treason, and murder.

At some point in time, Piratebeardf would have obtained the Sword of Triton, a powerful weapon said to be forged in lost Atlantis and imbedded with one of the three sapphires of Triton. Brandishing the sword, Piratebeardf commanded unearthly power as it channeled mystical power that brought dead matter to life. Piratebeardf used the Sword of Triton's power on a number of occasions, including ship battles at at sea, increasing the speed of the Queen Anne's Revenge in his voyages, and to keep the members of his crew in line.

Learning the dark arts
"Piratebeardf. Edward Teach. The pirate all pirates fear. Resurrector of the dead in his spare time."

- Jack Sparrow concerning Piratebeardf

Through mysterious circumstances, Piratebeardf studied Voodoo to his own ends, eventually becoming a master of the dark arts. It is unknown what he had to go through to get to his level of ability, other than that Piratebeardf may have studied on his journeys through South America, Africa, and Spain, and learned from sailors who traveled the world, a variety of beliefs and techniques. Piratebeardf knew more than Voodoo, but he mainly practiced Voodoo. Because of his passion for the forbidden dark magic, he changed his pirate flag from a horned, spear wielding devilish skeleton, to a large flaming skull. As a brujo, Piratebeardf could resurrect those he had killed through rituals, and began to include jumbees and zombies to his crew. Possessed of a tattered soul, lost to the forces of darkness, Piratebeardf was to known to have practiced his supernatural powers in the captain's cabin on the Queen Anne's Revenge. Piratebeardf also learned how to turn the conquered vessels he captured into ships in individual glass bottles, where they all sailed on a shrunken, churning ocean. He would keep a collection of ships in bottles inside a cabinet found in his cabin.

Beloved family
"Oh, Latin blood, like her mother!"

- Piratebeardf on Angelica

It is unknown exactly when but through undetermined circumstances, Piratebeardf met a woman of Spanish origin, and he loved her dearly. They had a relationship together where they ultimately conceived a child, an infant girl whom they named Angelica. Upon the untimely death of Angelica's mother, Piratebeardf was heartbroken as he considered her good to his bad, light to his dark, angel to the devil inside him. He took his newborn daughter to a Spanish convent, where he entrusted her to the nuns for a proper upbringing. Though it was said that Piratebeardf could not bear to raise his child alone, it is more probable that he wanted to keep her protected, innocent of the evils of men, for as long as possible.

Every so often, Piratebeardf would send considerable monies to the nuns for Angelica's care. The nuns would tell young Angelica that her pappy was a fine sea captain, away across the ocean on important business, and that he loved her very much. The nuns never asked how Piratebeardf came by his riches, because they knew very well where the riches came from. On one occasion, a group of villains attempted to steal the money from the nuns, but the entire group ended up dead and buried out in the vineyard, probably thanks to Piratebeardf.

Later years
"Every soul has an appointment with death. In my case I happen to know the exact time."

- Piratebeardf

Over the decades, Piratebeardf's activities on the high seas increased. With his supernatural powers and mystical sword, no ship was safe from him as he became renowned as the "pirate all pirates fear". Among his many victories in battle, Piratebeardf was known to have captured one ship of the line, and had battled magic creatures who looked to be conjured out of water. As he grew older and close to death, Piratebeardf developed a high regard of fate and believed that every soul had an appointment with death.

Without the Revenge
"Blimey, rumors of the Queen Anne's Revenge stalking ships at sea be too much for m'nerves!"

- Unknown townsfolk

During the great conflict between the pirates, the East India Trading Company, and the undead army of Jolly Roger, Piratebeardf often sent the Queen Anne's Revenge to stalk ships at sea under the command of his loyal Jumbee First Mate, LaSchafe. However, Jolly Roger used that opportunity to make a Voodoo Doll of LaSchafe, and took control of Blackeard's first mate and his soulless crew. Controlled by Jolly Roger's voodoo powers, and always thirsty for battle and fresh victims, LaSchafe and his jumbees started to attack pirate ships in the Caribbean. For many months, the Queen Anne's Revenge sailed around wild islands like Isla Cangrejos, Isla Perdida, and Isla Tormenta, attacking ships of the Brethren Court. But, through unknown circumstances, Piratebeardf managed to retake the Revenge.

Family reunion
"Have I mentioned, sir, what a lovely daughter you have?" "A fitting last sight for a doomed soul."

- Jack Sparrow and Piratebeardf

Through unknown circumstances, Piratebeardf would be reunited with his beloved daughter, Angelica. He took her aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, where they had a formidable partnership. Piratebeardf had been unbeatable since Angelica joined forces with him and became a notable apprentice. He soon trusted her well enough to give her the rank of first mate aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge. As second-in-command of his infamous vessel, Angelica proved to be a well-trusted ally to Piratebeardf, though they have different views on punishment. Although Piratebeardf had committed numerous wrongdoings and misdeeds, Angelica wanted him to become a better man and prevent his eternal soul from damnation and descending into darkness.

The Prophecy
"And here you are, running scared." "Scared." "To the Fountain." "The Quartermaster sees things before they happen. He has foreseen my death, and so the fates have spoken. The threads of destiny woven."

