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This article covers content from an electronic game which is part of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and yet may also contain some inconsistencies and contradictions to established canon.

"I travelled to another world, an' now you will do the same… Take these words for the journey. If you read them right, them whisper what has been – and what is yet to be. Whispers to help you save a pirate's life… Now make sail! The door is open. The prisoner is waiting. And our time is tricklin' away…"
―The Castaway[src]

Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios. The player assumes the role of a pirate who completes voyages from different trading companies. The multiplayer game sees players explore an open world via a pirate ship from a first-person perspective. Groups of players encounter each other consistently during their pilgrimages, sometimes forming alliances, and sometimes going head-to-head. Sea of Thieves was released in March 2018 for Windows and Xbox One; it was one of the earliest first-party games released for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

A story campaign called Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life was developed as a crossover with Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean in a collaboration between Rare, Xbox and Disney. It was based on the film franchise and the theme park attraction as an "original story" and spans five Tall Tales. Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life was in development for about two years and was released as a free expansion and the headline feature of the game's Season Three update on June 22, 2021.

Synopsis[]

Sea_of_Thieves-_A_Pirate's_Life_-_Announcement_Trailer

The story sees players rescuing and recruiting Captain Jack Sparrow to aide in protecting the Sea of Thieves from Davy Jones, Captain of the Flying Dutchman. Along the way, players will encounter familiar locations and faces from Pirates of the Caribbean such as Isla Tesoro, and Joshamee Gibbs, the longtime comrade and First Mate of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Besides Davy Jones, new enemy types are being introduced through A Pirate's Life and into the overall world of the Sea of Thieves: the swarming Sirens, darting Phantoms, and brutish Ocean Crawlers.

Plot[]

Stealing the Golden Key[]

"Far in a world past the horizon, a treasure beyond value lay in the clutches of Davy Jones. When witty Jack Sparrow heard tell of this treasure, it became his heart's desire..."
―The Castaway[src] ([9])

Following the search for the Trident of Poseidon,[13] Captain Jack Sparrow found himself longing for new escapades.[14] He and his crew of the restored Black Pearl—including Joshamee Gibbs, Anamaria, and Scrum[15]—sailed to Tortuga to discover any information that would lead to a new adventure. Jack himself happened upon a hovel where he learned of the Golden Key, "a glittering trinket that could carry entire ships to other realms."[16] However, he also learned that the Golden Key was in the possession of Davy Jones, who was hiding in an ocean fortress. Jack surmised that Will Turner's curse being lifted—resulting in the Flying Dutchman not having a captain—resurrected Jones back from the dead to fill the vacancy. Jack hid the information from his crew, set a course for Jones's fortress, and planned to sneak inside and steal the Key from under his nose.[17]

Jack Golden Key

Jack holds the Golden Key.

As soon as Jones's fortress came into view, fearing the worst, most of the Black Pearl's crew abandoned ship. Gibbs, Anamaria, and Scrum were the only ones that stayed. Jack used Calypso's locket, previously recovered by Ragetti, to sneak into Jones's locked fortress, board the Flying Dutchman, and enter Jones's cabin.[15] He swiped the Golden Key, returned to the Pearl, and the barebones crew sailed away.[18]

Reaching the Sea of Thieves[]

"When him precious treasure stolen, Davy Jones chased the Black Pearl to distant seas. There a battle raged. The Pearl, she was dealt a mortal blow. Her captain felled by the darkness of Davy Jones. The crew, lost of hope and lost to sea...but lost where?"
―The Castaway[src] ([9])

The crew believed they had gotten away with the theft until the Flying Dutchman rose from the sea, cannons ablaze. With such a small crew, Jack did not feel confident in fighting the Dutchman. He used the Golden Key to cross between worlds and the Black Pearl arrived in the Sea of Thieves.[18] The Dutchman followed in their wake and the two ships entered combat,[9] during which Jack was killed in a broadside.[8] Those who die on the Sea of Thieves are sent to the Sea of the Damned; most arrive on the Ferry of the Damned, captained by the Ferryman, and are allowed to return to the land of the living unless they violated the Pirate's Code. Jack's death brought him and the Golden Key to the Ferry, but the Ferryman locked Jack in the Ferry's brig to prevent Jones from finding the Golden Key.[8]

