James Norrington

## Villain Description

### Goals

Rise to power and glory by marriage with Elizabeth Swan and rule the lands of Great Britian (failed)
Kill Jack Sparrow (failed)
Ensure that all pirates are killed when they cross paths with him (failed)
Let Elizabeth forgive him for his crimes (succeeded)
Save Elizabeth from Davy Jones (succeeded)

### Hobbies

Commanding other soldiers who work for the Royal Navy
Killing and mutilating pirates

### Powers

Command
Swordsmanship

### Skills

Manipulation
Charisma

### Type of Villain

Remorseful Brute

**James Norrington** is the tertiary antagonist of the *Pirates of the Caribbean* franchise. He is the secondary antagonist of the 2003 fantasy film *Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl*, one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside the Kraken) of its sequel *Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest*, and a major character in *Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End*. He is a head and grand admiral of the British Royal Navy, and he answers only to Lord Cutler Beckett and formerly also to Governor Swan. He is portrayed by Jack Davenport.

## History

### *The Curse of the Black Pearl*

Norrington is the ambitious, ruthless and cunning grand admiral of The Royal Navy who seemingly falls in love with Elizabeth Swan and protects Governor Swan, but is actually rather ambitious for power and for being a honorable king to the land. He proposes to marry Elizabeth, who faints on top of a cliff and falls into the sea, and then Jack Sparrow saves her from drowning. Norrington leads his guards as they now surround Jack Sparrow and try to kill him, but Jack manages to escape him. Will Turner tries to defeat Jack in a sword battle and hand him to Norrington.

Norrington then imprisons Jack and gets ready to execute him. However, during the following night, Barbossa's crew attacks the village. James Norrington then joins Jack Sparrow to save Swan from Barbossa. After Barbossa is defeated, he realizes that Elizabeth actually loves Turner. From lust, jealousy, and ambition for his own title, he decides to betray and then hang both Jack Sparrow and Will Turner to death. He convinces Governor Swan that Turner was conspiring with a pirate.

However, as Elizabeth reveals her father that she is in love with Turner, thus she is willing to protect him and also Jack Sparrow for being a good pirate, Governor Swan decides to spare Jack and Turner, and he fires Norrington. Norrington then calls Beckett for help against the pirates.

### *Dead Man's Chest*

Norrington later requests to join Jack Sparrow's crew, as part of a plan to kill him and retrieve the heart of Davy Jones so he could end piracy. At first, he does not believe Jack Sparrow, who explains to him about the legend of Davy Jones. However, Norrington is soon captured by Davy Jones, who asks him if he feels dead, and offers him to join his crew and give up on his life.

However, Norrington and the rest of the crew however manage to escape Davy Jones, as William Turner steals Jones's heart, but Norrington later betrays the crew and steals the heart, and then tries to stab it in front of Cutler Beckett. Beckett tells Norrington that it's not worth killing Davy Jones, and the two bargain with Jones to end the pirates, as Ian Mercer then takes control of Jones's heart for Beckett and Norrington.

### *At World's End*

Norrington later returns to England and becomes the grand admiral of the Royal Navy once again. He orders his loyalists to hang the pirates so he can get rid of all the pirates from the entire sea. He then obtains his new sword, which he uses to kill the Kraken.

Norrington then goes to hunt down the pirates at the Pirate Cove. However, as he realizes that Elizabeth is now the queen of the pirates, he plans to spare her life from Davy Jones and Beckett. Realizing that Jones is about to betray him anyway in order to gain his freedom from Beckett, he then releases Jones's prisoners, including Elizabeth. However, he is violently mutilated by Bootstrap Bill Turner and gets stabbed to death by Davy Jones himself, who once again asks him if he feels dead.