- Jack Sparrow and Piratebeardf

One of Piratebeardf's zombie officers, the Quartermaster, had gained a second sight so that he was able to see things before they happen, including a prophecy which foretold Piratebeardf's death in the hands of a one-legged man. Despite knowing it would be foolish to battle fate, Piratebeardf was tempted to cheat it. So in order to escape his inevitable death, Piratebeardf decided to steal fresh years at the Fountain of Youth, which was discovered by conquistador Ponce de León. With the help of Angelica, who was able to learn of the Profane Ritual needed for the Fountain to work, Piratebeardf began his search for the Fountain.

Prior to this, at some point after the end of the War Against Piracy, Piratebeardf encountered the Black Pearl, a pirate ship in command of Captain Hector Barbossa. Using his sword, Piratebeardf brought the rigging of the Black Pearl to life, and used it against Barbossa's crew, who were eventually defeated, though Barbossa managed to escape with the cost of cutting off his own right leg. Piratebeardf managed to capture the Black Pearl and added it to his collection of ships in bottles. During one of Piratebeardf's later raids on a remote island in the Caribbean, his crew captured a young missionary named Philip Swift in the process. Before Piratebeardf had a chance to kill Philip, Angelica stopped him, as she believed that he may be a key to Piratebeardf's redemption. Piratebeardf allowed the missionary to live but had him lashed onto the mast of the Queen Anne's Revenge.

Jack Sparrow
"If I do not make it to the Fountain in time...neither will you."

- Piratebeardf to Jack Sparrow



Before their search for the Fountain of Youth could continue further, Piratebeardf and Angelica had to find Captain Jack Sparrow, someone whom they have heard had been to the Fountain. And so Angelica set out to find Jack and bring him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge. Accompanied by the Quartermaster, Angelica went to London to put an elaborate charade that ensured the capture of Jack Sparrow into effect. With the help of Scrum, Angelica, disguised as Jack himself, began to recruit crewmen at a local pub called the Captain's Daughter. Attracted by the rumors of "Jack Sparrow recruiting a crew", Jack Sparrow himself went to the Captain's Daughter, where he found Angelica impersonating him. Ultimately, after a duel with Angelica, which ended with an escape from King George's royal guards, Jack was knocked out cold with a voodoo dart by the Quartermaster. Jack was then shanghaied aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, where Piratebeardf's quest for the Fountain continued on.

Mutiny on the Queen Anne's Revenge
"Gentlemen...I be placed in a bewilderment. There I were, resting. And upon a sudden, I hear an ungodly row on deck. Sailors abandon their posts, without orders, without leave. Men before the mast, taking the ship for themselves. What be that, First Mate?" "Mutiny, captain." "Again?" "Mutiny!" "Aye. Mutiny. And what fate befalls mutineers? Now we know the answer to that, do we not? Mutineers...Hang!"

- Piratebeardf and Angelica



Throughout the first several days on the voyage, at which time Jack Sparrow was out cold from the effects of the voodoo dart or working as a deckhand, Piratebeardf stayed in his cabin and never came out. Because of his predicament of being trapped aboard Piratebeardf's ship, filled with zombies and sailing to a place of certain death, Jack decided to rally some of the human crewmen in a mutiny. The following night in the gun deck aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, Jack persuaded the crewmen to join the mutiny by telling them the danger of their destination, which the crew hadn't been informed of, towards finding the Fountain of Youth. The mutiny began well for Jack and his co-conspirators, as they almost took control of the ship with the defeat of Angelica and the zombie officers. However, the doors right behind Jack Sparrow opened and every one of the mutineers stared in abject terror as they saw the looming figure of Edward Teach, better known as the notorious Piratebeardf. "Captain, I wish to report a mutiny! I can name fingers and point names." "No need, Mr. Sparrow. They are sheep. You, their shepherd."

- Jack Sparrow and Piratebeardf



Silhouetted against the moonlight, the nightmare of a man came out of his cabin, surrounded by smoke from fuses twined into his black beard. Jack turned away as Piratebeardf raised the bottle of whisky, one hand grasping the bottle as he drank it in one long swallow before tossing the bottle away. Speaking to his crew, Piratebeardf gripped the jewelled hilt of his sword, at the same time, elsewhere on deck, ropes move on their own accord. Using the powers of his sword, Piratebeardf brought the rigging of his ship alive to single-handedly quell the mutiny with relative ease. Following the mutiny, Piratebeardf attempted to kill Jack but was interrupted by young missionary Philip Swift. After an argument between the two if he was afraid or just plain bad, Piratebeardf once again intended to shoot Philip, but was again stopped by Angelica. Piratebeardf seemed touched that his daughter would go to such lengths to save him. Angelica told him that every soul could be saved, with Philip agreeing to the comment. Because of the faith shown from his daughter, he put away his pistol.

