Captain Armando Salazar

Become human again so he could gain his honor back (succeeded, but later ultimately backfired)

### Hobbies

Sabotaging and brutally mutilating and killing pirates
Getting revenge on Sparrow

### Powers

Combat
Strength
Immortality
Use of magic
Speed
Endurance

### Skills

Charisma
Manipulation
Use of fear and terror
Command

### Type of Villain

Obsessive Brute

**Captain Armando Salazar** is the main antagonist of the 2017 Disney live-action epic movie *Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man Tells No Tales*. He is the obsessive, ruthless and monstrous Captain of the Silent Mary (a colossal ship which formerly belonged to the navy), who seeks revenge on Jack Sparrow at all costs.

He was portrayed by Javier Bardem.

## History

### Past

He started off as a mortal human and a pirate hunter who worked for the Spanish Royal Navy. He wanted to avenge both his parents and his grandfather by eradicating the pirates from the entire universe. Salazar brutally slaughtered, mutilated and killed hundreds of pirates in the ocean, as he was known to be the most notorious tyrant of the seas, and he ended up worse than his victims. He brutally slaughtered each and every pirate on The Silent Mary. He saw pirates as nothing more than infectious animals which are meant to be exterminated. However, one day came and he encountered a young captain sailing on another ship. He saw Jack Sparrow from a far distance, and he ordered his men to kill Jack and the crew. However, he mistakenly followed Jack into The Devil's Triangle, where his ship collapsed after her bow took severe damage from the rocks. This quickly set ablaze the Silent Mary due to igniting her powder chamber, surrounding Salazar and his crew with flames, soon killing all of his men. Salazar himself is killed when a timbered mast breaks the fleeing Salazar’s neck right as he escaped over the edge. Salazar and his crew however sinked to the bottom of the ocean, and the powers of the triangle gave all of them an afterlife. Salazar then swore his vengeance on Jack and his allies, promising to end the pirates forever. Salazar then killed whoever dared to cross the triangle, but he would each time keep one man alive to tell the tale, just so he could receive information and obtain The Trident of Poseidon so he could finally be free from his pain and get his revenge on Jack for making him an undead monster.

### Return to life and revenge

Armando Salazar later encounters a ship called The Monarch. He brutally kills the soldiers and goes to the brig, where he meets Henry Turner. He asks Henry to tell a tale in exchange for his survival. He asks him to send a message to Jack Sparrow and tell him that Salazar is going to kill him very soon. After that, Jack has unintentionally freed Salazar from the triangle by giving his compass away for a drink. After that happens, Salazar escapes with his men. Salazar then sails his ghost ship to start ending the pirates and getting his revenge on Sparrow. He later encountered a British ship called **The Queen Anne's Revenge**, which was sailed and owned by the on and off arch-nemesis and frenemy of Captain Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa (who was accompanied by some royal British soldiers). Salazar intended to murder Barbossa and his men, as he was willing to leave one of the soldiers to tell the tale. However, Barbossa asked him if he is looking for Jack Sparrow. Barbossa proposed to make a bargain with Salazar; to help him kill Jack Sparrow in exchange for his own life. Salazar agreed, but not before intimidating and flexing over Barbossa, as well as having 8 of his crew mates killed. (The last 5 purely out of his own sadism and cruelty.)

### Versus Jack Sparrow

He and Barbossa later encounter Jack, Carina and Henry on a ship called **The Dying Gull**. He and his men attempted to kill Sparrow and his crew. Carina Smith was also revealed to be Barbossa's long-lost daughter, and a member of the Barbossa family. Salazar however lost the battle, and one of his soldiers were killed. Salazar wanted Barbossa to go and kill Jack, but Barbossa betrayed him in that moment, as he cared much more for his daughter. Salazar later caught on with Jack's ship, and the crew of the undead mercenaries once again attacked Sparrow and his allies. Eventually, the two sides have found the trident on the Black Rock Island. Salazar has possessed Henry's body so he could exit his ship and use the trident to become human again and break free from his curse. However, as he used the trident's powers, the sea split into half, and the two sides ran back onto their ships. Salazar fought Jack, and used the trident to exit from Henry's body. Thereafter, Henry was released from Salazar's possession. Salazar then sadistically attempted to throw Sparrow off the ship. He was about to use the trident and stab him before he falls off the ship's edge. However, Henry ran and grabbed the trident, thus destroying it and ending all curses, including Salazar's and Will Turner's. Salazar then became a mortal human again. He and his crew became mortal, but their victory was short lived. Barbossa came to save the day as he then starts fighting with Salazar and his crew. Meanwhile, Henry and Carina use the ship's anchor to hop on and escape being killed by the closing deadly waters. Salazar notices Jack's allies fleeing and fully maintaining his goal to kill Pirates, tries for the last time to end their lives by himself, leaving his crew including his lietuant Lesaro for dead. As Carina, Henry and Hector cilmb up, Salazar and only two of his men make it onto the chain. Salazar looks down and realizes this, quickly translating to more unrepentant rage. With Salazar now blinded with ire as angrily scales the chain with glaring desire to kill Sparrow, Barbossa saved the day by sacrificing himself to protect Carina and Jack. Barbossa furiously lunges his sword onto Salazar, once again symbolically backstabbing the ruthless pirate hunter. Barbossa's strike caused Armando Salazar to fall off the anchor by force and unintentionally hit both of his crewmates, taking them with him. Finally, Armando and both his men fell to their death; Salazar brutally concussed and killed by the anchor. However, the unfortunate price for his death was that Barbossa also fell to his death.

## Trivia

* He is the third main villain of the POTC franchise to not be a pirate or an outlaw, after Norrington and Cutler Beckett. He is also one of the three villains of this franchise to be Totally Dark, along with Davy Jones and Blackbeard.
* He shares similar goals with Norrington; both of them want to kill all pirates in the universe and become all powerful lords by killing many innocents. They are also both considered as the archenemies of Sparrow, and are "honorable" extremists. However, while Norrington realises that he was used by Davy Jones and he chooses compassion over his obsession to end the pirates before he redeems himself from any evil, Salazar uses the term of honor as an excuse for his actions, and he mercilessly mutilates hundreds of pirates out of ego, extreme wrath and vengeance. He does not redeem himself but he does know to an extent that his actions are cruel and vain. Therefore, Norrington could be considered as a well-meaning extremist while Salazar is actually a not-so-well-meaning extremist.