Jack Sparrow

GENDER

Male

ETHNIC GROUP

English

EYE COLOR

Brown

HAIR COLOR

Black[9]/Brown[1

HEIGHT

5' 10" (1.78 m)

BORN

Early 1690s[5] on a pirate ship during a typhoon[6]

FAMILY

Edward Teague (father)[1] Jack Sparrow's mother (mother)[2] Grandmama (paternal grandmother)[3] Valerie (cousin)[citation needed] Jack (paternal uncle)[4] Captain "Ace" Brannigan (uncle)[citation needed] "Quick Draw" McFleming (aunt)[citation needed] Patriarch (relative)[citation needed] Mabeltrude (cousin twice removed)[citation needed]

TITLE(S)

Captain[9] First Mate Cabin Boy King of the merfolk[10] Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea[11] Magistrate of Nassau[12] Scourge of the Caribbean[13] Chief of the Pelegostos[8] Judge[1] Discoverer of the Fountain of Youth[1]

ALSO KNOWN AS

Mr. Sparrow[9] Jackie[2][14]/Jacky[15] Jackie boy[2][14]/Jacky boy[15] Jacques[15] Señor Sparrow[15] Jack the Sparrow[4] Witty Jack[8] Black Smoke James[12] Smith[9] Smithy[9] Justice Smith[1]

BOUNTY

10,001 guineas for his death[16] 200 pounds[4]

WEAPON(S) OWNED

Sword[9] Flintlock pistol[9] Musket[8]

SHIP(S) CAPTAINED OR CREWED

Barnacle[17] Grand Barnacle[18] Koldunya[15] Troubadour[15] La Vipère[15] Fair Wind[15] Wicked Wench/Black Pearl[9][15][4] Jack Sparrow's sloop[19] Jack Sparrow's corvette[19] Jack Sparrow's galleon[19] Jack Sparrow's bilander[20] Jolly Mon[9] HMS Interceptor[9] Jack Sparrow's dinghy[2] Queen Anne's Revenge[1] Jack and Angelica's longboat[1] Dying Gull[4]

BATTLES

Destruction of the British warship[21] Mutiny on the La Fleur de la Mort[22] Battle of New Orleans[23] Attack on the Misty Lady[3] El Matador Del Mar campaign[4] Attack on the Dutch flute[15] Attack on the Fair Wind[15] Attack on the Wicked Wench[15] Attack on the Spanish galleon[24] Battle at Liang Dao's palace[25] Battle of Hong Kong[26] Attack on Sri Sumbhajee's palace[27] Battle in Teague's mansion[28] Attack on King Samuel's fortress[29] Ambush in Marseille[30] Escape from Marseille[31] Day of the Shadow[32] Sack of Nassau[12] Destruction of the Interceptor[9] Battle of the Isla de Muerta[9] Raid on Fort Alvo Grande[12] Escape from the Turkish Prison[8] Escape from Cannibal Island[8] Battle of the Isla Cruces[8] Skirmish off of the Isla Cruces[8] Skirmish off of the Black Sand Beach[2] Battle of Calypso's maelstrom[2] Escape in London[1] Mutiny on the Queen Anne's Revenge[1] Battle at Whitecap Bay[1] Incident at Palm Tree Grove[1] Battle for the Fountain of Youth[1] Bank robbery in Saint Martin[4] Escape from Saint Martin[4] Race to the Black rock island[4] Battle of Poseidon's Tomb[4]

AFFILIATION

Jack Sparrow's family[3] Jack Sparrow's crew[6] Edward Teague's crew[15] Brethren Court[2][33] East India Trading Company[33][15]

About Jack Sparrow

Jack Sparrow was a legendary pirate of the Seven Seas, and the irreverent trickster of the Caribbean. A captain of equally dubious morality and sobriety, a master of self-promotion and self-interest, Jack fought a constant and losing battle with his own best tendencies while living a pirate's life. He was the quickest to seize the moment and make it his own. Whether by cause or accident was a matter of debate, but the results were the same and always different. Captain Jack's first love was the sea, his second, his beloved ship the Black Pearl.

