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In the pantheon of cinematic pirates, few characters have undergone as profound a transformation as William "Will" Turner Jr. from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He begins as a humble blacksmith’s apprentice and ends his arc as one of the most tragic yet heroic figures on the seven seas: the immortal captain of the ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman .

The film’s final scene shows Elizabeth standing on a cliff at sunset with their son, Henry. As the Flying Dutchman rises from the water, Will steps onto the sand, transformed but human. He asks, "Elizabeth?" She replies, "Ten years. It’s nothing." will turner captain of the flying dutchman

In At World’s End (2007), Will strikes a desperate bargain with the resurrected Captain Barbossa. He agrees to trick Jack Sparrow into becoming the new captain of the Dutchman so that Will can retrieve his father’s soul from the ship’s cursed crew. However, the plan backfires. During the climactic maelstrom battle, Will is fatally stabbed through the heart by Davy Jones. In the pantheon of cinematic pirates, few characters