The Black Pearl was sunk in the battle at Sea of Thieves coordinate C-19. She fell into the Siren Citadel, an underwater fortress controlled by the Siren Queen.[9] Davy Jones made the Siren Queen an offer:[19] she could take the Pearl apart, convert its remaining living crew into Cursed Mermaid Statues,[9] and integrate Jones's song of sorrow into their own siren song.[11][12] In exchange, Jones would have access to the Siren Queen's Ocean Crawlers[12] and the Sirens would create structures out of coral for him[19] (Jones incorrectly[12] believed he still could not set foot on land in the Sea of Thieves[19] as per his duty to Calypso).[12] To prove his power and court the Sirens' loyalty, he demonstrated the ability to summon the Sea of Thieves' Kraken,[11] which the Siren Queen regarded as her "daughter". The Siren Queen agreed as she was still at war with the merfolk and pirates in the Sea of Thieves due to her own past, while Jones aimed to reclaim the Golden Key to turn the Sea of Thieves into his new Locker.[9]

Escaping the Ferry[]

"The selfish actions of this... Sparrow... have brought catastrophe in his wake. Dire fortune that now threatens to consume the Sea of Thieves itself!"
"That's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, mate! And I think you may be overreacting just a smidge."
―The Ferryman and Jack Sparrow[src] ([8])

The use of the Golden Key alerted Calypso.[12] She followed the Black Pearl and Flying Dutchman into the Sea of Thieves, fearing for the fate of this new world should Davy Jones succeed in his plans.[11] Her travel to another and unfamiliar world temporarily took Calypso's strength out of her,[12] forcing her to channel her Tia Dalma persona[11] and masquerade as a simple Castaway. She set up camp at every Outpost on the Sea of Thieves, seeking out "them who want to know the truth".[20] The Castaway would assemble a team of pirates to track down the now deceased Jack Sparrow. She opened a portal to the realm of the Sea of the Damned where the pirates would see the story of the cursed pirates of Isla Tesoro and free a undead pirate the Cursed Captain who helped smuggle the crew onto the Ferry of the Damned. The crew using their lantern with the flame of the dead they stole on their way, broke open the grate to the cells. There the crew would encounter Captain Jack Sparrow, the crew would steal the keys from the dog guarding the cell. The Ferryman would be enraged as freeing Jack altered Davy Jones now back in command of the Flying Dutchman, the crew would use the Ferry's cannons to combat the Dutchman as well as dueling with Jones' Ocean Crawlers. One of the Crawlers would succeed and steal the Golden Key from Jack. Jones now with his prize used the Capstan Hammer making the Ferry rock causing Jack to fall into the Sea of the Damned being lost forever. The Crew would return to the Castaway for help.

The Sunken Pearl[]

"...my greatest prize - a royal gift from Davy Jones himself! Another ship from the world above, soon to be drawn inside the walls of my citadel and consumed. Piece... by... piece."
―Siren Queen[src] ([9])

Following Jack Sparrow being lost, the Castaway told the crew there is a way to find Jack by finding the Heart of the Sunken Pearl. The Crew would sail and swim downwards into the Siren Citadel finding the sunken Black Pearl. The Crew would take the key to the Black Pearl's Cabin being guarded by a sleeping Crawler. Inside the cabin was Sparrow's compass, the crew used the compass to navigate there way through puzzles, crawlers, and sirens. The Crew would eventually make it to the shipwreck of the Silver Blade and fought a Kraken the daughter of the Siren Queen, gifted by Jones himself. The Crew would defeat the Kraken and ventured into the Siren Queen's Lair and defeat her. They would find three siren statues destroying them freed Joshamee Gibbs, Anamaria, and Scrum, giving Gibbs the compass to find their way to escape.

Captains of the Damned[]

"It was pirates like this that helped me when I lost my crew; and my hope along with them. They reminded me that our Sea of Thieves a special place. A place where you can be a pirate and a good man."
―Sir Arthur Pendragon[src] ([10])

