Blackbeard (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Captain Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is the main antagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He is an infamous Pirate, based on the real-life Pirate of the same name, who wishes to claim the Fountain of Youth for himself. He is also a pirate that every pirate in the world is afraid of (presumably and arguably apart from Hector Barbossa and Davy Jones), due to his powers and ruthlessness. 

He was portrayed by the legendary actor, Ian McShane, who also played Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda.

Personality

Captain Blackbeard was the pirate that all pirates knew and feared. He was very ruthless, malicious, and egotistical. The dark captain sailed the seas and, as the years passed, his age began to catch up with him. He seeks the legendary Fountain of Youth and becomes even more serious for his goal when he must deal with Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow.

The pirate was known to be argumentative and cruel to his prisoners, often torturing them mostly for his own selfish amusement. He shows a great love for his daughter and, after his vicious pirate years, he devoted himself into teaching her the ways of a worthy pirate. He taught her swordfighting and various other skills. Still, Blackbeard still saw her as a pawn and was perfectly willing to sacrifice her to get what he wanted.

History

Between At World's End and On Stranger Tides

Blackbeard attacked the Black Pearl without being provoked, capturing the crew in the ship's own riggings. However, Hector Barbossa escaped by chopping off his foot. Blackbeard shrunk the ship down with his voodoo magic and placed it in a bottle.

On Stranger Tides

Having received a prophecy that a one-legged man would end his life from the quartermaster, Blackbeard began seeking Jack Sparrow, who was said to have been to the Fountain of Youth, which could save his life. He sent his daughter, Angelica to pose as Jack and recruit more crew-members with the possibility of capturing Jack. His plan was successful; he forced Jack to lead them to the Fountain with the threat of a voodoo doll. He captured a mermaid for her tear as part of the ritual to gain the years of life from another, and badly wounded the missionary she was in love with to get it. Succeeding in getting to the Fountain of Youth, he once more met Barbossa, the one-legged man in the prophecy and fell victim to a poison sword stab. Jack then tricked him into drinking from a chalice without the mermaid's tear in it to save the life of his daughter, who had also been poisoned by the sword. Blackbeard was subsequently stripped of his flesh and reduced to nothing more than a skeleton, which then crumbled to dust.

Theme Parks

After your boat goes through many skeletons, you'll see Blackbeard on the mist, replacing Davy Jones.

Quotes

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Blackbeard on board his ship

Blackbeard tormenting Jack Sparrow with a voodoo doll

Blackbeard leads the hunt for the Fountain of Youth

Blackbeard forcing Jack to jump off a cliff into a river

Blackbeard obtaining a mermaid's tear from Syrena

Blackbeard conversing with Jack on their way to the legendary fountain

Blackbeard at the Fountain of Youth and about to fight Barbossa

Blackbeard drinks from a magic chalice in order to save himself from death

Blackbeard is reduced to a skeleton after drinking from the wrong chalice, killing him

LEGO Blackbeard

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Villains

Black Pearl Hector Barbossa† | Crew of the Black Pearl (Bo'sun†, Scratch†, Pintel & Ragetti) Flying Dutchman Davy Jones | Crew of the Flying Dutchman (Maccus & Kraken†) Kingdom of Great Britain King George ll | Lord Cutler Beckett† | East India Trading Company | Scarfield† Queen Anne's Revenge Edward Teach/Blackbeard† | Angelica Teach Kingdom of Spain King Ferdinand VI | The Spaniard | Armando Salazar† | Crew of the Silent Mary (Lesaro†) Other Jolly Roger | Pirates of Tortuga | Auctioneer