Davy Jones

Davy Jones in human form.

Davy Jones (birth name: David Jones) was born in Scotland, Nothing is known about his youth. Known as the mythological "Devil of the Seas", buried the Dead Man's Chest on Isla Cruces. Within the chest was his heart, which he had carved from his chest when he was unable to bear the pain of losing his one true love, Calypso, prior to teaching the Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court on how to lock her into human form out of scorned love. The Chest is ornately carved solid reinforced iron, and has a powerful lock that can only be opened by a unique double-stemmed key that Jones keeps with him at all times. He buried the Chest along with his numerous love letters to Calypso inside a larger wooden chest. Jones had since inflicted cruelty and pain onto others, even his crew.

His original role as Captain of the Flying Dutchman was to ferry those that died at sea to the after-life. But once he betrayed his original duty Davy Jones assumed his present form: A perversion to match his corrupted methods. Jones himself gained immortality. The only way to kill him is to gain possession of his heart and at least stab it, becoming the next Captain of the Flying Dutchman as a result, for the Flying Dutchman must always have a captain. Anyone who came to possess his heart controlled Jones and because of his great powers – the seas.

In short, after he fell in love with her, Calypso made Jones the captain of the Dutchman, simultaneously charging him with ferrying souls to the land of the Dead for ten years, with a single day off to see Calypso. However, when the day came, Calypso was afraid of acting predictably, as it was her capricious nature which had drawn Jones in the first place, and so she did not meet him. Enraged at her betrayal, the heart-broken Jones cut his heart out, starting the tradition of the dead Man's Chest, and taught the Pirate Lords how to imprison the goddess. He then began his career of lordship over the world's seas, at some point obtaining the means to command the Kraken, and assembling his crew.