Shipwreck City

General information
Location	Shipwreck Cove, Shipwreck Island
Points of interest	Pirate Hall Mermaid The Cutlass Drunken Lady South Docks Tavern Square West Docks Market Area East Docks The Slums
Notable inhabitants	Edward Teague Jack Sparrow Christophe-Julien de Rapièr "Stupid" Barnaby Auctioneer Scarlett Giselle
Societal
Population	Pirates Smugglers Prostitutes
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End (video game)
Latest appearance	Wedlocked

"Welcome to Shipwreck City, my boy."
"You survived! I lost money on that, yet I'm still pleased."

―Edward Teague and Jack Sparrow

Shipwreck City, sometimes referred to as the town of Shipwreck, was a fortified town located within Shipwreck Cove on Shipwreck Island, which is all located in the Caribbean. It was used by the Brethren Court to stage a summit prior to the battle against Lord Cutler Beckett and the East India Trading Company.

History

"I have eight pesos. How many do you need?"
"Neptune’s nightgown, love! You can't go flashing that much money here! This is Shipwreck City! Are you mad?"

―Esmeralda and Jack Sparrow

Shipwreck City was located on a small island in the crater of a volcano, and its mass was comprised of hundreds of wrecked ships. Each ship that had been chosen to become part of Shipwreck City had its own story—though in most cases those stories were long lost to the dust of history or myth. No one knew precisely how old the city was, though legend had it that its foundations consisted of Greek triremes, Roman galleys, and dragon-prowed longships.

Any ship wishing to reach the town was first forced to pass into the Devil's Throat, a narrow passage that claimed several vessels each year. Within the city were many pirates residing comfortably, with everything from weapons and instruments to jewelry sold off; there were younger pirates playing in streets and as always, hungry pirates making barbecues fashioned from old torture equipment. The city also had dungeons for those who broke the rules of pirate society.

The Auctioneer had an auction take place within Shipwreck City. During the War Against Piracy, the Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court gathered in a fourth meeting to make a plan of action against the onslaughts of Lord Cutler Beckett and the East India Trading Company Armada.

Behind the scenes

Shipwreck City concept art

"Shipwreck City. It be hidden but it ain't mythical at all. Never thought I'd live to see the day."
"The one place a pirate can feel safe an' respectable."

―Pintel and Ragetti

• For At World's End, scenes at Shipwreck Cove, including the Pirate Council Chamber in Shipwreck City, were filmed at Walt Disney Studios as one of the last sets built on Disney's Stage 2, where the great treasure cave and Pantano River sets had previously resided. "Shipwreck Cove was conceived by Gore as kind of a retirement home for old pirates, comprised of the wrecked hulls of various ships hidden in a volcano," notes production designer Rick Heinrichs. "The Brethren Court meet in one of those hulls, and outside of the structure we've extended the set with a 300-foot-long painted backing which has been beautifully designed and painted in the good, old-fashioned Hollywood tradition."
• The same set, just outside of the Pirate Council Chamber, would be used again as a location for the filming of the short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked. However, while the story takes place at Shipwreck City, the locations would not be so close together in-universe and so the two locations are an unspecified distance apart. The cast and crew of Wedlocked had only three days to shoot because the set would be destroyed afterwards.
• The "Shipwreck City" level of the At World's End video game plays very differently in between versions of the game:
  • PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows: Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa speak to one another prior to leaving on their separate missions, or "diversions", before the Pirate Conclave at the Pirate Hall. At the Hall's entrance, Captain Teague tells Jack about two missing Pirate Lords and some of Cutler Beckett's EITC men have infiltrated Shipwreck City, insisting they must start the Pirate conclave as soon as possible. Jack finds Ammand drunk on a chair and escorts him to the Pirate Hall, and later frees Sri Sumbhajee from some of Beckett's men. Meanwhile Barbossa fights his way past Beckett's men to the Pirate Hall, where the Conclave takes place. After the Conclave ends, Jack says they're being attacked by Beckett's small force, which ends as a non-playable cutscene.
  • PlayStation 3, Xbox 360: Jack Sparrow meets Captain Teague, who welcomes Jack upon arriving to Shipwreck City before sending him to find Sri Sumbhajee and Ammand. Upon meeting Sri Sumbhajee, Jack searches and retrieves the Pirate Lord's Piece of Eight from "Stupid" Barnaby and his henchmen. Jack also finds Ammand trying to leave early and defeats the Pirate Lord in a duel, with Ammand saying he would attend the accursed Conclave but that "the fresh blood of those who don't make it out of here in time will be on your hands." After the Conclave ends, Pintel and Ragetti say they're being attacked by Beckett's small force, in which players have the opportunity to play as Eduardo Villanueva, Mistress Ching, Ammand, Sumbhajee, and Teague defeat the EITC Redcoats and Black Cloaks.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom
• Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: The Movie Storybook
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (comic)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide

Notes and references

Locations in Pirates of the Caribbean
Africa Barbary Coast – Calabar – Egypt – Kerma – Slave Coast – Tripoli The Americas Boston – Florida – Louisiana – Mexico – New Orleans – North Carolina Panama – Peru – Savannah – Virginia – Yucatán Peninsula Asia Bombay – China – Hong Kong – India – Nippon – Shanghai – Singapore The Bahamas Andros – Nassau – New Avalon – New Providence The Caribbean Antigua – Black rock island – Cuba – Devil's Triangle – Hangman's Bay – Hispaniola Ile d'Etable de Porc – Isla De La Avaricia – Isla Cruces – Isla de Muerta – Isla de Pelegostos Martinique – Padres Del Fuego – Port Royal – Poseidon's Tomb Puerto Rico – Saint Martin – Shipwreck Island – Tortuga – Unnamed Island Europe Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland London – Marseille – Portugal – Spain Other locations Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena
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