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The son of Captain Edward Teague, Jack was born on a pirate ship in a typhoon. Before he became known as "Captain Jack Sparrow" he was simply known as Jack Sparrow, a teenage stowaway who, even then, had a desire for adventure. Young Jack first sailed on the Barnacle with a ragtag crew on a quest to locate and procure the legendary Sword of Cortés. A few years after his teenage adventures, Jack would prove himself as a capable pirate captain in an encounter with the Spanish ship the Silent Mary, which he smartly defeated and sunk along with it's crew and terrifying captain, Armando Salazar, earning the name "Jack the Sparrow". After he encountered the infamous rogue pirates, Jack was forced to abandon the pirate life and take employment in the East India Trading Company. After five years of faithful service, he was given command of the Wicked Wench, a ship owned by Cutler Beckett, the EITC Director for West Africa. As Beckett's employee, Sparrow searched for the mystical island of Kerma and its treasure, until he decided to betray Beckett and keep the island and its inhabitants safe from Beckett and his slave traders. When Beckett ordered him to transport a cargo of human slaves to the Bahamas, promising to sell him the Wench for just one shilling, Sparrow chose to liberate them instead and stole the Wench from Beckett. However, Beckett's men managed to find Jack and branded him as a pirate, irrevocably returning Sparrow to a life of piracy, while the Wench was set aflame and sunk. After striking a bargain with the fearsome Davy Jones, the ghastly captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman, in which his beloved vessel was raised from the depths, Jack had the Wicked Wench rechristened as the Black Pearl and began the pirate life anew. Shortly afterwards, Jack Sparrow became one of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court, with Sparrow himself being the new Lord of the Caribbean Sea.

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Throughout his years as one of the most infamous pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Jack Sparrow embarked on many adventures. He was captain of the Black Pearl for two years, during which time he searched for the Shadow Gold. But when he was going after the treasure of Isla de Muerta, Jack lost the Pearl in a mutiny led by his first mate, Captain Hector Barbossa. Ten years later, with the help of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, Jack retrieved the Black Pearl, upon having killed the cursed Barbossa, thereby becoming its captain once again. Captain Sparrow soon sought to seize the Dead Man's Chest, to settle his debt with Davy Jones, which ended with both captain and ship being taken to Davy Jones' Locker by the Kraken. Following a desperate quest to rescue Sparrow from the Locker led by the resurrected Hector Barbossa, the Brethren Court convened in one last stand against Lord Cutler Beckett, who had control over Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman, which led to a pirate showdown with the East India Company. Jack later sailed on stranger tides during the quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth. Forced aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, Sparrow must contend with the notorious Blackbeard, his beautiful daughter Angelica, zombies, mermaids, and a rendezvous with Barbossa. Later, pursued by the malicious Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who escaped from the Devil's Triangle, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack sought to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune by finding the Trident of Poseidon. In an uneasy alliance with Henry Turner, who sought to free his cursed father Will, and Carina Smyth, a brilliant astronomer and Barbossa's daughter, Sparrow was able to find the Trident and defeat Salazar.

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Over the course of time, Captain Jack Sparrow became a center of intrigue as myths and legends have been told of the famed pirate's exploits. Most of these tales, however, were exaggerations, or even fabrications, embellished by the indomitable trickster himself to bolster his reputation. He also navigated his way from one perilous adventure to another, enemies became allies and friends became foes. Indeed, despite his dishonesty and many deceptions, Jack did embark on a number of grand and thrilling adventures, some involving the supernatural, lore, magic, and journeys in discovering hidden treasures. This crafty pirate valued his freedom and his ship above all else. Jack Sparrow's ultimate ambition was to sail the seas aboard the Black Pearl, drinking bottles of rum, and living the best life—the pirate's life.