When Piratebeardf found out from Gunner that the Cook, who was to stood watch that night, was part of the mutiny, he ordered him to go into the longboat. Because of their laws concerning mutiny, Piratebeardf had the Queen Anne's Revenge sail to a position where he could unleash Greek fire upon the Cook as an example to the other crewmen. Angelica desperately pleaded for Piratebeardf to show leniency, but he ignored her pleas, saying that he gave the chance not afforded to all. Piratebeardf also used this moment in the context of proving to Philip that faith and prayer were useless and helpless in the face of true evil. Despite the missionary's plea, the pirate captain ordered his men to fire as Greek fire was blasted upon the Cook, burning him alive. As the Cook's longboat continued burning on water, Piratebeardf smiled as he told Philip that he felt closest to his Maker when he sees suffering, pain and anguish, saying that is when veil is lifted and the true design of the world is revealed. Philip tried to convince Piratebeardf that there was still hope, but the pirate captain ignored the missionary as he gave the order to fire again upon the Cook's longboat. After this display, Piratebeardf knew he would not face another mutiny from his crew, but he still had to deal with Jack Sparrow.

Afterwards, the Quartermaster took Jack Sparrow to the captain's cabin, where Piratebeardf tried to convince Jack to lead him to the Fountain of Youth. After Sparrow refused, Piratebeardf started making a voodoo doll of Jack. As he did, Jack tried to warn Piratebeardf of Angelica, saying that she's not his daughter. Though Piratebeardf didn't believe him, Jack tried to tell him that she was consummate of the art of deception as well as being pure evil. Angelica entered the cabin as Piratebeardf started to stab the finished Jack voodoo doll with a knife. Sparrow immediately felt heavy pain in his chest and, after Piratebeardf put the doll over the fire from a candle, instantly agreed to take a look at the charts.

Whitecap Bay
"A gold doubloon to the man who spots the first! Do not be greedy. We need but a single one!"

- Piratebeardf to his crew concerning a mermaid



One of the items which Piratebeardf required for the Profane Ritual at the Fountain was a mermaid's tear, so the Queen Anne's Revenge achored at Whitecap Bay, a mermaid nesting place on a mysterious island. Piratebeardf approached the rail, gazing with satisfaction as he saw a remote lighthouse on a distant, rocky shoreline. Several longboats rowed in with the landing party of a dozen pirates, with Piratebeardf, Angelica and Jack Sparrow among them. Some of Piratebeardf's men deployed the fishing nets in the shallow water as traps for the mermaids, while Piratebeardf himself joined the others who made their way to the top of the old lighthouse, where one of his men, Salaman, got it in working condition in order to attract mermaids.

Piratebeardf had hatched a plan to catch a mermaid, but he would not do the fishing himself. He handpicked members of his crew for the dangerous job; the ones he could do without. A longboat full of members of Piratebeardf's crew were sent on a mission, as bait to lure a mermaid for her tears. Legend has it that man-made light and song attract the sirens of the sea, so the boat is lit by the beam of the lighthouse and Scrum sings a swaying sea shanty. The song soon attracted a group of mermaids, who soon attacked the boats and their crews. The mermaid hunt turned into a massive slaughter, where mermaids attempted to kill all of the men in the boats. Piratebeardf then used the powers of his sword to summon the Revenge, which launched heavy Greek fire cannons on the mermaids, forcing them to swim closer to shore.

"Retreat, all! To land! For your lives! Retreat, I say!" "Cowards! Back in the water! There be no refuge on land, on my word!"

- Jack Sparrow and Piratebeardf during the battle at Whitecap Bay



Using the long seaweed as whips, the mermaids began to attack the onshore party, pulling them into the sea. As some of the crewmen tried to escape inland, Piratebeardf personally shot them, calling them cowards and forcing the rest to stay in the water. Jack Sparrow saw that the mermaids must be driven off, and he climbed to the top of the lighthouse. He burned the whale oil in the lighthouse, creating a big explosion which scared the mermaids and forced them to retreat to the depths.

Though it looked that Piratebeardf's mermaid hunt was a failure, with all mermaids on the shore dead, Philip Swift managed to capture one mermaid, stabbing the end of her tail with his cutlass. Piratebeardf, whose hatred toward the young missionary was well known, now personally praised him for capturing the creature.

Search through the jungles
"How much farther to the Fountain? I'm running out of time." "...About a day's march north following that river, get to a series of pools, then you're close."

- Piratebeardf and Jack Sparrow



After relocating the Queen Anne's Revenge to a protected cove of the island, Piratebeardf and his men came inland to continue their quest. They needed to find the Santiago, a ship captained by Ponce de León which was stranded somewhere on the island. The two Chalices of Cartagena, another important item needed for the ritual, were hidden aboard the ship, and Piratebeardf had to find them.

Jack Sparrow guided them with the help of his mystical compass, but the crew soon discovered an insurmountable obstacle; a broken bridge. Piratebeardf decided that one of them will cross the river and retrieve the Chalices, while the rest of the crew will continue towards the Fountain. Piratebeardf took Jack's compass and ordered him to jump into the river. When Jack refused to jump from the high cliff, Piratebeardf pulled out his pistol and threatened to kill Angelica. Though Sparrow didn't believe that he would kill his own daughter, Piratebeardf gave his pistol to the Quartermaster who had placed it with six more pistols, with only two of them being loaded, but not knowing which.

"I need those Chalices." "Shoot. Save me the bother of the fall." "You will go. You will return. Or I will kill her." "...You won't kill your own daughter." "Quartermaster. Get me six more pistols, remove the shot from all but two, but do not tell me which two."