After Joshamee Gibbs returned to the Castaway, they learned how to find Jack Sparrow. Since the Sea of the Damned is shaped by the memories of those there, they can use Jack's own memories to find him. "The chronicling of Cpt. Jack Sparrow: Deeds, Adventures and the Heart of the Man," a journal filled with the recollections of Joshamee Gibbs who spent his best years living the Pirate's Life alongside Jack Sparrow, detailed tales including "The Black Pearl", "Tortuga", "The Raid on Isla Tesoro",[21] "Isla De Muerta",[22] "The Dead Man's Chest",[23] Tia Dalma/Calypso, the original and fourth meeting of the Brethren Court,[24] the Fountain of Youth,[25] the Trident of Poseidon,[13] as well as Jack's Treasure, "The Absence of Freedom" and "The Pirate's Life" in his most recent adventures with the Sea of Thieves. The Crew would sail back to the Sea of the Damned and find a fort named the Fort of Lost Souls stationed by Spanish Soldiers. The pirates would light a lighthouse on the fort singaling nearby ships. A fleet of ghost ships would open fire on the fort being led by Black Dog Briar the first mate of Captain Hector Barbossa. Briar would know the pirates were living and plans to steal Jack's treasure the pirates would duel with Briar, but he retreated knowing Jack was not here. The crew would then sail to Isla Tesoro and witness the raid led by the Wicked Wench. The Crew would find Jack but he would escape to the Black Pearl. As the crew left Briar and his crew would duel once again this time the crew beating Briar. The crew would follow the Black Pearl witnessing the Flying Dutchman chase the Pearl and the kraken dragging her to the depths. They would arrive at the Tavern of the Damned, with the Cursed Captain letting them in they find Jack and return his compass. But he was not willingly to leave until the other ghosts of the Sea of Thieves appear and convince him to return to the land of the living.

The Coral Fortress[]

"Jones assumes I'm dead and lost for all eternity adrift on an ocean of forsaken souls, so he hasn't bothered to change the locks. Frankly, I find that rather insulting."
―Jack Sparrow[src] ([11])

The Castaway tells the crew they are in danger as Davy Jones plans to use his treasure to merge the two worlds and use his power to kill the Ferryman and they must go stop the ritual. The Crew would sail aided with Jack to the Coral Fortress using Calypso's locket to open up the fortress using its tune. The crew would venture into the Fortress finding Jones. The crew and Jack would fight the Ocean Crawlers and the Gold Hoarder however Jones would escape still with his treasure.

Battle at the Spire[]

"When I first came here, all that mattered was escaping Jones' wrath. Never occurred to me that this might be a place worth running towards."
―Jack Sparrow[src] ([12])

The Castaway would reveal herself as Calypso, through her human form Tia Dalma, to the pirates. Explaining to Jack that she felt the magic used by the key and that Jones will still continue his ritual at his spire. The crew would venture one last time to the spire. Jones would summon ghost ships crewed by the souls of the damned. The crew would defeat a wave of the ships, then another would appear with giant siren statues. Jack would help the crew captaining the ghost Black Pearl along with a motley alliance of the ghosts from the Tavern. After destroying the statues Calypso would strike the spire giving the crew a way inside, the crew would climb up the spire, and find the Dead Man's Chest guarded by the ghost of Cutler Beckett and his soldiers. The crew would defeat the soldiers with the Lieutenant having the key to the chest. Inside the chest was Davy Jones' Locket, Calypso would strike it with her lightning causing the spire to sink. The Crew would man their ship once more with the alliance and fight the Flying Dutchman with the final blow coming from Calypso's lightning.

Ending[]

Mr. Gibbs while the battle perused would have the mermaids of the Sea of Thieves repair the Black Pearl to her former glory. After rising up from the depths Jack and the alliance would board her to see the Ferryman with the Golden Key, seeing their courage he would resurrect Jack, Rose, and George and give back the Golden Key to Jack. Calypso would tell Sparrow that he made a promise to a woman and that he must return to his realm. With Rose and George joining the crew they would venture back to Jack's own realm.[12]

Continuity[]

Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life was a story campaign developed in a collaboration between Rare, Xbox, and Disney, an "original story" based on Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in a crossover as part of the game's Season Three of the video game Sea of Thieves. It showcased several iconic characters, locations, and scenes familiar to fans of Disney's film franchise and the original 1967 theme park attraction in Disneyland,[21] as well as featuring pirates, skeletons, sharks, swarming Sirens, daring Phantoms, brutish Ocean Crawlers in an epic quest to protect the Sea of Thieves from the dark ambitions of Captain Jack Sparrow's nemesis Davy Jones and the looming threat to the pirate's life.[3][4][5][7][8] However, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life may not be considered canon despite being the intended sequel, among other Pirates media, to the five films The Curse of the Black Pearl,[22] Dead Man's Chest,[23] At World's End,[24] On Stranger Tides,[25] and Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge.[13]

