Hector Barbossa

## Villain Description

### Goals

Become mortal again by collecting the last coin with no interference (succeeded, but not in the way he expected)Kill Jack Sparrow and his allies (formerly)
Eliminate Norrington, Davy Jones and Cutler Beckett (succeeded)
Get his revenge on Blackbeard (succeeded)
Save Jack Sparrow, his daughter Carina and the world from Salazar's evilness (succeeded, at the cost of his life)

### Hobbies

Stealing valuable things
Trying to hunt Sparrow down (formerly)

### Skills

Manipulation
Charisma
Tyranny
Swordsmanship

### Type of Villain

Redeemed Tyrant

**Captain Hector Barbossa** is one of the main protagonists as well as the former secondary antagonist of the *Pirates of The Caribbean* franchise.

He serves as the main antagonist of the 2003 film *Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl*, the tritagonist of the third film *At World's End*, a major anti-heroic protagonist of the fourth film *On Stranger Tides*, and one of the two main protagonists (alongside Jack Sparrow) of the fifth film *Dead Men Tell No Tales*.

He is the former captain of The Black Pearl, a teammate and former arch-nemesis of Jack Sparrow and William Turner and a former henchmen for the British military forces led by King George II and his tyrannical foe James Norrington.

He is portrayed by Geoffery Rush.

## History

### Background

Before the events of all movies, Barbossa was an ally and teammate of Jack Sparrow. However, when they've found a map leading them to Aztec treasure Barbossa became greedy and ruthless. He plotted to trick Jack Sparrow into helping him find the treasure but in reality he was going to take it all for himself and betray Sparrow later.

After abandoning Sparrow and finding the treasure as planned, they've all realized that the treasure has cursed them and turned them into immortal zombies during each and every night.

To make matters worse, one of his crewmates Boostrap Bill Turner has betrayed him and the other pirates by sending a coin to his son William "Will" Turner. That would prevent Barbossa and his loyalist pirates from lifting their curse and becoming mortal humans again.

### *Curse of The Black Pearl*

Ten years later, during the events of the first film, Barbossa came to search for what he has lost and especially the last coin which Will has held. He kidnapped Elizabeth Swann so he could gather information from her about the coins whereabouts. He told Elizabeth that if she gives him the necessary information about the coin he will not invade the town. However, as part of his rules and just to be sure that he becomes mortal again, he took Elizabeth captive and refused to bring her back to shore until he finds the last coin.

Barbossa then offers Elizabeth to have dinner with him. At first she refused, but Barbossa coerced her into doing so by threatening her that she will be stripped nude by his crewmates if she disagrees further.

Barbossa later realized that Elizabeth is not the holder of the last coin and that she was lying to him all of this time, so he revealed her the true story behind his motives and she tried to stab him, but he was fully immortal during that period of time. He did still hold her captive since he wanted to punish her for lying to him.

Barbossa then finally reached Isla De Muerta with his crewmates as they were going to lift the curse, while they've held Elizabeth Swann captive. However, the crew was tired of Barbossa's trickery as they've believed that it was another lie and the curse shall not be lifted ever. Will and Jack Sparrow then arrived to rescue Swann, and the final battle between the protagonists and the pirates have begun. Norrington assisted the protagonists to further his own evil schemes.

Barbossa and Sparrow have a long and tough sword fight as during that battle, Jack revealed that he also turned himself into a cursed immortal skeleton man. Barbossa then tries to shoot Elizabeth out of rage and vengeance, but before he could harm her, he becomes a mortal human again since William threw the last coin into the pile. Barbossa feels strange just before he seemingly dies.

### *At World's End*

Captain Barbossa returns in this film as an ally of Jack Sparrow, despite developing rivalry with him and the other mates. He goes to rescue Jack from Davy Jones' locker. This is all successful, but he repeatedly tries to show more strength then Sparrow and become the leader of the crew instead of Jack.

He eventually betrayed Sparrow and handed him captive to Jones and Beckett. He then betrayed Sparrow once again, but Sparrow had the upper hand since he found a map to the fountain of youth.

### *On Stranger Tides*

Barbossa decided to become a mercenary of the British leader King George II. He did however loose his bounty after having a rough battle and loosing to Blackbeard. Blackbeard made the ship into his own trophy, and Barbossa was forced to cut off his leg in order to survive and not be killed.

Barbossa then encounters Jack Sparrow in the castle of King George II himself. Barbossa tries to kill Jack, but Jack escapes from him with the secret help of Angelica Teach who disguised herself to avoid suspicion, and she was actually the daughter of Blackbeard.

Barbossa swore to King George that he will apprehend Sparrow one more time. He used Gibbs to find the lost bounty, thus also hoping to catch Jack and bring him to King George as a prisoner.

Eventually, Barbossa and Gibbs reach the island in which the fountain of youth is located. Barbossa eventually finds Jack and reveals that his true goal is to have his revenge on Blackbeard. After defeating Blackbeard, Barbossa takes possession of Blackbeard's ship, The Queen Anne's Revenge, and he becomes a pirate once again.

#### *Dead Men Tell No Tales*

Barbossa is now finally the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge and he is also revealed to be Carina Smyth's biological father. His daughter was lost a long time ago and she became an astronomer and horologist until she was falsely accused of witchcraft.

After being coerced to help Captain Salazar kill Sparrow, he learnt about a powerful weapon called The Trident of Poseidon, which Salazar plots to use in order to destroy all the pirates in the world with it's massive powers.

He once again teams up with Sparrow in order to stop Salazar from destroying the seven seas and whatever is beyond it. He also eventually learns about his true parentage to Carina, whom he loved very much. Due to his warm feelings towards his daughter and his good intentions, he sacrifices himself after many good years of redemption to stop and eliminate Salazar. He lunges onto Salazar from above and backstabs him, thus causing both of them to fall to their deaths.

## Trivia

* Barbossa is often considered to be the main antagonist of the first film. Despite this being true, he shares the role with Norrington; they both had redeeming qualities but served as the most dangerous threats during the events of the first movie of the series.
* He is the most popular villain of the entire series along with Davy Jones.