Biography Early life

Jack Sparrow's wanted poster. Teague, this boy, he is sharp one, he is. Won't be long before he will be Pirate Lord himself, da? BORIS PALACHNIK TO EDWARD TEAGUE, REGARDING YOUNG JACK SPARROW Jack Sparrow was born to Edward Teague and an unknown woman on a pirate ship caught in the middle of a typhoon.[6] He was named Jack after his uncle and Teague's brother, Jack.[34] Jack grew up in a tumultuous household full of outlaws at Shipwreck Cove. He had spent most of his youth unsure whether Edward Teague was really his parent, frequently referring to him as "The-Man-Who-Might-Be-Father". Despite Jack's resentment of him, he respected the fact that Teague was always there for him when he needed him most, such as when Jack nearly got his hand cut off by the pirate Rusty Knickers at the age of six or when Jack was almost sold into servitude by Captain Lucille Graven at the age of twelve.[3] Jack was determined to follow in his father's footsteps and become a captain of a ship, rather than just some ordinary pirate like the majority of his relatives (explaining his insistence on being referred to as "Captain" well into adulthood). At some point during his childhood, Jack met a boy named Benny and taught him "that trick with the kite and the key".[35] As a teenager, Jack served as a cabin boy on several pirate ships, including the Troubadour of Captain Teague and the Koldunya of Borya Palachnik.[15] As a member of Teague's crew, he visited many countries and ports, including Singapore.[36] However, he became fed up with his hectic life in a pirate family and the torture he suffered at the hands of his Grandmama. One night, he snuck by candlelight into the study to consult the Pirata Codex, and, coming upon a section on freedom and the need for pirates to make their own decisions, decided he was completely justified in running away. After escaping out the window, Jack stowed away aboard a merchant ship to reach Tortuga, where shortly after arriving he met Arabella Smith with whom he set on the adventure to find the Swor

Jack before fighting Will Turner

Striding through the docks to "commandeer" the Interceptor, Jack Sparrow was accosted by two royal marines, Mullroy and Murtogg, who were assigned to guard the Interceptor and make sure the docks stay off limits to civilians. The two marines and Jack soon engage in idle conversation before they were interrupted by a young lady falling from Fort Charles. Despite his piratical nature, Jack was not about to let the girl, Elizabeth Swann, drown, and dived into the ocean to rescue her. Bringing her up to the harbor, Jack tore off her corset, allowing her to breathe; he then spied a strange coin fastened around her neck, one of the pieces of Aztec gold Barbossa's men were seeking. However, before he could explore the situation further, Commodore James Norrington arrived to arrest Sparrow.[9]

Part Jack before fighting Will Turner of

Despite having saved Governor Weatherby Swann's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, Commodore Norrington saw Jack's mark from the East India Trading Company. The Governor then ordered Jack to be hanged. However, Jack held Elizabeth hostage, ensuring the return of his effects before making his daring escape. With Norrington's men in pursuit, Jack sought refuge in a blacksmith's shop, where he cut his manacles. However, he was soon confronted by the blacksmith's apprentice, William Turner, whose face Sparrow vaguely recognized, who engaged the pirate in a sword fight. Sparrow won, through a mixture of skill and pirate trickery, but Turner refused to stand down. Jack was resolute he would not shoot Turner, thus wasting his single shot, and was preoccupied enough with this quandary for John Brown to knock him unconscious.[9]

Leading the Revolution

Jack finds the treasure of the Isle of Lusee. I never imagined you'd end up becoming a freedom fighter, Jack." "Freedom is what being a pirate is all about, Will. And like I always say, helping people can be very rewarding! WILL TURNER AND JACK SPARROW Some time later, Jack and Will Turner ended on the Isle of Lusee, a place where the cruel governor treated the colonists as if he owned them, imprisoning the innocents and confiscating their treasure. Jack and Will convinced the people of the island to organize a revolution and overthrow the governor. The people of the island, led by Jack and Will, stormed the governor's fort and Jack easily captured him, taking the keys of the treasury. However, when he and Will entered the treasury, Jack revealed that his plan was to steal the treasure for himself, not to give it to its rightful owners. However, Will convinced Jack not to steal the treasure, and because the people of the island considered him their hero, they gave him the largest share of the treasure.[50]

