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Scarus was a crew member aboard the Black Pearl, serving under Captain Jack Sparrow, and, following his mutiny, Hector Barbossa. Scarus became cursed along with the rest of Barbossa's crew when they stole from the treasure of Cortés at Isla de Muerta, and spent the following decade attempting to lift their curse. The curse was ultimately reversed by the combined efforts of Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, though Scarus and the crew were forced to surrender to Commodore James Norrington aboard the HMS Dauntless. Scarus was likely taken back to Port Royal to be executed.
Biography[]
Scarus joined the crew of Captain Jack Sparrow prior to the search for Isla de Muerta, and served under Sparrow until the night of Barbossa's mutiny. Scarus and the rest of the crew stood by Barbossa against Jack, who was then marooned while the crew, now serving Barbossa, continued on to Isla de Muerta. There, they took from the treasure of Cortés and spent it all on life's pleasures. It was only later that the crew realized the treasure was cursed. Scarus found himself unable to die, and unable to feel neither pleasure nor pain. Under moonlight, he and the crew became walking skeletons, and the undead men began their quest to return all eight hundred and eighty two gold coins to Isla de Muerta.[1]
Ten years later, Scarus participated in the attack on Port Royal, joining the raiding party that headed for the governor's mansion in search of the last piece of cursed gold. While Pintel and Ragetti pursued Elizabeth Swann—the bearer of the final medallion that called to them—Scarus and the rest of the attackers ransacked the mansion, and was seen chasing after the footman with his dagger in hand. He and the rest of the cursed crew returned to the Black Pearl with the captive Elizabeth, where he triumphantly raised a golden chalice as the pirates took stock of their loot. Under the false belief that Elizabeth's blood would be the key to ending their curse following her negotiations with Captain Barbossa, the crew made preparations to leave Port Royal and sail for Isla de Muerta.[1]
Scarus waiting for the curse to lift.
Upon arriving at Isla de Muerta with their captive in tow, Scarus and his crewmates brought loot from the attack into the treasure cave, tossing it into their massive hoard of plundered wealth. Captain Barbossa began the blood ritual shortly thereafter, staining the medallion with Elizabeth's blood and dropping it into the chest. With his eyes closed and arms outstretched, Scarus waited for the curse to be lifted, but the only feeling that came was disappointment when it was found that the ritual failed. When Bo'sun blamed Pintel and Ragetti for bringing them the wrong person, Scarus drew his dagger threateningly, and tensions rose until the pirates nearly mutinied against Barbossa, but for the discovery that Elizabeth had escaped with the medallion. The pirates returned to their boats to give chase, only to find the oars were gone, and that their former captain Jack Sparrow was there, having escaped the island they had marooned him on.[1]
Scarus, to the left of Barbossa, during the battle against the Interceptor.
The crew managed to return to the Black Pearl, and Scarus took part in the battle against the HMS Interceptor, standing with his cutlass and pistol at the ready as Captain Barbossa gave the order to board the enemy ship. Though the Interceptor's motley crew fought valiantly against their attackers, they were no match for the immortal pirates and were soon captured along with the medallion. Scarus let out a cackle as Elizabeth was forced to walk the plank, followed shortly by Jack Sparrow, and the crew then returned to Isla de Muerta with Will Turner as their new captive—whose blood was certain to lift the curse this time.[1]
The blood ritual was interrupted by the arrival of Jack Sparrow, who had again survived his marooning, and revealed to his former crew that the HMS Dauntless was lying in ambush for them, moored in the shallows just off the coast. Scarus and most of the other pirates were sent to attack the British Navy—using the curse to their advantage, the pirates walked along the ocean floor and boarded the unsuspecting Dauntless from underwater. In the battle that ensued, Scarus fought the British until the curse was lifted, and upon seeing Koehler dead, dropped his cutlass and surrendered. Governor Weatherby Swann took delight in mocking the embarrassed Scarus. He and the rest of the pirates were taken back to Port Royal to be hanged.[1]
Personality and traits[]
Scarus, much like the other members of the cursed crew, was a bloodthirsty and vicious pirate, who was doomed by his own greed to suffer under the curse of the Aztec gold. He had red hair and a thick beard, with a long scar running down the right corner of his lip. He was quite heavily armed, carrying no less than a cutlass and two flintlock pistols on his person, as well as a dagger held in a scabbard on the baldric he wore across his chest.[1]
Behind the Scenes[]
Tommy Schooler as Scarus.
- Scarus was played by Tommy Schooler in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[1]
- After playing Scarus in The Curse of the Black Pearl, Tommy Schooler went to play Salty the Pirate in the 2004 live-action/animated film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. In the film, he sailed aboard the HMS Bounty, which would portray the Edinburgh Trader in the 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean sequel Dead Man's Chest.[citation needed]
- Scarus's name appears in the Black Pearl crew roster book at Walt Disney World's Tortuga Tavern restaurant.[2]
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