Zombie

"He's been zombiefied." "Eh?" "Zombiefied. Blackbeard's doing. All the officers are the same&mdash;makes 'em more compliant." "And perpetually ill-tempered."

- Scrum and Jack Sparrow

Zombies were undead beings that were somehow re-animated by some means. During the Quest for the Fountain of Youth, zombies were used in the service of Blackbeard aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.

History
"You've got a zombie? All the rage among mystics these days, are they?"

- Jack Sparrow to Tia Dalma

Of Voodoo origin, the word initially referred to a curse cast by sorcerers allowing them to take control of a person's mind, therefore affecting his or her actions. However, due to significant influence of Voodoo on witchcraft mythology, this meaning soon morphed into that of a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead.

Tia Dalma was fluent in making zombies. In the 1730s, she sent one of her zombies, Alex, to join the crew of the Black Pearl to find Shadow Gold. As a zombie, Alex's eyes were filmed over and clouded. Whenever he walked, bits of skin and flesh would drop off him.

The zombies that served aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge were created by Blackbeard through rituals of the dark arts. Blackbeard's best known zombie officers were the Quartermaster and Gunner. When the Quartermaster was zombiefied, he was gifted with a second sight, thereby gaining the ability to predict the future. After Blackbeard's death at the Fountain of Youth, all of his zombies decomposed and died with him.

Biology and appearance
"The living and the dead aren't as separate as you think. Haven't you heard of a zombie before?"

- Jean Magliore to the crew of the Barnacle

As un undead beings, zombies were imune to almost all sorts of conventional weapons. Sword stabs and pistol shots had no effect on them. Since they were tehnically walking dead, some of them were more or less decomposed. People who were brought to life as zombies shorty after their death looked similar to normal human beings.

List of known zombies
"Witty Jack, meet Alex. My zombie."

- Tia Dalma to Jack Sparrow


 * Quartermaster
 * Gunner
 * Yeoman
 * Master-at-Arms
 * Cook
 * Alex

Behind the scenes

 * In LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, zombies were created by Blackbeard using his sword.
 * In the On Stranger Tides novel, the zombies are mindless walking corpses, but in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, they look and act almost like normal people.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow: The Pirate Chase
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
 * LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game