The Pirate Lords of the Fourth Brethren Court.
The Pirate Lords were nine powerful pirate captains who each claimed territories around the world. They were known for creating the Pirate Code[1] and binding the Sea Goddess, Calypso in human form. They again united against the threat of Lord Cutler Beckett.
Pirate Lords[]
Dominions of the various Pirate Lords.
The nine Pirate Lords as of the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court.
- Ammand - Pirate Lord of the Black Sea
- Hector Barbossa - Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea
- Chevalle - Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Sea
- Ching - Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean
- Jocard - Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean
- Jack Sparrow - Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea
- Sumbhajee Angria - Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean
- Elizabeth Swann - Pirate Lord of the South China Sea (later voted as Pirate King)
- Eduardo Villanueva - Pirate Lord of the Adriatic Sea
Former Pirate Lords[]
First Court[]
- First Pirate King
- First Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean
Second Court[]
- Grandmama - Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean
- Henry Morgan
- Bartholomew
Third Court[]
- Sao Feng's father - Pirate Lord of the South China Sea
Other Lords[]
- Edward Teague - Pirate Lord of Madagascar[2] (later Keeper of the Code)[3]
- Ching's husband - Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean, deceased, succeeded by Ching.
- Boris Palachnik - Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea, succeeded by Barbossa, died in the explosion of his ship.
- Don Rafael - Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea, killed by Christophe-Julien de Rapièr, succeeded by Esmeralda.
- Lady Esmeralda - Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea, fate unknown.
- Liang Dao - Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, overthrown by Sao Feng, killed by Benedict Huntington.
- Sao Feng - Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, title given to Elizabeth Swann after his death.
- King Samuel - Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean, overthrown by Jocard.
- Ammand's predecessor - Pirate Lord of the Black Sea, killed and succeeded by Ammand.
Prospective Pirate Lords[]
- Jolly Roger - Considered for the position of Lord of the Caribbean, but was beaten by Jack Sparrow.[4]
- Tartaglia - Attempted to trick the Third Brethren Court into making him a Pirate Lord using the Timekeeper.[5]
- Stupid Barnaby - Attempted to make himself a Pirate Lord by stealing Sumbhajee's piece of eight.[6]
Becoming a Pirate Lord[]
The title of Pirate Lord was bestowed when a former Lord gave his piece of eight to a successor. Generally one had to be a pirate captain, usually a powerful and/or famous one, to be considered worthy of the position. Pirate Lords tended to be the most powerful captains of their respective regions and commanded the respect of their fellow pirates. However, some Pirate Lords, such as Jack Sparrow and Barbossa, retained their titles even when they didn't have so much as a single ship to their name.
Behind the scenes[]
"The Pirate Lords, from the four corners of the Earth, must stand together."―Hector Barbossa[src] (trailer)
- The original opening of At World's End was to be a montage depicting the Pirate Lords each receiving a piece of eight from Hector Barbossa as a sort of invitation announcing the convening of the Brethren Court. However, the scene of the hanging at Fort Charles, in which Hoist the Colors was sung, ended up being the opening in the final cut of the film. All that remained of the original opening was a shot of Barbossa with a piece of eight in his hand, which only appeared in the opening clip of the At World's End deleted scenes.[7]
Appearances[]
- The Price of Freedom
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War
Sources[]
- The Price of Freedom
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
- The Pirates' Guidelines
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide p90-91: "Pirate Lords"
- ↑ The Pirates' Code Guidelines, p7
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: Dance of the Hours
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) - PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions
- ↑ Gore Verbinski Audio Commentary At World's End Deleted Scene Opening
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