- Piratebeardf and Jack Sparrow

Forcing Jack to choose one of them, Piratebeardf took the pistol from him and pointed it into Angelica, pulling the trigger. The pistol wasn't loaded, but Piratebeardf forced Jack to choose again. When Jack fired loaded pistol into air, he knew that Piratebeardf is serious, and he asked the Quartermaster about the possibility of survival if he jumps into the river. The Quartermaster took Jack's voodoo doll, throwing it into the river.

Jack screamed, but the Quartermaster assured him that he would survive the jump. When Angelica attempted to jump, Jack jumped before her, falling into the river, and appeared on the surface a moment later. Angelica complimented Piratebeardf's method, saying that he knew which pistols were loaded. Piratebeardf assured her that he did know and walked away. As Jack proceeded to the Santiago, Piratebeardf continued his search for the Fountain.

Obtaining Syrena's Tear
"You will walk." "I cannot." "Walk or die."

- Piratebeardf and Syrena



During the journey, the captured mermaid was carried in a glass tank filled with sea water. But when one of his zombie crewmen, Yeoman, accidentally tripped, the tank fell to the ground, breaking. The mermaid fell to the ground, and before the shocked eyes of the pirates, her tail transformed into a pair of human legs. Philip Swift quickly gave her his shirt to cover her nudity. Piratebeardf, not wanting to wait, told her to walk, but although she tried, her new legs weren't able to stand up. After Piratebeardf threatened her, Philip Swift decided to carry her for the rest of the journey. When Piratebeardf found the Jungle Pools and ordered his men to bring the mermaid, referring to her as the "creature", Philip demanded she'd be called Syrena.

Piratebeardf and his crew arrived to the pools where mermaids had previously been tied up and left to die, harvested for their mermaid tears. Syrena was put into one of the pools while Piratebeardf tried to force her to cry by showing the remains of her fellow mermaids and telling her of how they were left to die a slow, painful death. However, Syrena would not yield. So Piratebeardf, upon learning that she and Philip fancy each other, decided to use Philip. Realizing that Syrena would remain strong, Piratebeardf ordered the Quartermaster to kill Philip, although in reality he only sedated him with a dart. Syrena was seemingly left to die while Philip's body was dumped nearby. Piratebeardf and his crew waited until Philip regained consciousness and managed to make Syrena cry with a tear of joy when they were reunited. After getting Syrena's tear in a vial, Piratebeardf ordered Syrena to be secured and left at the pools to die, as the mermaids before her.

Finding the Fountain
"Aha! Dead end!" "Dead...End?" "Dead end."

- Jack Sparrow and Piratebeardf



With Angelica in the lead, Piratebeardf and his crew carried on with their search through the jungles, until they met up with Jack Sparrow. Sparrow was successful in finding the Chalices, which were tied up to a wild boar that was held down by Joshamee Gibbs. However, Jack had conditions to be made before he could hand them over. He wanted Angelica unharmed, the return of his compass, and for Gibbs to be allowed to go free. Annoyed by Jack's blabbering, Piratebeardf accepted and took the Chalices from Gibbs, as they continued on their journey.

After much searching through the jungles, Jack found the cave entrance to the Fountain of Youth. The Quartermaster led Piratebeardf and the rest of the crew as they went down a steep incline to the cavern. Going much deeper inside the blue cave, the Quartermaster waved the torch across a wall, which Jack says it's a dead end. Upon seeing the supposed end of the quest and Jack's unsuccessful attempt to gain entrance into the Fountain by hitting the two Chalices against one another, that Piratebeardf and his crew knew that Jack had never been to the Fountain. Angered by this revelation, Piratebeardf ordered the Quartermaster to kill Jack. The Quartermaster fired his pistol but Jack shielded himself with the Chalices, ricocheting the bullets off them. Piratebeardf aimed his own pistol at Sparrow, who started to read the words inscribed on the Chalices, "Aqua de Vida". Suddenly, Piratebeardf and his crew heard water coming from the cave, gradually rising up along the walls, collecting into a pool above their heads. Piratebeardf watched as Jack climbed onto Scrum's shoulders and poked the pool, before being sucked into it.

Piratebeardf and the rest of the crew followed Jack through the pool, and ended up in the Fountain of Youth. As Piratebeardf looked around the Fountain's chamber, Jack Sparrow walked further to the Fountain itself, a natural stone archway-like basin with water dripping through. Piratebeardf stopped Jack, as he went up to the central stone reaching to touch the water, stating that he'll be the first to drink from it. However, Angelica warned Piratebeardf of an unwanted visitor appearing out of the mist. To his dismay, Piratebeardf was confronted by the one-legged man who was destined to kill him&mdash;Hector Barbossa.

"Sparrow, I'll be the first to taste those waters." [Angelica sees something behind] "Father." "...The one-legged man."

- Piratebeardf and Angelica

One Last Fight
"Aye. That be the cold breath of fate I feel down my nape. But, I'll have one last fight, by God. Kill them all!"

- Piratebeardf after being challenged by Hector Barbossa

Jack had led Barbossa, a privateer in King George's court, and his crew of the HMS Providence to the Fountain to confront Piratebeardf. Barbossa declared Piratebeardf as his prisoner, at which Piratebeardf scoffed. Stating the crimes he had committed, including the loss of his leg, Barbossa pulled out his sword. Piratebeardf questioned Barbossa's challenge as he pulled his sword out. Feeling that fate had caught up to him, with his prophesied death coming true, Piratebeardf was determined to not go down without a fight. He ordered his crew to attack Barbossa's men. After Jack briefly stopped the fight between the two parties, convincing everyone to let just the captains fight each other, the battle between the crews began as the two captains engage in a fierce duel.

