Devil's Throat

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Devil's Throat
General information
Location	Shipwreck Island
Societal
Affiliation	Brethren Court
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End
Latest appearance	At World's End

"Borya gave up the second rogue that Davy Jones spoke of? The one he said was here in Shipwreck Cove? Who...who was it?"
"Turns out it was that popinjay, styles himself de Rapièr. That foppish dandy must've twigged that the Little Butcher might sing, 'cause he was caught with his longboats out, towing his brigantine, tryin' to make it to the tunnel and clean away."

―Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa

The Devil's Throat was a huge sea tunnel to Shipwreck City, in Shipwreck Cove, located on Shipwreck Island. It was the main passageway for any ship attempting to enter the pirate stronghold. There was no shortage of quaintly carved wreckage to decorate the city, because the approach to the cove was through the hidden and perilous sea tunnel, which claimed several vessels each year. The Black Pearl was one of many vessels that had successfully navigated its way through the Devil's Throat prior to the meeting of the Pirate Lords of the Fourth Brethren Court.

History

"Step out, Mister Cotton. There's some dangerous cross tides ahead that will prove a trick to navigate."

―Jack Sparrow to Cotton

The Black Pearl sailing through the passage.

The Devil's Throat was the entrance to Shipwreck City, in Shipwreck Cove, on Shipwreck Island. There was no shortage of quaintly carved wreckage to decorate the city. That was because the approach to the cove was through the perilous sea tunnel, which claimed several vessel each year.

The Devil's Throat was the only way into the volcanic crater that housed Shipwreck City. Many died making it deep enough for a ship's draw. Every year, its treacherous passage, which was known to be a trick to navigate, claimed several vessels that dared sail through. These wrecks were subsequently added to the assembly of derelict ships that comprised the ship-wrecked city itself. Because not all the ships can make it through the Devil's Throat in one piece, there was "salvageable booty" all over the East Docks.

Pintel and Ragetti while in Devil's Throat.

During the war against the East India Trading Company, the Black Pearl was one of many ships to have sailed through the deadly passage to reach Shipwreck Cove for shortly before the conclave and meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court. Jack Sparrow took the helm as the Pearl sailed to a giant rock formation and the crew spied a hidden sea tunnel in the rocks ahead. Slowly the ship maneuvered through the tunnel, toward a light burning in the distance. At last, they emerged from the rocky channel into a wide cove, surrounded on all sides by towering cliff walls. While they were passing through, Pintel and Ragetti weren't sure if they liked the passage until Hector Barbossa told them the passage's name, which stroke fear into their minds. Joshamee Gibbs examined the tunnel and, though he couldn't believe it, found that it was deep enough for the ship's draw.

Behind the scenes

One vessel that had successfully navigated its way through the Devil's Throat. Art by Nathan Schroeder.

"What is this place?"
"I don't know, but I don't like it."
"Welcome to the Devil's Throat."

―Pintel, Ragetti, and Hector Barbossa

The Devil's Throat first appeared in media relating to the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, notably though the scene with Pintel and Ragetti which briefly appeared in the trailer, which released in March 2007. It was first detailed and identified by name in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide, which included art by Nathan Schroeder, and made its full appearance, albeit unnamed, in the junior novelization. The name also appeared in the "Captain's Log" of the video game adaptation.

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for At World's End, Jack Sparrow took the wheel of the Black Pearl from Cotton, saying there was some "dangerous cross tides ahead that will prove a trick to navigate." At dusk, the Black Pearl sails straight at the cliff, as if it will run aground, but revealed amid the rocks is "a huge SEA TUNNEL" the Pearl sailed through. "Devil's Throat" is only identified by name in the interior scene heading. Gibbs glances over the side, saying the tunnel was "deep enough for the ship's draw" and he would never have believed it. Jack responded "If you knew how many died making it deep enough -- you'd believe." Only Jack's dialogue with Cotton was retained in the junior novelization. By the final version of the scene in full, Jack said how many died "while dredging it" in his response to Gibbs. There is an additional moment where Pintel and Ragetti talk about the place, with Hector Barbossa identifying the "Devil's Throat" by name. Though the scene with Pintel and Ragetti first appeared in the trailer "Everything Has Led to This" featurette before the film's theatrical release, the full scene, though with incomplete special effects, was included in Blu-ray releases in 2011.

Before At World's End, there was a "Devil's Throat" located on the island of Redmond, found on a map used to promote the 2003 video game Pirates of the Caribbean.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) (Mentioned only)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (comic) (First identified as Devil's Throat)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: The Movie Storybook

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide (First identified as Devil's Throat)
• The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean