Capture of the Black Pearl

*I am the master of my ship, not Blackbeard. I am the master of my fate,* not *Blackbeard! So I did what needed done...I survived.*"

## Capture of the Black Pearl

### Location

Coast of Hispaniola

The **Capture of the *Black Pearl*** was a small scale attack on the *Black Pearl* carried out by the mighty Blackbeard aboard the *Queen Anne's Revenge.* Blackbeard used the Sword of Triton to take control of the *Pearl*, taking the ship and Captain Hector Barbossa's leg. Blackbeard captured the *Pearl* and used his dark magic to place the ship in a bottle.

## Prelude

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For 17 years since the defeat of the East India Trading Company, Hector Barbossa had been captain of the *Black Pearl*, sailing the seas in search of the Fountain of Youth, his search dulled as the center piece of the Mao Kun Map had been stolen from him by Jack Sparrow, the Captain that Barbossa had marooned at Tortuga to take command of the *Pearl.*

## Recount

##### The Attack

One night, as the *Black Pearl* was sailing in off the coast of Hispaniola, Barbossa's crew was suddenly attacked without warning by the *Queen Anne's Revenge*, the infamous vessel captained by the notorious pirate Blackbeard. The *Pearl* was peppered by cannonfire from the *Revenge*. Then the sea beneath the *Pearl* began to roil as the *Pearl* itself was pitching and yawing violently to where the ship itself couldn't be maneuvered, leaving the *Pearl'*s crew with no chance of escape. Witnessing all of this tempted Barbossa to give the order he never thought he'd give: "Abandon ship".

However, it was too late, as Blackbeard used his sword to turn the *Black Pearl* against Barbossa and his crew. Every plank, rail, and spar aboard the *Pearl* began to creak a hellish noise as the rigging came to life. Barbossa's men were tangled by the ropes, unable to fight as they were wrapped around like snakes. One of the ropes would have wrapped around Barbossa's right leg. Not wanting his fate changed or be mastered by anyone but himself, Barbossa used his sword to cut off his own leg. Barbossa was able to escape the brutal attack, but with the knowledge of having lost both the *Black Pearl* and his right leg to Blackbeard.

## Aftermath

##### Barbossa's New Quest

From that night on, Hector Barbossa had abandoned his search for the Fountain of Youth; his goal now was to get his revenge on the man who took the *Pearl* and his leg: Blackbeard. But without a ship and crew, Barbossa needed help to achieve this plan. So Barbossa received a Royal Pardon and became a privateer in the employ of England, where he soon became a trusted advisor of King George II and was given command of the HMS *Providence*, the pride of the British Royal Navy. By the time of his new-found captaincy, Barbossa began to wear a wooden leg, which contained a hidden rum supply. At some point during this time, Barbossa would have started an investigation, with an obsessive passion, in which he gained information to help him in his pursuit of Blackbeard. It was through these investigations that Barbossa would learn at least the basics on Blackbeard, including his own obsession to find the Fountain of Youth as well as the importance of his sword.

Although having narrowly escaped Blackbeard's attack on the *Black Pearl*, Barbossa had no knowledge of the true fate of his ship, having only believed that it was sunk in battle. Though in reality, Blackbeard magicked the *Pearl* into a shrunken ship in a glass bottle, where it would sail on a shrunken, churning ocean. Cotton's Parrot and Jack the Monkey could be seen inside of the bottle. The *Pearl* in a bottle would be placed in a cabinet, filled with Blackbeard's collection of other shrunken ships in bottles, which was found in the captain's cabin aboard the *Queen Anne's Revenge*.

## List of Combatants

(Those who lost their lives in combat are noted with a star)

#### Crew of the *Black Pearl*

1. Captain Hector Barbossa
2. Joshamee Gibbs
3. Marty
4. Cotton (MIA)
5. Pintel (MIA)
6. Ragetti (MIA)
7. Jack the Monkey

## Appearances

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Mention only)