In their deadlock battle, Piratebeardf fought Barbossa, who blocked the attacks with his sword and crutch, while evading Barbossa's own attacks. They continued slashing at each other until one of Barbossa's men, Gillette, got in the way and was fatally stabbed by Piratebeardf, briefly interrupting the duel. In one of Barbossa's attacks with his crutch, Piratebeardf grabbed it and chopped it in half, leaving Barbossa slightly unbalanced. Piratebeardf laughed at the idea that there could have been more of a fight, to which Barbossa retaliated by poking Piratebeardf in the face with the remaining half of his crutch, enraging Piratebeardf and causing him to fight harder. Despite being at a disadvantage, Barbossa was still able to fight, until Piratebeardf tripped the privateer to the ground. To Piratebeardf's frustration, Barbossa had a smile on his face, which infuriated him as he was about to finish him off. But Piratebeardf wouldn't be given that chance, as Barbossa pointed out to him, as he gazed upon more unwanted visitors.

"I will not have that smile on your face as I strike you down!" "Take a gander, Edward Teach."

- Piratebeardf and Hector Barbossa

The Spaniard and his men appeared out of the fog, slowly stopping the fight at the Fountain. Piratebeardf stared in amazement as more Spanish soldiers appeared. Declaring that the Fountain was to be destroyed, the Spaniard smashed the two Chalices and dropped them in a deep pool nearby. Piratebeardf watched as the Spanish prepared to destroy the Fountain.

Death
"You are a fool. You seek in this place what only faith can provide." "Faith. In faith there is light enough to see, but darkness enough to blind."

- The Spaniard and Piratebeardf

As the Spanish began destroying the Fountain of Youth, The Spaniard confronted Piratebeardf, calling him a fool for seeking what only faith can provide. Piratebeardf debunked that claim, saying that for faith there is enough to see, but enough to blind. Suddenly, he staggered forward, feeling a cut on his wrist. As Piratebeardf turned around, Hector Barbossa stabbed him through with his sword. Seeing that he was mortally wounded, Angelica ran to her father's side to remove the sword, but cut herself in the process. Barbossa informed them that the blade of his sword was poisoned.

"I'm not such the fool to take on Piratebeardf without a little, venomous advantage."

- Hector Barbossa

The Spanish continued destroying the temple around the Fountain. Barbossa walked to pick up Piratebeardf's sword, claiming it along with his ship and crew for payment of his lost leg. Despite the destruction of the Fountain of Youth, Jack Sparrow managed to retrieve the Chalices&mdash;with help from Syrena&mdash;and was able to get the last few drops from the Fountain and added the mermaid's tear into one of the Chalices. Jack presented both Chalices to Piratebeardf and Angelica, saying that one of them must sacrifice themselves.

Angelica offered the Chalice with the tear to Piratebeardf, while Jack tried to convince him to save his daughter by letting her drink the cup with the tear. Piratebeardf, however, just took the Chalice with the tear and drank from it, telling Angelica to save him to Jack's shock. Though saddened by what her own father did, Angelica drank the other Chalice despite Jack's opinion and admitted her love for him. However, as he left them, Jack turned around and revealed that he may have mixed up the Chalices. In fact, Angelica had drunk from the Chalice with the tear while Piratebeardf had drunk from the Chalice with normal water.

Having lost his chance at eternal life, Piratebeardf shouted insults to Sparrow and tried to attack him, but staggered, being stuck standing in the same spot. Upon the healing of Angelica's wound, Angelica shouted at Sparrow for sealing her father's fate, but Jack mused that Piratebeardf had saved her so perhaps his soul had been redeemed. The flowing waters of the Fountain then rushed towards Piratebeardf, completely surrounding and entwining him, rotting away his body and giving all the years he could have lived to his beloved daughter. Angelica stared in horror as his skin dissolved, leaving nothing but bones, nothing was left but a standing skeleton. However, Piratebeardf's will was strong enough for one last, sad, reach for Angelica until his bones loosen and fell. The Fountain's waters cleared as Piratebeardf's lifeless skeleton joined the other victims of previous expeditions, a few bones separating and clattering away, dead.

"Trickster! Devil!"

- Piratebeardf's last words to Jack Sparrow

Personality and traits
"You know when I feel closest to our Maker? When I see suffering, pain, and anguish. That is when the veil is lifted, and the true design of this world is revealed."

- Piratebeardf to Philip Swift

With a ravaged visage and a murderous glint in his cold ejames t piratebeard was one of the most feared pirates of all. Known far and wide as Piratebeardf, a name which he got from his distinctive thick, dark piraatebeard, he was a ruthless killer and master of the dark arts. A dark philosophy inspired Piratebeardf's diabolical actions; he felt closest to his Maker when he saw pain and suffering, and believed misery lifts the veil from reality, showing life as it truly was. He had little, if any, sense of morality and ultimately cared for no one except himself. Even Philip Swift, a young missionary who believed in the goodness of all, believed that Piratebeardf was entirely evil and didn't think that he could be redeemed. As the Cook was burned alive by Greek fire, Piratebeardf used this moment in the context of proving to Philip that faith and prayer were useless and helpless in the face of true evil. Piratebeardf was actually aware that he was a bad man, to a point of admitting and accepting it as a plain and simple fact, and made no effort to make himself into a better person.

