Dead Man's Chest



"What, exactly, did he put into the chest?" "Him heart."

- William Turner and Tia Dalma

The Dead Man's Chest was a treasure chest in which was locked the heart of Davy Jones. The chest was buried on Isla Cruces in the Caribbean.

History of the Chest
"He couldn't literally put his heart in a chest&hellip;could he?" "It was not worth feeling what small, fleeting joy life brings&hellip;And so, him carve out him heart, lock it away in a chest, and hide the chest from the world."

- Pintel and Tia Dalma

When his lover left him, Jones carved his own heart from his body, and placed it within the Dead Man's Chest, which was subsequently buried. The only key that could open the chest was kept on Jones' person, hidden beneath his tentacled facial extremities. It was said that whomsoever opened the chest and obtained the heart would control Davy Jones, his crew and his Kraken beast&mdash;effectively controling the entire ocean.

Quest for the Chest
"A chest of unknown size and origin." "What contains the still-beating heart of Davy Jones." "And whoever possesses that chest, possesses the leverage to command Jones to do whatever it is he or she wants&hellip;"

- Jack Sparrow and Pintel to Elizabeth Swann

When Captain Jack Sparrow was given the Black Spot by "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, and told he was required to repay his debt to Davy Jones, Sparrow embarked upon a quest to locate the Dead Man's Chest, in order to save himself from a life of servitude to Jones. He used his mysterious compass to find the chest, while Will Turner stole the key from Davy Jones aboard the Flying Dutchman. Fighting off Turner, James Norrington and other interested parties, Sparrow eventually opened the chest and took the heart. The pirates Pintel and Ragetti made off with the now-empty chest, while Sparrow stored the heart in a jar of dirt.



Complications arose when Norrington found the jar and stole the heart for himself, then absconded with the chest ostensibly to draw Jones' pirates away from Jack Sparrow and his companions. However, once deep in the jungle, Norrington gave up the chest to the pirates and fled&mdash;with the heart secreted about his person. The crew of the Flying Dutchman returned the chest to Jones, who opened it after the destruction of the Black Pearl, only to find the heart missing. Jones feared it had been lost along with Jack Sparrow and the Pearl, though in actuality Norrington brought it to Lord Cutler Beckett in an attempt to regain his former position and status in the Royal Navy.

Battle for the Chest
"Open the chest. Open the chest, I need to see it!"

- Davy Jones

The Dead Man's Chest remained aboard the Dutchman despite the loss of the heart, and Jack Sparrow&mdash;recently returned from Davy Jones' Locker&mdash;would later engage Jones in a battle over the chest high up in the ship's rigging.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End