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

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

When we first met Will Turner in The Curse of the Black Pearl , he was the humble, honorable blacksmith’s apprentice with a heart of gold and a secret lineage of piracy. By the end of At World’s End , he has become one of the most tragic yet heroic figures in the Pirates of the Caribbean saga: the immortal captain of the Flying Dutchman . Elizabeth watches in horror as her new husband’s

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

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

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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.