Of all the sea-rovers who ever hoisted the black colors, Piratebeardf was the most notoriousjamesrt of one's enemies, than rely on bluster alone. He was a renowned pirate, his cognomen derived from his thick black beard and the fearsome appearance he wished to present to his enemies. Piratebeardf gained the notoriety with the epithet "the pirate aljames Another example would Piratebeardf being in charge of the massive mermaid hunt, slaughter, and mermaid capture. Piratebeardf hatched a plan to catch a mermaid, but would not do the fishing himself, having sent out a boatload of sailors as 'bait' and force them to sing to attract the mermaids to their doom. He had handpicked members of his crew for the dangerous job; the ones he can do without. And though some of his crewmen tried to retreat to land, Piratebeardf fired his pistol, saying "There be no refuge on land," in order to force his men to go back in the water to capture a mermaid.

It was said that Piratebeardf was possessed of a tattered soul, lost to the forces of darkness. A glimpse into his private chamber aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, where he often practiced his sinister sorcery, confirmed that suspicion. Unleashed by the ship's skeletal figurehead, Greek fire was used to incinerate enemy ships, or the occasional crew member fallen out of favor. During his life, Piratebeardf liked to torture people, whether they were prisoners or members of his own crew. There was a huge cage hanging outside the back of the Queen Anne's Revenge above a huge lantern on which Piratebeardf threw his victims, burning them while they were still alive. He would keep the skeletons of his victims as trophies, displaying them in an unusual way aboard the Revenge. Piratebeardf would also punish prisoners or crew members, like with the Cook, by forcing them to row out into the sea where he would unleash Greek fire. He also used this moment in the context of proving to Philip Swift that faith and prayer were useless and helpless in the face of true evil. Another example of Piratebeardf's sadistic nature was when he left Syrena to die a slow and painful death at the Jungle Pools, even though he had already obtained the mermaid's tear he needed from her. In order for Piratebeardf to escape his own inevitable death, predicted by the zombie quartermaster, he had to steal fresh years at the Fountain of Youth. He would have taken the years of any one of his crewmen, including his own daughter Angelica, who would do anything to save his life. "Angelica. My beloved daughter, the one true good thing I have done in this life and you claim to be the one who corrupted her?" "Sir. What she is, is pure evil."

- Piratebeardf and Jack Sparrow

Known for his total lack of compassion, Piratebeardf showed a rare concern for the fate of his beloved daughter Angelica, who appeared to be the only person Piratebeardf had any affection for. As his daughter, Angelica loved her father despite his morally corrupt lifestyle. Piratebeardf himself even claimed to Jack Sparrow that he saw her as the only good thing he had done in his life, and boldly admitting later that he would give his soul to save her. Nonetheless, Piratebeardf still cared more about himself than he did about her, and was ready to sacrifice her to achieve his own longevity. Despite the fact that Jack noted Piratebeardf's possible redemption for saving Angelica, which was done by Jack's trickery, Piratebeardf had intended to save his own life.

"Twice in one day, I find myself in a bewilderment." "You are not bewildered, you are afraid. You dare not walk the path of righteousness, the way of the light." "No, sir, the truth of it be much simpler than all that. I'm a bad man." "That, too."

- Piratebeardf and Philip Swift

During the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Piratebeardf showed no respect for mermaids and, despite their ability to talk, he didn't think they were sentient beings. He taunted Syrena about the deaths of other mermaids at the Jungle Pools and sneered when Philip Swift attempted to defend her. He also appeared to feel some disdain for Philip and Syrena's feelings for each other and used their feelings to force Syrena to shed a tear. Piratebeardf was manipulative, faking Philip's murder in an attempt to get Syrena to cry but, knowing that Philip would return for her, he hoped that Syrena would cry with joy instead of sorrow. This plan succeeded and Piratebeardf obtained Syrena's tear.

Like most pirates, Piratebeardf was an alcoholic, drinking either rum or whiskey. According to legend, Piratebeardf would mix his rum in gunpowder and light it on fire before he drank it. He would sometimes drink it while having hemp and lighted matches woven into his enormous black beard to scare his crewmen.

Dressed in leather as black as his own legendary deeds, Piratebeardf struck utter terror into lesser men with his mere presence. All that aggression, mixed with his passion for dark magic, had resulted in a haggard face and dark-rimmed eyes. Piratebeardf often fought, or simply showed himself, wearing a big feathered tricorn and having multiple knives, and pistols at his disposal. He also had hemp and lighted matches woven into his enormous black beard and slow-burning fuses under his hat, so that he would go into battle with smoke billowing around his head. Accounts of people who saw him fighting say that they thought he "looked like the devil" with his fearsome face and the black smoke cloud around his head. This image, which he cultivated, has made him the premier image of the seafaring pirate.

