Headless Silent Mary Soldier

## Unknown

### Died

1708, perished during the explosion of the *Silent Mary* within the Devil's Triangle (resurrected later by the Triangle's forces)
1751, left behind to drown inside Poseidon's tomb

## Statistics

### Weapons

Musket
Sword

### Battles

Battle off the Devil's Triangle
Battle in the Devil's Triangle
Destruction of Barbossa's fleet
Race to Black Rock Island
Battle in Poseidon's tomb

### Allegiance

Capitán Armando Salazar
Crew of the *Silent Mary*

## Behind the scenes

### First Appearance

*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*

### Latest Appearance

*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*

### Portrayed by

Akshay Caplash

This **man** was a Spanish soldier serving under Capitán Armando Salazar aboard the *Silent Mary*. He followed his captain on hundreds of pirate hunting expeditions, ruthlessly murdering thousands of men with no mercy nor remorse. Eventually, a pirate fleet assembled, with the last ten pirate ships in the Caribbean banding together to make one last stand against the *Silent Mary*. But, the *Silent Mary* destroyed every single ship in the fleet, save for one lone vessel, helmed by Captain Jack Sparrow, which was promptly able to send the *Mary* into the mysterious Devil's Triangle where the ship was blown up along with its crew.

However, the powers of the Triangle were able to bring back the crew as deformed ghostly creatures, determined to gain revenge on Sparrow and finally be freed of their curse. When the Triangle was finally mysteriously destroyed, the ghosts were freed, and set out to find and kill Jack Sparrow. They enlisted the help of Captain Hector Barbossa in their quest, but the latter double-crossed them and set out to find the Trident of Poseidon along with Sparrow. After a brief battle, both Salazar and his crew and Jack and Hector reached Poseidon's Tomb, where they fought for the Trident. Eventually, the *Mary* crew's curse was lifted, but the walls of water that surrounded the Tomb began to close in and, after a brief attempt to escape, all of Salazar's crew were left behind and perished, drowning in the chaos.

## Biography

### Early life

This man was born in the 1700s in Spain to unknown parents. At some unspecified point of his life, he became a member of the crew of the fearsome *Silent Mary*, serving under the ruthless Capitán Armando Salazar. This soldier would be aboard the massive ship during the battle outside the Devil's Triangle between the Mary and a large fleet of pirate ships. He loaded and manned the ship's cannons during the battle along with the other officers and soldiers, eventually destroying all of the pirate vessels. Around nine pirate survivors swam in the water near the Mary, waving a white flag in the air to signify surrender. But, on the order of Salazar and Lieutenant Lesaro, the soldier and the rest of the crew fired their rifles at the survivors, killing them all. He and the others celebrated the defeat of the pirates, but this was soon cut short when they saw one surviving vessel: the Wicked Wench.

After the death of its original captain, Morgan, at the hands of the *Silent Mary*, the *Wicked Wench* had gained a new captain; the young Jack Sparrow had assumed command of the pirate vessel, and had acquired Morgan's compass. He climbed atop the *Wench*'s rigging, and yelled to the crew of the *Silent Mary* that if they surrendered now, he'd spare their lives, before swinging back down onto the main deck. Salazar, angry at Jack mocking his power, ordered the crew to sail after the *Wicked Wench*. Just as it seemed as though the *Wench* was about to hide inside the mythical Devil's Triangle, the ship suddenly performed a bootleg turn and escaped. Salazar, left speechless, was unable to give the order to perform a bootleg turn in time, allowing the *Mary* to sail straight into the dangerous sharp rocks inside the Triangle. This soldier and the rest of the crew were consumed by an explosion caused by the ship's power magazine crashing into the rocks. However, due to the powers of the Triangle, the entire Spanish crew was soon revived, but as horrible ghostly creatures. They stayed inside the Triangle, unable to leave, waiting for unsuspecting victims to enter the cave.

### 1750s

#### The *Monarch*

Around 1751, many years later, the pirate ship known as the *Ruddy Rose* entered the Triangle in an attempt to escape from a British Royal Navy ship, the *Monarch*. The Spanish soldiers slaughtered the whole pirate crew and destroyed the entire ship, leaving only a Jolly Roger flag and some wreckage floating in the sea. When the *Monarch* entered the Triangle soon after, they boarded it and killed all of the officers and marines onboard. After watching suffocate its captain, Toms, they then went below deck, where Salazar commissioned the young sailor Henry Turner to find Jack Sparrow for him and relay a message from him, saying that death was coming for him, before knocking the young man out and returning to the *Mary*.

