Cotton

"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how."

- Joshamee Gibbs to Jack Sparrow

Cotton was a sailor and pirate operating in the Caribbean. At some point prior to his encounter with Jack Sparrow at Tortuga, Cotton had his tongue cut out, and subsequently trained his pet parrot to speak for him&mdash;though how he, as a mute, achieved such a feat remains unknown.

Cotton was at Tortuga the day Jack Sparrow arrived seeking a crew to journey with him to Isla de Muerta, when Will Turner set out to rescue Elizabeth Swann from Hector Barbossa and his cursed pirates. Cotton signed up for service aboard Jack's ship, the commandeered Royal Navy vessel HMS Interceptor, accompanied as ever by his parrot.

Cotton served faithfully throughout the adventure that followed, and continued to serve after Jack's crew commandeered the Black Pearl. A year later, Cotton was captured on Pelegosto along with the rest of the crew, and helped his comrades escape the cannibalistic natives and return to the Pearl. He was also one of the few to survive the Kraken's attack on the Pearl, during which Captain Sparrow sacrificed himself to save his men.

He later travelled with the crew to World's End, to bring Jack back from Davy Jones' Locker.

Behind the scenes

 * Cotton is portrayed by David Bailie

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End