CAPTAIN OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

Davy Jones, a human and a great Sailor fell in love with Calypso, a sea goddess. She entrusted him with the task of ferrying souls of those who died at sea to the next world. His ship was the “Flying Dutchman”. She swore that after 10 years, she would meet him and they would spend one day together before he returned to his duties. However when Jones returned to shore after 10 years, Calypso failed to appear. Believing Calypso had betrayed him, a heartbroken and enraged Davy Jones turned the pirate brethren against her saying if she was removed from the world, they would be able to claim the seas for themselves. 

They assembled in the first brethren court and Jones taught them how to imprison her into her human form.    Despite betraying her, Jones still loved calypso and in despair and guilt for what he has done, he carved out his own heart from his chest and placed it in the dead man’s chest. The chest was sealed and placed within a large wooden chest, along with love letters to Calypso and all other items having to do with her except his matching musical locket. 

The Chest was then buried on Isla Cruces. Jones kept the chest keys with him at all times. With Calypso gone. Jones abandoned his duties and returned to the seven Seas. As a result of this, Jones gradually became monstrous (The octopus face), his physical appearance merging with various aquatic fauna. Sailors everywhere would fear him to the death for Davy Jones had turned fierce and cruel with an insatiable appetite for all things brutal. Jones recruits dying sailors by promising them a reprieve (an escape from eternal death) in exchange for 100 years of service aboard the Dutchman.