#### Freedom

Not long afterwards, after Jack had sold and therefore betrayed his compass, his worst fear would come true. His worst fear being death, the closest thing to death was Salazar and his crew, so the Triangle soon began to fall apart. Salazar then declared that it was time to hunt a pirate. Not long after being freed, the *Silent Mary* destroyed the *Red Dragon* by crushing it, after distracting its crew with their cursed parrots. They would then begin to slowly pick off the large fleet of the famous Captain Hector Barbossa, destroying every one of his ships save for his flagship, the *Queen Anne's Revenge*. The crew of the *Mary* boarded the flagship, surrounding and threatening its crew. After a few crewmen were executed, Salazar and Barbossa came to an agreement; Barbossa would lead Salazar to Jack by morning, or Salazar would take his life. The crew of the Mary and the remainder of the crew of the *Revenge* both then boarded the *Mary*, where the pirates would be forced to work as Barbossa led Salazar to Jack.

The soldier was present on the *Silent Mary*'s quarterdeck as Salazar told Barbossa the tale of how Jack Sparrow defeated the Spanish Navy. Right as Salazar finished telling the story, Jack was sighted nearby aboard the *Dying Gull*. The soldier watched as several others dropped the undead sharks of the *Silent Mary* into the ocean, Salazar telling them to kill Jack, Henry Turner and Carina Smyth. After the sharks failed to kill the trio, the crew of the *Mary* leapt into the sea and began running on the ocean surface towards Hangman's bay, the island which the three had escaped to. However, the crew had to step backwards when one of their own attempted to walk onto land, only to turn to dust. Unable to step on land, the crew returned to the Mary, where Salazar executed several pirates of the *Revenge*'s crew in anger. Soon, however, another deal was made; Barbossa would go onto land and bring back Jack. But, Barbossa double-crossed Salazar, and he and Jack released the *Black Pearl* using the Sword of Triton.

#### The Quest for the Trident of Poseidon

They attempted to use the *Pearl* to find the Trident of Poseidon at Black Rock Island. Salazar, who also needed the Trident to regain his humanity along with his men, followed them. The British Royal Navy ship known as the *Essex* attached the *Pearl*, but soon the *Mary* appeared and crushed the Navy ship. They then attacked the *Pear*l, and the Spanish crew boarded the ship, this soldier among them. He fought the *Revenge* crew, but had to run back to the *Mary* when they crashed into the island. This soldier was among the crew when they entered Poseidon's tomb in order to find Carina, Jack and the Trident.

#### Death

The trident would soon, however, be destroyed by Henry, causing the Spaniards to regain their humanity. They stepped out into the hallway housing the Trident, that was magically suspended in the middle of the ocean. When the walls of water began closing in on them, however, the Spanish crew all ran to the anchor of the *Black Pearl*. This man, however, was unable to reach the anchor, and was left behind to drown along with almost all of his fellow Spaniards.

### Legacy

The soldier, along with the rest of the crew of the *Silent Mary*, was remembered by Salazar during his final stand as he climbed up the anchor of the *Black Pearl*. As he pursued Jack, Carina, Henry and Barbossa, Salazar briefly looked back at his loyal followers as he left them behind, but swiftly abandoned them mercilessly and focused on finally gaining his revenge.

## Personality and traits

This man, along with the rest of the soldiers, officers and sailors of the *Silent Mary*, was loyal, committed and ever-abiding to his Capitán, blindly following Salazar no matter what. The soldier seemed to be reluctant when Salazar ordered the crew to execute the helpless pirate survivors of the Battle off the Devil's Triangle, but followed the Capitán nevertheless likely out of fear. He followed Salazar to great extremes, which ended up costing him his life. But, even in the afterlife, he continued to follow Salazar under the curse of the Devil's Triangle with the promise of redemption and freedom once again. The crew had already accepted that Salazar had been driven to madness in his desire for revenge, but followed him still, having nowhere else to go and longing for their humanity to finally return. However, after being restored to humanity, the crew's loyalty to Salazar cost them their lives once more when they were all left behind by the Capitán to drown within Poseidon's tomb.

## Equipment and skills

The soldier used several weapons during his time aboard the *Silent Mary*, both in life and in death. He was known to have used a musket, which he utilised in executing the survivors of the battle off the Devil's Triangle on Salazar's orders. He also wielded a cutlass, which he commonly used during the afterlife as a ghost. In addition to these weapons, the soldier also served as a cannoneer aboard the *Mary*.

## Gallery

*Main article: Silent Mary crew/Gallery*
The soldier and the rest of the crew prepare to fire on the surviving pirates. (*DMTNT*)The soldier aboard the *Monarch*. (*DMTNT*)The soldier (left) with Officer Moss. (*DMTNT*)The crew is finally free. (*DMTNT*)The battle aboard the *Black Pearl*. (*DMTNT*)The crew running for the anchor of the *Black Pearl* in one last attempt to finally be free. (*DMTNT*)
## Behind the scenes

* The soldier was portrayed by the credited Akshay Caplash in *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*.

## Appearances

* *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ It is logical to assume that he was born at some point before 1751 but after the 1600s.
2. ↑ The timeline established in *On Stranger Tides* (which takes place in 1750) and *Dead Men Tell No Tales* (which takes place in 1751) sets this battle around 1708.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 *FILM: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*