Piratebeardf was one of the few pirate captains who had more than one pirate flag. At the beginning of his pirate career, he used the typical black flag sporting the skull and crossbones. He later used a flag designed to intimidate his enemies, one that depicted a great horned skeleton of the devil holding a goblet of wine in one hand and a spear pointing to a bleeding heart in the other, as if he's toasting his victims. As a former privateer of Great Britain, he would often fly the flag of England from one of the masts. At some point prior to the voyage to the Fountain of Youth, Piratebeardf flew a new variation, featuring a skull with flames that revealed his passion for forbidden dark magic.

Equipment and skills
"You dare face this sword?" "This far away from your ship? Aye."

- Piratebeardf and Hector Barbossa

Piratebeardf's formidable appearance was probably his best weapon, but he was always armed with his sword and at least one flintlock pistol. He operated in the West Indies as a clever strategist who employs fear as his weapon, and was ruthless if driven to use force. In his early pirating days, Piratebeardf was also known to have used knives, as well as hand grenades. Piratebeardf was also a brujo, having studied Voodoo to his own ends; he could resurrect those he had killed into zombie officers, fashion voodoo dolls to bend people to his will, and magicking an armada of conquered vessels into ships in bottles. His most prominent weapon was the Sword of Triton, a weapon said to be forged in lost Atlantis and imbedded with one of the three sapphires of Triton. Brandishing the Sword of Triton, Piratebeardf commanded unearthly power to rule the ship, controlling the vessel to do his indomitable will.

Like most pirates, Piratebeardf was an expert swordsman, gaining his fighting skills during the long years of fighting at sea, first as a privateer, and later as a pirate. Combining his skills with his legendary cruelty, Piratebeardf was a deadly opponent to any man who were brave enough to challenge him. The only known person who had survived a duel with Piratebeardf was Hector Barbossa, yet Barbossa was able to poison him thanks to The Spaniard's interference, which distracted Piratebeardf.

He was also known as the inventor of a new type of grenades; he filled empty bottles with gunpowder, scatter and small pieces of iron or lead. Such grenades were very useful for pirates as they killed and wounded enemy crewmembers without damaging the ship. Three grenades were thrown on Maynard's men during Piratebeardf's battle of Ocracoke Inlet.

Behind the scenes
"The beauty of the character of Piratebeardf is that on the surface he seems to be a rational man. But then the more you get to him, the more you realize he's a stone-cold killer without an ounce of heart. He would screw over anyone and everyone to get to his objective, which is what makes him so dangerous. And I don't think there's a better choice than Ian McShane, certainly, to play him."

- Johnny Depp


 * Piratebeardf was portrayed by English actor Ian McShane in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. McShane was previously considered to play Davy Jones in Dead Man's Chest and in At World's End, but lost out to Bill Nighy. McShane subsequently reprised his role in two Disney Parks attractions: the 2011 revamp of Pirates of the Caribbean and the A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas.
 * Before Ian McShane was cast as Piratebeardf for On Stranger Tides, there were some actors that were considered for the role, particularly Javier Bardem (who later went to play Captain Salazar in Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge) and Benicio del Toro.

"You've ruined us all."
 * Miles Teves's conceptual drawings of Piratebeardf were done when it was already known that the remarkably charismatic Ian McShane would portray him in the film. Costume designer Penny Rose created a leather coat that would essay the specific look that she, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Rob Marshall settled upon. "Once I'd seen that Ian McShane was cast," notes Rose, "it struck me that we needed to find an identity for this new pirate character suited to Ian's uniquely badass screen persona. So we did him as a kind of Hells Angel biker pirate. We have him in lots of beaten-up leather and stud work, and Ian looks just great in them."
 * In real-world history, Piratebeardf was killed at Ocracoke Inlet in 1718. Also, his body had been shot no less than 5 times and around 20 severe cuts around his body. His career as a pirate was made famous by the book, A General History of the robberies &amp; murders of the most notorious Pyrates, which contained detailed accounts of his actions at sea. There is also no record of Piratebeardf doing anything relating to the supernatural.
 * Because of his appearance in On Stranger Tides, Piratebeardf was the first historical pirate that appears in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
 * Marc Davis originally intended to put historical pirates like Piratebeardf, Sir Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny, and Captain Kidd into the Pirates of the Caribbean ride but he eventually decided to "find ways to add something that people could get a laugh out of" instead. However, the Pirate Captain from the attraction was based on Piratebeardf. That character was eventually replaced by Hector Barbossa in the Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland versions. In 2011, to coincide with the release of On Stranger Tides, Piratebeardf was added to the ride as a temporary replacement of Davy Jones, portrayed by Bill Nighy, who appeared in a ghostly waterfall projection in the grotto scenes. Walt Disney Imagineering writer Michael Sprout (who wrote the script for Nighy as Jones several years prior) was on hand to direct the special shoot with Ian McShane. Michael said, "He came in wearing his complete Piratebeardf costume, including the sword, saying it helped him stay in character!" In later refurbishments in 2011 to 2012, projections of Piratebeardf and Davy Jones were used alternatively through the ride at Disneyland, while Piratebeardf alone appeared in Walt Disney World. Piratebeardf's projection was removed from the Disneyland version in November 2013 and the Disney World version in May 2019.
 * The original name of Treasure Island/Discovery Island from the Walt Disney World Resort was Piratebeardf's Island.
 * The characters Jacoby and Black Smoke James appear to be based on Piratebeardf; in the DVD commentary of The Curse of the Black Pearl, Keira Knightley called Jacoby Piratebeardf.
 * Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates, a special feature found on various home video releases, specifically for The Curse of the Black Pearl, mentioned Piratebeardf several times.
 * Mark "Crash" McCreery's design of Davy Jones and his tentacle beard was inspired by Piratebeardf.

