Captain of the Wicked Wench

The captain's skeletal remains in Dead Man's Cove

**The Captain of the Wicked Wench** is the conjectural name for a character from *Pirates of the Caribbean*.

## History

This individual was a pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy who likely served aboard the pirate ship *The Wicked Wench* under one Captain Hector Barbossa. They would presumably participate within the sacking of Puerto Dorado, a Spanish colony on the island of Isla Tesoro which the Wench aimed at stealing the legendary cursed treasure of while in competition with one Captain Jack Sparrow. While Jack got to the treasure first, it was the Wench's crew which ultimately succeeded in obtaining the treasure and stashed it away in a lair constructed within the island's subterranean Dead Man's Cove.

Through unknown means, this pirate succeeded Captain Barbossa in terms of authority over the Wicked Wench and became the Wench's new captain. They made their quarters within Dead Man's Cove in a cavern which they filled with ornate furnishings, a harpsichord, and a perch for their pet parrot. Here the captain took to studying maps to an unknown location but before they could see this expedition through, they and the rest of their crew were killed by the curse of Puerto Dorado's treasure. The captain was left as an undead skeleton within their quarters, cursed for their greed and crimes against the people of Isla Tesoro.

## Connections

### Trader Sam's

Both *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar* and *Trader Sam's Grog Grotto* have bottled ships in the likeness of *The Wicked Wench*. The bottled Wench here being shown to come to life and sink in a storm (a borrowed effect from the Adventurers Club) while, "Skippers" act like pirates abandoning ship. It is likely that the ship is portrayed from its time under the skeleton captain's authority.

## Trivia

* In the film *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides*, the captain's likeness was adapted into that of the historic Spanish explorer Ponce de Léon with his map leading to the Fountain of Youth.
* A removed script referred to the captain as being a man but given the redacted nature of this narration and the captain's skeleton in a night robe being all that is seen of them, their gender remains a mystery.
* Little is known about the captain's identity. Some theories and speculation regarding the subject do however exist:
	+ **Le Capitaine**: In Disneyland Paris' Pirates of the Caribbean area of Adventureland there is a shop called *Le Coffre to Capitaine* (French: The Captain's Chest) possibly being themed to being a location on Isla Tesoro following its established transformation into a pirate-haven. The shop is themed to being run by a successful pirate captain who is in possession of a pet parrot with green and red feathers.
	+ **The Auctioneer**: The Auctioneer was shown to be of particular rank amongst the crew and was particularly successful during the raid of Puerto Dorado. He was also shown with a large amounts of lavished objects passing through his possession while he himself was shown wearing an ornate bejewelled medallion and fancy clothes, fitting the captain's modus operandi of surrounding themselves with grandiose belongings. The auctioneer was also modelled after historic pirate Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts who was heavily featured during development of Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion, himself having been planned to be a cursed undead-pirate who was damned for his greed and crimes which fits the Wench's captain's fate.
	+ **Pooped Pirate**: The pooped pirate was a crew-mate of some note aboard the Wench who was shown studying a map of Isla Tesoro, potentially mirroring the captain's own studying of a map.
	+ **Dirt Foot**: Dirt Food was a minor crew-mate aboard the Wicked Wench who was shown alongside a green macaw, presumably his pet. The skeletal captain also possessed a pet parrot.
	+ **Treasure Raider**: Up until 2006, the treasure-room scene featured a different pirate leader in the Wench leading the crew which ransacked the treasure room. This pirate had a long grey beard and enjoying the treasures of the chamber while using crew-mates as a human throne. It is unclear however if this character even exists in subsequent cannon given his effective retconning.
	+ **Unlikely**: Individuals who can likely be ruled out from being the identity of the captain:
		- **Blackbeard**: In both history and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Blackbeard did not die under the circumstances that the Wench's captain did.
		- **Captain Jack Sparrow**: In Disneyland Paris, Jack is seen separately from the Captain and was not amongst the Wicked Wench's crew.
		- **Captain Barbossa**: In Disneyland Paris, Barbossa Jack is seen separately from the Captain. Barbossa also had a pet monkey rather than a pet parrot.
		- **Hook Handed Pirate**: The captain had both of his hands at the time of his death.
		- **Pooped Pirate**: The Pooped Pirate was considerably rotund while the captain's clothes fit them quite comfortably even in their skeletal state. It is possible that the pooped pirate lost weight however this is much more unlikely and can be put aside using Occam's razor.
		- **Redd**: Redd is frequently shown as not being amongst the dead of Dead Man's Cove and the portrait of her in the pirate's lair seems to show her separately from the character of the captain.

## References

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