Personality/Traits

A notorious and infamous pirate, pillager, brigand, and highwayman; that was how Captain Jack Sparrow would be described by himself. Sailing a fine line between piratical genius and mercurial madness, Jack had an enemy in every port.[53] Even at young age, Jack was the biggest troublemaker on the Seven Seas.[56] A famed pirate; a sun-stroked trickster who knew what he wanted and had the means to get it, Jack never backed down and did what he needed to get the job done. Captain of the Black Pearl, this crafty pirate valued his freedom and his ship above all else. Although the pirate captain once claimed his first and only love is the sea.[8] Drinking was one of the most popular of pirate pleasures. Like all pirates, Jack believed that "rum gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no rum."[6]

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Noted for his unusual demeanor, Jack Sparrow was characterized by a slightly drunken stagger and wild, flailing arm and hand gestures that made him appear unfocused and possibly ataxic. This was possibly due in part to the hot climate of the Caribbean, and the large amount of time spent on deck of various ships–though it should be noted he seemed fairly sure-footed onboard a ship. However, it is more likely that his demeanor was due to a common affliction of most sailors of that era–a combination of lots of rum, very few fruits and vegetables, and a tendency to accidentally hit one's head quite often on low-hanging bulkheads below the decks of a ship. It was rumored that Jack suffered heat stroke while marooned on a desert island after Hector Barbossa's mutiny aboard the Black Pearl. Jack's seemingly-perpetual drunkenness may have been the cause of his slurred speech.[citation needed]

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Jack could be extremely serious on occasion, such as when Elizabeth Swann burned his rum supply while marooned on an island with her, Barbossa's first death by shooting him on Isla de Muerta, or when he was marked with the Black Spot by Bootstrap Bill Turner, and when he saw the Kraken's corpse lying on the beach. He was also shown to be quite serious when Sao Feng was confronting him on how he had insulted him, the sudden appearance of his father Edward Teague by shooting a man, and when he witnessed Davy Jones stabbing Will Turner in the heart. As far as danger was concerned, Jack was concerned for Angelica's well-being and even expressed grief for Barbossa's second death after Armando Salazar's defeat, despite their troubled history. Average in height and build, Jack Sparrow relied more on intelligence, agility, and quick wit to protect himself, rather than physical strength. He was seen as both the "worst" and "best" pirate, though he never went into a fight if he didn't have to, and always took a shortcut out of tough situations. As Jack navigates his way from one perilous adventure to another, enemies become allies and friends become foes. Jack frequently outmaneuvered enemies with his words but when forced to fight he was still a formidable opponent. As long as his own precious hide was at risk, a man could ask for no better comrade in battle.

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As a pirate, Jack Sparrow was a decent, if self-serving, man who adhered to the Pirate's Code. He believed pirates could still be "good men," which was his evaluation of Bootstrap Bill Turner. Unusually altruistic for a pirate, Jack would risk himself to save others, most notably Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Angelica, and Henry Turner; he regularly showed a desire to avoid killing those who did not specifically wish him harm, preferring to avoid soldiers who were simply after him because he was a pirate rather than because they had some specific vendetta against him as Captain Jack Sparrow. Jack would even genuinely care for and even save people he didn't know. When Jack incited mutiny aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, he saved Philip Swift despite the fact that Philip refused to side with anyone in Jack's mutiny. Jack also aided Carina Smyth, though it was more lustful until Sparrow learned she was Barbossa's daughter and helped Hector save her from Salazar. There was a time, especially after his death and later his escape from Davy Jones' Locker, where Jack feared death and was hell-bent on achieving immortality. During the War Against Piracy, Jack had seriously considered running away from the fight and staying as the last pirate. It was only after a discussion with Barbossa next to the Kraken's corpse that Jack realized staying was the correct option, and that Beckett had to be stopped. Jack was also afraid about his soul after death, and during the quest for the Fountain of Youth told the missionary Philip Swift that if needed, he was ready to believe to anything he must if that meant he would be accepted into Heaven. However, partly due to heeding Teague's warning that the Fountain would test him, Jack would eventually realize that it was "better to not know which moment may be your last."