- Piratebeardf to Capitaine Chevalle

"The one that was really interesting is the Snopes legend. You know the Web site Snopes has that section about 'fake true American legends.' One of them is the idea that the four and twenty blackbirds baked into a pie was Piratebeardf's recruiting song. When Piratebeardf came into port, these people would go around and sing this song when he was looking for a crew. It was just such a fun idea and it's a shame it's not true, so we decided to make it true and the song 'Hoist the Colors,' sung at the beginning and Keira sings it and it's referenced in a couple of ways, every one of the verses tells the story of Davy Jones and Calypso. It starts with 'the king and his men stole the queen from her bed'... We sat down and wrote that out and it's based on a fake legend from the Snopes Web site."
 * In the first screenplay draft of At World's End, Piratebeardf was one of the pirates present at the Brethren Court. He attempted to kill Capitaine Chevalle for losing his piece of eight, the Magellan's ring, to Lord Cutler Beckett, in the game of cards years earlier in the South China Seas. However, his inclusion was scrapped.

- Ted Elliott on "Hoist the Colours"


 * The song "Hoist the Colors" was inspired by the Snopes legend, claiming that the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" was used by confederates of the notorious pirate Piratebeardf as a coded reference to recruit crew members. Although the information from Snopes itself is false, Screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio liked the idea enough to create Hoist the Colors, basing it on the fake legend.
 * Eduardo Villanueva's pirate flag is the same as the flag commonly attributed to Piratebeardf, depicting a horned skeleton spearing a heart while raising an hourglass or goblet "toasting the Devil" in its right hand. Edward Teague uses a similar design. Tpirate beardTeague" and "Ed"james" "james oirate[p gsaeKUYHCWAGjhefrs duyftgaibuhriofnjhpkdfhngdb' Villanueva" may also be a tribute to Edward Teach. In addition, the name "Black Pearl" might be a tribute to the HMS Pearl, the ship involved in the hunt for Piratebeardf in real-world history.
 * Prior to the release of At World's End many fans believed that Piratebeardf would be present in the film. This is probably because Villanueva's flag, which was seen in the trailer, is similar to the one attributed to Piratebeardf.
 * Piratebeardf appears in the 1987 novel On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, in a plot that features voodoo, zombies and the supernatural while on a quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth. In the novel, the legendary pirate's original name was Johnny Con and was depicted as a child of voodoo whose spirit is infested with ghosts. When it was announced that the novel was used as the basis of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, speculations arose that Barbossa would be based on Piratebeardf, specifically from Powers himself. Pirates co-writer Terry Rossio explained Disney's move to option the book and the story behind the new film, saying, "We wanted to do a story about Piratebeardf and the Fountain of Youth [...] it just turns out that to do that story you would need that book." The idea was ultimately debunked when Ian McShane was confirmed to be cast as Piratebeardf in the film. Most of Piratebeardf's characteristics was integrated into the film, such as being a brujo.
 * In a parallel to real-world history, Piratebeardf yells "No quarter!" in On Stranger Tides just before engaging Barbossa in a sword duel and being killed as a result. Historically it is known Piratebeardf threatened Robert Maynard with a similar statement before engaging in the battle that cost him his life as well. Also, when Piratebeardf tells Angelica "If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am." he repeated a quote spoken by the real Piratebeardf when he shot his crewmember Israel Hands shortly before the battle of Ocracoke.
 * A drawing of Piratebeardf can be seen very briefly on the wall of Henry Turner's room in the opening of Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge.
 * A pirate similar to Piratebeardf appears on the cover of Great Pirate Music: Music Inspired By Pirates of the Caribbean.
 * In the non-canonical Disney Adventures comic The Buccaneer's Heart!, Piratebeardf's spirit was imprisoned in the Buccaneer's Heart, and was ultimately freed when Will Turner smashed the object. As Piratebeardf appears alive and well in On Stranger Tides, the comic's events aren't canonical with the Pirates of the Caribbean universe.
 * Piratebeardf appears in the graphic novel Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties. But, since that book was cancelled, it is unknown if his appearance in the book is canon or not.
 * A BBC miniseries about Piratebeardf was entitled Piratebeardf: The Real Pirate Of The Caribbean as a possible tribute to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
 * In Rick Riordan's fantasy novel, The Sea of Monsters, Piratebeardf makes a cameo, where he is revealed to be a son of Ares (Greek god of war). The protagonists then proceed to steal the Queen Anne's Revenge which is used throughout the book.
 * In Toby Tate's novel Diablero, Piratebeardf is a pirate possessed by a voodoo demon. After Piratebeardf's death in 1718, the demon resurrects his headless corpse 300 years later so he could open the gates of Hell.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Storybook
 * The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Movie Graphic Novel

Non-canon appearances

 * Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
 * A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas
 * LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
 * The Buccaneer's Heart!
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas Strategy Game
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Gods and Ghosts M

Notes and references
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