Battle of Isla de Muerta

The Battle of Isle de Muerta was the climatic battle of Curse of The Black Pearl. It was this battle that the curse set by the Aztec Gold was lifted. It saw the death of Hector Barbossa, as a direct result of curse being lifted in congurent with the shot fired from Jack Sparrow. It also resulted in the rescue of the Black Pearl by Jack Sparrow's crew.

Background of the Battle
Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swan were marooned on an island by Captain Barbossa after Will Turner had negotiated the release of Elizabeth Swan (except that he never told Barbossa where to drop her off at). Elizabeth was able to trick Jack and set fire to all the rum and food, with the intent of signaling British Warships of where they were. The HMS Dauntless arrived, and rescued both people.

Elizabeth then was able to talk James Norrington into taking the Dauntless to Isle de Muerta and save Will Turner. Jack Sparrow guided the Dauntless to the island and contemplated the phrase "as silent as the grave" as per instructions from Norrington.

Jack Sparrows' Plans
They arrived at the Isle and Jack Sparrow told Norrington a plan of his where Jack would draw out the pirates, and then he would blast the pirates with the cannons from the ship. He did not tell the commodore that the pirates were immortal. Norrington did not follow Sparrows' plan because it was Sparrows' idea, but rowed his men in several longboats to the opening of the cave.

Sparrow arrived at the cavern with the chest of the cursed Aztec Gold in middle of the ceremony to spill Will Turners' blood and lift the Curse. He then proceded to convince Barbossa to capture the Dauntless and make Sparrow captain of the Black Pearl(and stole a piece of the Aztec Gold to make himself immortal during the upcoming conflict).

Ambush of Barbossa's Crew
Barbossa ordered his crew to 'take a walk' which led the pirates to walk on the bottom of the ocean floor until they came up on the anchor and lines of the Dauntless. Meanwhile, two of the crew were dressed up as wemon and rowed from the cave, thus distracting Norrington's men and the men on the Dauntless. The pirates used the distraction to board the ship, and they slit the throats of the sentries.

Elizabeth Swan escaped from the Dauntless, and boarded the Black Pearl. She threw the monkey Jack overboard, and when the two pirates left guarding the ship went up to investigate, she freed Jack's crew. They then knocked the pirates overboard using the longboat of the ship. Elizabeth tried to convince the crew to save Jack Sparrow, but ended up being set adrift to save him herself by the crew. The Black Pearl set sail and escaped the battle.

Duel of the Cave
Barbossa was really impressed that Jack would submit himself under his command. Jack then went told him that it was the honest ones he needed to watch out for, then attacked Barbossa, and freed Will Turner. One of the four pirates got his head shoved into a gold pot, and the rest fought Will Turner and Jack Sparrow. Jack Sparrow was stabbed in the heart by Hector Barbossa, but, because he had stolen a coin, could not die.

Elizabeth arrived, and saved Will from getting killed, and they were able to shove a pole into all three pirates they were fighting. They dispatched them by shoving a bomb into the stomach of one of the pirates, then shoving them out of the moonlight, which made the pirates get thier skin and body back, thus resulting in them blowing up.

Norrington's Counterattack
The whole crew of the Dauntless fought with alot of vigor, and had it been under regular circumstances, could have beaten the pirates. But, they were not fighting under normal circumstances. Despite that, they were holding thier own, but steadily losing. Even Governor Weatherby Swan got into the action as he fought for possession of his wig, and against a hand which he had knocked off a pirate's arm.

One of the dying crew in his last moments, grabbed the bell of the Dauntless and began ringing it frantically. The sailor was stabbed in the back, but his efforts were not in vain. Finally alerted to the peril of the Dauntless, Norrington and his men rowed as fast as they could to the ship. Pirates took control of the cannons and began firing upon the longboats as they came racing, but all of thier shots missed, though most of the shots came very close.

Norrington and his crew boarded the ship swiftly and attacked the pirates. The pirates were now forced to fight twice as many men now, but they were still confident of victory, seeing as they were undead.

The Battle Ends
With the other pirates dispatched, Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa fought a fierce duel. When asked if they would fight forever, Sparrow suggested that Barbossa surrender. Then, Will leapt to the chest, and cut his hand and the coin. Jack also cut his and shot Barbossa in the heart. Barbossa laughed and told Jack his shot was wasted. Will Turner replied that he had not, and Barbossa fell dead, his last words being, "I feel....cold."

The Pirates on the Dauntless fought for a few more seconds before realizing that several of them were getting killed. Then, they surrendered. Norrington said, "The ship is ours." Which was followed with wild chears of "Huzzah!"

Aftermath
With the lifting of the Curse, all the surviving pirates were hauled off to prison. Captain Jack Sparrow was arrested and condemned to hang. He was saved at the last second by Will Turner, who aided him in escaping to the cove, where Gibbs and the crew of the Black Pearl rescued Jack. Will Turner shortly purposed to Elizabeth Swan.