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Even when he wanted to achieve immortality, Jack would not do so if it came at the cost of others. This was evidenced when he was faced with the choice of stabbing Davy Jones' heart himself or letting Will Turner stab it, using Will's hand to stab the heart so that his dying friend would take on the role of captain of the Dutchman and be saved from his imminent death. This reluctance to sacrifice another was also shown when he admitted having less interest in using the Fountain of Youth after learning it required the sacrifice of another individual, the waters of the Fountain and the tear of a mermaid, when drunk from two silver chalices, transferring life from one and giving all the years they had lived or would live to another. With this in mind, Jack only used the Fountain to save Angelica after she was poisoned by Barbossa's sword, simultaneously tricking the already-villainous Blackbeard into giving his life for the sake of his daughter. Jack also nudged Henry Turner by giving Carina Smyth's diary so he could return it to her. It was partly this benevolence that led Barbossa's crew to mutiny aboard the Black Pearl, with Jack preferring to convince prospective 'victims' to give his crew what they sought whereas Barbossa found it easier to kill the crews and take what they wanted. It is unclear whether this was true or just mocking from Barbossa after he claimed the Pearl.

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Every captain needed a reliable first mate, and Joshamee Gibbs was Jack Sparrow's first choice. They made a great team, but they did have a habit of getting each other into trouble. Gibbs was an old friend of Jack's, having supposedly known him since his childhood. It was Jack who persuaded Gibbs, a sailor of the Royal Navy, to turn pirate.[57] As often as Jack Sparrow saved Elizabeth and Will, however, he also tricked them to serve his own purposes and even offered up Will to Davy Jones in exchange for himself; when asked if he could condemn an innocent and friend to serve Jones forever while Jack himself roamed free, Jack merrily replied, "Yep. I'm good with it," after a brief moment of hesitation (although considering his immediate efforts to find the Dead Man's Chest after making this arrangement, he may have simply agreed to this 'deal' to buy time for him to find Jones's weakness). In a moment of cowardice, Jack deserted his ship and crew to save himself from the Kraken. However, after checking his compass, Sparrow chose to return and save his shipmates.[58]

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Further evidence of his morality was when he refused to transport slaves for the East India Trading Company, and when his extensive criminal record was read during his attempted executions at Port Royal and Fort Alvo Grande, it included no reference to crimes such as rape or murder. Jack later showed sadness at the sacrifice of Hector Barbossa, showing that in spite of their previous enmity and rivalry, he still respected Barbossa after he died to protect his daughter.[4] Jack also claimed to be a man of his word, and often expressed surprise that people would doubt his honesty. Even though he received no formal education, Jack Sparrow was far away from being just a typical illiterate pirate. More or less raised by himself, and always wanting to learn about the world, Jack developed a taste for reading books about poetry, history, and biographies of notable persons from the past. One of his favorite writers was William Shakespeare.[59] Although Jack turned down the offer to borrow Robert "Robby" Greene's Bible, Robby would tell Sparrow some Biblical stuff that didn't make much sense to him. The first and only Biblical story Jack liked was the parable of a pearl of great price. Jack eventually realized his ship, the Wicked Wench, was like his pearl of great price,[60] so when Davy Jones raised his beloved ship from the bottom of the sea, now half burned and with her hull and masts all charred, Jack renamed his new pirate ship the Black Pearl.[41]

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One of the well-known things about Captain Jack Sparrow was his myth. Many tales of adventure and the supernatural have been told of the indomitable trickster pirate, most of which have been embellished by Jack himself. Such tales have made Jack an infamous pirate of the Caribbean, having been known for having created, or at least contributed to, his own reputation. For example, when Gibbs tells Will Turner that he escaped a desert island by strapping two sea turtles together, Jack embellished the story by claiming that the rope was made from human hair from his own back.[9] Will threw this back at the trickster pirate about one year later when Jack asked Will how he got to Isla Cruces, having previously believed Will was with Davy Jones's crew on the Flying Dutchman. When Will responded with the same story of sea turtles, Jack remarked, "Not so easy, is it?"[8] Other legends include how Jack vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company and sacked Nassau without firing a shot.[9] It was also once claimed, supposedly by Captain Barbossa, that Jack sunk a French war galleon using only a diving bell and his cutlass.[12] Additionally, while searching for Jack, a guide told Will that the pirate escaped his execution in Port Royal by grabbing two parrots and flying away.[43] According to the ghostly Capitán Salazar, Jack earned the name "Jack the Sparrow" as a young pirate when he trapped the malicious Spanish pirate hunter in the Devil's Triangle, though certainty of that detail is doubtful.[4]