Elements from the original ride include the skeletal pirates known Pirate Captain, Helmsman, and Pillager; the lively characters known as Treasure Keeper, Carlos, Carlos' wife, Auctioneer, Pooped Pirate, Old Bill, Mister Coote, and Billie How; as well as the pirate ship known as Wicked Wench.[21] Amongst other Pirates media, Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, Joshamee Gibbs, and the Black Pearl returned from all five films; Anamaria returned from her first appearance in The Curse of the Black Pearl;[22] Cutler Beckett, Tia Dalma/Calypso, and Davy Jones returned from their first appearances in the back-to-back sequels Dead Man's Chest and At World's End;[23][24] and Scrum returned from his first appearances in On Stranger Tides.[25]

Among the differences in continuity between Sea of Thieves and Pirates of the Caribbean:

  • The Sea of the Damned is a ghostly dimension, through which the Ferry of the Damned travels as it transports the souls of deceased pirates, the region also home to some Pirates locations, including Dead Man's Grotto and Isla Tesoro from the ride,[21] as well as Tia Dalma's shack from Dead Man's Chest.[23] While these are meant to be separate locations in the real world in their respective stories, the Sea of the Damned has them in the same area.[8]
  • Tia Dalma/Calypso was initially identified as "The Castaway",[8] a name never used in any of the characters' previous appearances.[23][24]
  • The "Whispering Bayou" was identified as the location of Tia's shack. Although this may be in reference to the Pantano River as seen in Dead Man's Chest,[23] it is more likely a reference to the Blue Bayou from the original ride.[21]
  • The Captains of the Damned Tall Tale featured "The chronicling of Cpt. Jack Sparrow: Deeds, Adventures and the Heart of the Man," a journal filled with the recollections of Joshamee Gibbs who spent his best years living the Pirate's Life alongside Jack Sparrow.[8][10]
    • The Black Pearl was said to be Jack Sparrow's ship, "Bearing the captain from one horizon to the next, ever since he was a lad."[8][10] However, Sparrow's early history with the Black Pearl, notably as the EITC merchant vessel Wicked Wench, was part of a backstory for the films that was further detailed in the novel The Price of Freedom, which took place when Sparrow was a twenty-five-year-old man.[26] In addition, the book Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm featured young Captain Jack Sparrow's first ship, the Barnacle.[27]
    • Jack Sparrow was said to have "made a few fast friends" in Tortuga.[8][10] This could refer to events relating to Joshamee Gibbs in The Curse of the Black Pearl,[22] but the character had made friends in Tortuga, namely Arabella Smith and Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III, much earlier in The Coming Storm.[27]
    • The name "Raid on Isla Tesoro"[8][10] was given to the then-unnamed attack on the fort and search for treasure from the original ride.[21]

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Locations[]

  • [[Sea of Thieves (First appearance)
    • Island
      • Castaway's Camp (First appearance)
    • Tunnel of the Damned (First appearance)
    • Coral Fortress (First appearance)
      • Chamber of Sorrow (First appearance)
    • Sunken Kingdom (First appearance)
      • Siren Shrine (First appearance)
      • Siren Citadel (First appearance)
      • Spire (First appearance)
  • Sea of the Damned (First appearance)
  • Tortuga (Picture only)
  • Isla De Muerta (Mentioned only)
  • Pirate Hall (Picture only)
  • Fountain of Youth (Mentioned only)

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sea of Thieves - IGN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sea of Thieves Release Date Announced - IGN on IGN.com (archived from the original on December 8, 2017)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sea of Thieves - Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Collides with Sea of Thieves! - Archived
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life - Announcement Trailer - YouTube
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Set Sail with Captain Jack Sparrow in the Ultimate Pirate Crossover, "Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life" - Disney Parks Blog - Archived
  6. ↑ How Sea of Thieves' tech creates a unique gaming experience • Eurogamer.net - Archived
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: A Pirate's Life.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: The Sunken Pearl.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Captains of the Damned.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Dark Brethren.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  14. ↑ Journal: "A Longing". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Journal: "A Theft". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  16. ↑ Journal: "A Rumor". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  17. ↑ Journal: "A Plan". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Journal: "A Problem". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Lords of the Sea.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Journal: "A Change of Location". Sea of Thieves Tall Tale: Dark Brethren.
  20. ↑ Sea of Thieves: The Castaway dialogue.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  26. ↑ The Price of Freedom
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm
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