Upon Jack Sparrow's return from Davy Jones Locker, the Black Pearl was met by Sao Feng who then turned Sparrow over to Beckett and the waiting HMS Endeavour, his personal flagship. With the Dutchman and Kraken destroying anything in their path, the future of buccaneers and even free traders in the Caribbean seemed bleak. Using the heart of Davy Jones, Beckett forced Jones to join him in his war against piracy. In exchange for the return of his officer's commission, James Norrington returned with the treasured container after aiding, then betraying Sparrow and Will Turner.

Turner did so begrudgingly since it also meant Elizabeth Swann could face similar punishment. The offer was the carrot versus the option of Will being hung or imprisoned for piracy and aiding in Sparrow's escape. He offered a Letter of Marque to young Will Turner, to obtain Captain Jack Sparrow's compass - which would then lead him to the chest. As part of this War on Piracy effort, he sought the Dead Man's Chest. Soon, he made it his goal to remove piracy from the world forever.

It is unknown what mark was left on Beckett, but Sparrow has a P on his wrist for pirate.īeckett later earned the title as a Lord sometime around when the crew of the Black Pearl were captured and Captain Jack Sparrow escaped the hangman's noose.īeckett made Port Royal his base of operations for the East India Trading Company's expanding interests. When Sparrow discovered the ship was carrying slaves and freed them, Beckett ordered the vessel burned and Sparrow branded as a pirate. Some thirteen years prior to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, he was already in a position of authority and granted a young Jack Sparrow command of the East Indiaman vessel Black Pearl. Cutler Beckett was employed by the East India Trading Company from a fairly early age and he was quite tenacious to ascend the company ladder.

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