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Sparrow considered himself sensitive to the opposite sex, explaining that he had a "tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature." However, he was not one to commit to intimate relationships, as he considered marriage to be "like a wager to see who will fall out of love first." None of the many women in his life was able to make him settle somewhere permanently and start a family. When Kerman princess Amenirdis gave him a golden ring, he worriedly asked her if that meant that they were married. In his youth, Jack Sparrow unsuccessfully flirted with deadly merfolk, pretty henchmen women that lead him to their bloodthirsty boss and occasionally Tia Dalma[61]. A more mature Jack Sparrow was more adept at sweeping ladies off their feet, however, although his conquests seemed to have a sour memory of him; former flames Giselle and Scarlett slapped him or anyone looking for him. However, Tia Dalma, with whom Jack apparently had a personal history, was rather pleased to see him when he visited her, although his anxiety over their impending reunion indicated they may have parted on less than good terms. Jack's relationship with Esmeralda Maria Consuela Anna de Sevilla was good at the time when he was not yet experienced in interactions with women who weren't prostitutes. She considered Jack her best friend (aside from being her lover), but she admitted she wouldn't marry him even if he asked her.

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At one point, Jack had a relationship with a mermaid named Marina, though it most likely ended on a sour note but when they met again, rather than drown him, she instead slapped him, implying a soft spot. This would lead to one story of how Jack once had the favor of mermaids.[62] Elizabeth Swann was briefly attracted to him, most notably when they were searching for the Dead Man's Chest, but this 'relationship' came to its peak when Elizabeth kissed him so that he would be trapped on the Black Pearl when the Kraken attacked.[8] Both Jack and Elizabeth admitted to each other that it would never have worked between them, while Will Turner was always Elizabeth's choice.[9][2] At some point in his life, Jack Sparrow had met the beautiful Angelica, a lady with a past as checkered as Jack's own. Despite Angelica being a novice in a Spanish convent, which Jack said he mistook it for a brothel, Sparrow would seduce her and then dumped her. Jack would convey to Gibbs that he had feelings for Angelica before leaving her, Gibbs told Jack, even for him, that was low. Legend has it that she was the only woman Jack ever truly loved,[62] but there have been occasions where she tried to kill him. Whether she broke his heart or he smote hers was an endless debate between the two pirates.[63] When Angelica impersonated Jack in London, he took it as a sincerest form of flattery, but he'd also really wish that she didn't impersonate him as a captain. Angelica was one of the few who can match Jack, particularly in battle. Days after Sparrow was shanghaied aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, forced to join Blackbeard's quest for the Fountain of Youth, it was only Jack's guilt over Angelica that kept him from escaping with a quick dive overboard. Though they have had many differences in the past, Jack still had feelings for Angelica throughout the adventure, to a point of saving her life. Whether or not Jack retained these feelings after the quest is controversial.

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Jack Sparrow was usually in a lot of debt, commonly for more than simply money. He owed Anamaria a boat after stealing the Jolly Mon, and most notably had a debt with Davy Jones, with his soul as payment. Jack also revealed he was in debt with all who gathered at the Pirate Lord conclave at Shipwreck Cove; Sao Feng was particularly hateful towards him. Jack was also hateful towards Feng due to committing an act that insulted him deeply, as well as angrily trying to defend himself from him after the latter confronted him on how he had insulted him. After their relationship didn't work out, Jack seemingly owed a debt to Angelica after breaking her heart, which he repaid by saving her life at the Fountain of Youth. If someone would lend him money, Jack would promise to pay it back, and he'd mean it—but he'd never do it. As experienced by many of the authorities, from officers of the British Royal Navy to even the King's Royal Guard, Jack Sparrow was a pirate who made many daring escapes. Whenever he made an escape, Jack sometimes gave a farewell by saying something along the lllines of, "This is the day that you will always remember as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!", which was often humorously cut off.